Example sentences of "also tend to [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is moderate reduction in lung cancer risk associated with lower tar cigarettes but research in the UK suggests that the assumed health advantages of switching to lower tar may be largely offset by the tendency of smokers to compensate for the reduction in nicotine ( cigarettes lower in tar also tend to be lower in nicotine ) by smoking more or inhaling more deeply [ 4 ] . |
| 2 | They also tend to be substantial landowners . |
| 3 | As it is , not only is the average specification of cars sold in Britain the highest in Europe , but cars destined for the British market also tend to be bigger , with ‘ upper-medium-sized ’ cars disproportionately popular compared with elsewhere in Europe . |
| 4 | They also tend to be middle-minded , not just because of the selective ( and , until recently , highly secretive ) recruitment procedure by which they are appointed , but also because in the course of their training and socialization they are imbued with a particular self-perception about their role that amounts almost to a consistent ideology ( Parker et al. , 1989 ) . |
| 5 | They also tend to be shy — more than twice as shy as men who have had more than 10 sexual partners . |
| 6 | Rents also tend to be higher , particularly for smaller premises , and this differential has , if anything , increased . |
| 7 | Drug doses also tend to be higher and given for longer periods . |
| 8 | Greigii tulips also tend to be short , in particular varieties like ‘ Sweet Lady ’ , peach pink , and the impressive ‘ Queen Ingrid ’ , producing rich red petals with a striking yellow edge . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | They also tend to be hard porn magazine devotees . |
| 11 | The travelling communities also tend to be younger with 50 per cent of them under 20 and only four per cent over 65 . |
| 12 | The results of such investigations are interesting , but they also tend to be confused and confusing — we find , for example , that some people believe in both reincarnation and the resurrection of the body ; others believe in the efficacy of prayer , but not in God . |
| 13 | Their reflexes also tend to be quicker , with decision-making resting in the hands of one person . |
| 14 | Security also tends to be better with this approach as the bureau runs as a service utility , where security and reliability are built into the system as a matter of course . |
| 15 | The ratio also tends to be higher for totally symmetric modes that involve angle bending than for pure stretching modes . |
| 16 | Berle also was not impressed with Swinton , who always pleaded that he was bound by instructions from London : ‘ Swinton is ill-prepared … he also tends to be arrogant and inflexible . ' |
| 17 | Buying behaviour in industrial goods markets also tends to be conservative . |
| 18 | Now this overround tends to be larger in fields with a large number of runners , and also tends to be larger in these popular races , so that at times when there 's lots of money around the bookies , of course , and we expect them to do this , are very careful to make sure that the odds are well in their favour , because on these races where there 's lots of money staked their risk is higher . |
| 19 | The use of subordination as a syntactic device for marking given information may be a common feature of information structure in many languages : for instance , Maynard ( 1981 ) suggests that given information in Japanese also tends to be subordinate . |
| 20 | These children will also tend to be young . |
| 21 | They will also tend to be authoritarian , conservative and controlled in their thinking . |
| 22 | They also tended to be heavier smokers , the study found . |