slight tendency

collocation in English

meaningsofslightandtendency

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slight
adjective
uk
/slaɪt/us
/slaɪt/
small in amount ...
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tendency
noun[C]
uk
/ˈten.dən.si/us
/ˈten.dən.si/
If someone has a tendency to do or like something, they will probably do it or ...
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(Definition ofslightandtendencyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofslight tendency

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There was only aslighttendencytoward significance for the three-year-olds (r=x0.79, p=0.109), indicating a non-significant decrease in performance with increase in frequency.
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Only with masculine referents do men have aslighttendencyto use the pronominal form more often than women.
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Furthermore, in both studies three-year-olds showed aslighttendencyto distinguish animates from inanimates, in the same direction as older children.
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The numerals 4 and 10 showed aslighttendencyto use the feminine forms (55%), but this preference was not found to be statistically significant.
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Aslighttendencytowards medium size as optimal for survival could be inferred from our data, but any conclusion with such a low species number would be hazardous.
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The right upper and left lower lobes have aslighttendencyto be connected more frequently to the systemic-topulmonary collateral arteries.
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This indicated aslighttendencyfor the sampling efficiency of light traps to decline relative to human bait catches at high mosquito densities.
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In fact, they also detected aslighttendencyfor smaller parties to receive more than their proportional share of portfolios (and for larger parties to receive correspondingly less).
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In a recognition test, there was aslighttendencyfor the aural listeners to make fewer errors when trying to identify excerpts from the composition.
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Following the intervention that taught them to name letters in the alphabetic order, aslighttendency emerged for confusing adjacent letters that are not necessarily similar.
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There was aslighttendencyfor the older children to do better on the landmark sparse (not rich) layout.
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There is, however, aslighttendencyfor students to have a greater number of unique words in their written work.
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I notice aslighttendencyfor that to occur.
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I feel there is aslighttendencythis way.
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There is aslighttendencyto do that to-day.
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I seem to see aslighttendencyin that direction.
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There is aslighttendencyfor them to fall.
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One notes aslighttendencyto indulgence in the national parliaments.
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There has been aslighttendency—only a slight one—to draw up categories during the debate.
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