Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun] [adv] tend to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mains had been born and bred in Dunedin and , especially in the days when the Evening Star newspaper folded , the rugby matters then tended to be faithfully recorded by the Otago Daily Times and other electronic media as if Otago was sometimes being unfairly treated by the teams and newspaper writers from the north . |
| 2 | However , even discounting geographical reasons , ‘ ethnic minority risks still tend to be higher ’ with Asians more vulnerable to mugging and vandalism . |
| 3 | The time between sleep onset and active sleep onset thus tends to be either very short indeed ( less than ten minutes ) or over fifty minutes , as the period of their alternation between active and quiet sleep is of the order of sixty minutes . |
| 4 | Although it may not appear especially hygienic to keep the litter tray in the kitchen , this is probably the best place because the floor surface here tends to be impermeable . |
| 5 | The microphones in a radio studio always tend to be large and rather obtrusive . |
| 6 | Waiting lists also tend to be longer , and these are not complete indices of need since council allocation rules often exclude certain persons from them . |
| 7 | A lot of foods we make from wheat flour often tend to be very high in calories , seem to be almost irresistible to hungry slimmers , and are often used as ‘ binge ’ g=foods by compulsive eaters . |
| 8 | This was the very widespread feeling ( at least in Parliament : public opinion normally tended to be suspicious of ministerial projects ) that the king and his ministers had a right to the support of all loyal and patriotic subjects . |
| 9 | Drug doses also tend to be higher and given for longer periods . |
| 10 | The travelling communities also tend to be younger with 50 per cent of them under 20 and only four per cent over 65 . |
| 11 | Their interest rates also tended to be more attractive . |
| 12 | Family commitments now tend to be dwarfed by pressures of work , often long into the ‘ twilight shift . ’ |
| 13 | Some British cooker tops still tend to be niggardly in size and do n't make sufficient allowance for four large pans . |