Example sentences of "[coord] tend [prep] [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you can accept this concept , you will then be able to understand in principle why some people are predisposed to some illnesses or tend to be sensitive to certain types of dietary changes , groups of food , or nutritional deficiencies . |
| 2 | Such chips are designed for varied use and tend to be mass-produced . |
| 3 | ‘ Our businesses cover a number of fronts , and tend to be cyclical , ’ he said . |
| 4 | Our international institutions are frail , fragile and tend to be powerless . |
| 5 | They range in size from five to twenty-five centimetres in length , and tend to be pink or brown , with fluffy tufts of spines ( setae ) protruding from each segment . |
| 6 | The rationalist approach , by contrast , is concerned with abstraction rather than facts , stressing the need for deductive consistency and tending to be dogmatic and definitive . |
| 7 | Phlegmatic : this type has a placid nature and tends to be lazy . |
| 8 | He worked out his positions very much through polemical critique of others , and tended to be clearer about what was to be rejected than about what was to be put constructively in its place . |
| 9 | She had no energy and tended to be listless and lethargic . |
| 10 | These organizations all had less than ten QSEs working in R&D and tended to be those expected to do relatively little quantitative analysis . |
| 11 | These shapes might look cool on stage and in promotional videos but tend to be uncomfortable to wear . |
| 12 | Lapsed priests remain priests , but tend to be unemployable in their clerical functions . |
| 13 | Other indicators , such as consumption anomalies and incident , of misuse , are available but tend to be unreliable . |
| 14 | It can be used as an inner voice in the woodwind ensemble , but tends to be obtrusive . |
| 15 | Call hardly distinguishable , but tends to be shriller and less loud . |
| 16 | Very hard to distinguish from Crested Lark in the field , but tends to be smaller and have shorter bill , more conspicuous spots on breast and greyer underwing . |
| 17 | They worked diligently and enthusiastically but tended to be aloof from the local inhabitants . |