1.   His recent experiences had reinforced a strong natural tendency towards caution.

2.   Literate societies have a strong tendency to take writing as the norm of language.

3.   Sodium has a strong tendency to lose an electron and become the positively charged ion Na.

4.   There is a strong tendency to give dying patients far more drugs than are necessary.

5.   They thus exhibit a strong tendency to drag their feet as doomsday draws nearer.

6.   Yet throughout her period of office there has been a strong authoritarian tendency.

7.   There is a very strong tendency to take literally what needs imaginative interpretation.

8.   With perfectly free competition there will always be a strong tendency toward full employment.

9.   Once US firms followed a path of low accumulation, there was a strong tendency for them to stay on it.