Example sentences of "they have a tendency " in BNC.

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1 They have a tendency to expand , to fill the picture space .
2 They can remain for many years in cold and hostile environments while retaining their toxicity , and they have a tendency to remain in living organisms .
3 Spreadsheet models are so useful that they have a tendency to outgrow the capabilities of the software that has been used to implement them .
4 Spreadsheet models are so useful that they have a tendency to outgrow the capabilities of the software that has been used to implement them
5 The danger with non-fishkeepers is that they have a tendency to overfeed the fish , causing a water quality problem .
6 They have a tendency to be temperamental , but it would be good experience .
7 They are divisive because they have a tendency to divide women into two camps ; those who have and those who have not shaken the dust of patriarchal conditioning from their feet .
8 They have a tendency to ask questions not quite as comp Not quite as abstract as that .
9 Flat flakes of gold are more difficult to trap as their weight to surface area is small and they have a tendency to escape over the edge .
10 Yeah cos they have , they have a tendency to do that sort of thing you see they 're changing all the time
11 they have a tendency to open them make them wider apart
12 They do n't feel right and I 've heard that the rubber grips on them have a tendency to rot after a short time .
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