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Meanings of have a tendency in English

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Usage of have a tendency in English
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But political conditions have a tendency of changing unannounced-andcontrary to reason.
Wired
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I also have a tendency to try to learn everything by myself.
Rock and Ice Magazine
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They have a tendency to overlook the basic rights of the individual.
Anchorite
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Still I have feared that she may have a tendency to consumption.
A Strange Story — Volume 01
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Fruit trees have a tendency to revert to old wild poor forms.
The Library of Work and Play: Gardening and Farming.
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When you hire Harry D'Amour, things have a tendency to become... complicated.
The Scarlet Gospels
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You have a tendency toward certain things, and a distaste for others.
A Series of Lessons in Gnani Yoga: The Yoga of Wisdom
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I have a tendency to get my biblical analogies in a twist.
The Guardian
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The women in my family have a tendency to die in childbirth.
Mission road
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However, Zuma has said that South Africans have a tendency to sensationalise things.
The South African
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Yet for some reason, people have a tendency to overlook the second option.
Economics Without Illusions
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I really do have a tendency to look for problems first.
Changer of Worlds
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We have a tendency to look at things in such a personal way.
The Michael Chekhov Handbook
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The problem is that the British have a tendency to do themselves down.
Reuters
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The resulting carve-ups and writedowns, though, have a tendency to perpetuate the problem.
Reuters
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But military games and sabre-rattling have a tendency to get out of hand.
The Guardian
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Have a tendency across language varieties
Ireland
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United States of America
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United Kingdom
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