"tendency" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

tendency sustantivo

tendency + verbo
Kolokacji: 13
tendency makes • tendency leads • tendency causes • tendency exists • tendency seems • ...
(2) exist, continue, prevail
Kolokacji: 3
1. tendency exists = skłonność istnieje tendency exists
3. tendency prevails = tendencja zwycięża tendency prevails
  • On dry lands this is done by the scraper, but where the least tendency to moisture prevails, the small plough is used, in order that the furrows may be perfectly cleaned out.
  • It is unclear which tendency will prevail.
  • A tendency prevailed among the Swiss plane staff to press food on me, but I expostulated in strong terms that I never ate on an empty stomach.
  • The nature of these vibrations is determined by each man's past experience, and by the circumstances of the moment, which causes one or another tendency to prevail over the rest.
  • The first point does not establish that people are spontaneously more inclined to conflict than to co-operation, merely that the latter tendency does not prevail absolutely.
  • Again, anti-romantic tendency here prevailed: it looked as part of the polemic with those Russian authors who tended to romanticize "pure and unspoiled" life of the uncivilized world.
  • If during the more ancient period huts were structured in a single unity, in a more recent phase the tendency of sectorization of the house prevailed .
  • The nature of these vibrations is determined by each person's past experiences and by the circumstances of the moment, which cause one or another tendency to prevail.
  • The power struggle that led to the ascendancy of the radical factions never threatened the Government's cohesion, and even current political leaders whose power may be waning could well retain Government roles no matter what political tendency prevails, according to one diplomat.
  • Both tendencies prevailed through three days of music.
(3) seem, increase, appear
Kolokacji: 3
verbo + tendency
Kolokacji: 9
show a tendency • display tendencies • exhibit tendencies • represent tendencies • tendency is seen • ...
adjetivo + tendency
Kolokacji: 127
natural tendency • strong tendency • suicidal tendency • general tendency • violent tendency • ...
preposición + tendency
Kolokacji: 12
for one's tendency • of tendencies • in one's tendency • about one's tendency • with a tendency • ...

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