Example sentences of "[modal v] tend to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They can be sluggish in movement , especially as they grow older , and may tend to be stubborn and inflexible as children . |
| 2 | Oral explanations and discussion may convey a meaning and a depth lacking in written explanation which may tend to be accepted at an uncritical and somewhat superficial level . |
| 3 | In winter , when the level in the canal would tend to be some three inches higher , then some water did splash over the sides of the tanks , but never at any time was the water emptied from the tanks to enable hauling to proceed.9 ; On this basis alone the lift must be judged to have been a technical success . |
| 4 | As the losses would tend to be greater in the summer period this figure is an under estimate . |
| 5 | For most parts of the world , however , the most convenient and effective sites for wind generators would tend to be coastal or offshore where winds are stronger and space is not at a premium . |
| 6 | Inevitably , an essay along these lines would tend to be rather unscholarly and prejudiced ! |
| 7 | One of the first people , perhaps the first , to spot that biological polymers would tend to be helical was a Californian physicist , H. R. Crane . |
| 8 | However , the greatest problem is that those opting out would tend to be the relatively young , affluent , low-risk groups . |
| 9 | Although he stops short of locating particular disciplines within this typology , one can see that for example the natural sciences would tend to be hard and pure , engineering would be hard and applied , the arts are likely to be soft , and so on . |
| 10 | ‘ The second reason for withdrawing clause 54(4) is that these services would tend to be much less used . |
| 11 | A DC9 or BAC 111 can not hold so many passengers and would tend to be loaded later . |
| 12 | Here the prevalence of people susceptible to infectious agents would tend to be higher than in urban areas or in adjacent rural areas , which show no excess ( tables II and VI ) . |
| 13 | An initial hollow , whether scoured by the wind or not , would tend to be damper than the surrounding desert and thus chemical weathering would be greater there . |
| 14 | It seems equally likely that , even without adopting the Scandinavian scheme involving a different scale of penalties for marital rape , sentencing in such cases would tend to be more lenient than in other rape cases . |
| 15 | Since raising the rate of interest lowers the present discounted value of returns , a higher rate of interest would tend to be associated with a lower rate of technical progress : we would have with . |
| 16 | In a heated market , invariably the value placed on the hotel would tend to be higher than historical information . |
| 17 | Our first assumption , that non-respondents would tend to be teachers who had not been involved in a review , proved to be unfounded . |
| 18 | A transaction is material if a user of the financial statements under consideration would tend to be misled by its omission or mis-statement . |
| 19 | Note that the in nudist would tend to be omitted when followed by a stop consonant such as — hence permitting the above ambiguity . |
| 20 | Reading experiences that would tend to be placed at this node would probably be characterised as unenjoyable readings , and the text itself would be described as boring or obscure and pretentious . |
| 21 | Any real growth in consumption of all meats would tend to be led by lower prices . |
| 22 | Many of my tutors have said that one of the most salutary of their experiences has been to work with a good adult class , which starts with no preconceptions , does n't necessarily have a qualification in mind , and ask the kind of questions which would tend to be asked say in Swift 's Gulliver Travels . |
| 23 | The content of an article will tend to be determined by its length ; no newspaper article is likely to be more than 1,000 words , which precludes any chance of detailed analysis . |
| 24 | The police will not escape criticism , but this will tend to be softened by the unacknowledged consensus that the RUC is essential to the security approach of both governments . |
| 25 | It is a truism to say that that which can not be readily classified will tend to be overlooked . |
| 26 | That will tend to be offshore as banks and building societies in this country have to deduct tax at source . |
| 27 | The unfit person will tend to be flabby and possibly fat . |
| 28 | There are elections at all levels where it can be better for a party to have a low turn-out overall because those who do vote will tend to be your people . |
| 29 | Because of formula funding , the state of school premises and the amount and quality of equipment will tend to be dependent on pupil numbers . |
| 30 | These will tend to be ESN(S) schools , but if the early period of schooling is successful in developing the child , they may move on to ESN(M) schools and eventually to normal primary schools . |