strong tendency
collocation in Englishmeaningsofstrongandtendency
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strong
adjective
uk/strɒŋ/us/strɑːŋ/
powerful; having or using great force ...
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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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Examplesofstrong tendency
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There is astrongtendencyfor larger craters to occur within them.
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Bioprosthetic valves have astrongtendencyto calcify in children.
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There is astrongtendencyto overinterpret mathematical and physical approximations.
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They showed astrongtendencytofindthe screen size restrictive.
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The inviscid (conservative) model develops a random motion withstrongtendencytowards energy-sharing.
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There's a 'strongtendency' for this to happen, says another.
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In the face of certain stimuli, such habits have astrongtendencyto produce fixed responses.
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At one of the extremes, smallholders showed astrongtendencyto adhere.
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Furthermore, we find nostrongtendencytoward instability even if initially such a spike were present.
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There is astrongtendencyto return to the original weight after the treatment, however.
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We expect these committees will not exhibit astrongtendencyto fall in the majority party's target area on its side of the chamber median.
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In these configurations, there is astrongtendencyfor the top and bottom node to lock into a parallel pattern.
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In relation to the first axis, astrongtendencyhas been for music to be employed more frequently the 'lighter' the topic and/or treatment.
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Yao'sstrongtendencyto choose direct strategies when requesting cessation of action did not change throughout the course of her pragmatic development.
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For example, right-handers show a particularlystrongtendencyto begin their drawings at the top left of the figure.
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In short, despite massive social, economic, and political changes over time, self-reinforcing processes mean that existing organizations will have astrongtendencyto persist.
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These results indicate a high degree of local marriage, implying astrongtendencyfor most genes to remain local.
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There is astrongtendencyto think that the value of outcomes must be tied to value for individuals.
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