Sentences with phrase «tend to»

I also have a second list beside my bed, because I tend to think of things before I go to sleep.

Unfortunately, financial problems tend to spiral out of control unless they are handled properly.

Not only does the process tend to punt difficult decisions to future contracts, but arbitrators often prove sympathetic to union positions, as recently happened when Air Canada flight attendants won a pension that blends elements of the defined benefits and defined contributions models.

As a morning person, I tend to complete those activities before noon, which then gives me time to address other urgent items that come up during the day.»

Like many other pieces of expert commentary on personality difference, Little's entertaining talk offers plenty of examples of how introverts and extroverts tend to differ, according to research.

Shopping timelines are changing, for instance, as consumers tend to search for back - to - school products earlier online, while waiting later to pull the actual trigger.

Such communities in the U.S. tend to be gated, whereas St. Elizabeth, with its town square and retailers, could actually entice outsiders to visit.

In depression, you tend to focus on everything you haven't achieved and focus solemnly on where you think you should be.

«When you start looking at the people who are active online, they tend to be demographically younger, much more electronically active than the average in the population, more educated,» notes Soberman.

The best companies to work for tend to have managers who see the reality of the situation, and who are free to talk about their own mistakes as well as the mistakes of others.

Baby boomers tend to be more likely to think of the water cooler as a communication hub.

Women, she said, are great marketers, and tend to be better able to engage potential backers with a powerful story — something that really resonates on crowdfunding platforms.

Personal goals and hectic schedules tend to consume every waking minute of the day.

«I don't tend to look at myself that often.»

«We actually tend to believe what politicians tell us — which is a flaw, by the way.»

«You tend to notice that.»

In these situations people tend to favor a middle ground position that includes some benefits from each option but doesn't result in significant change to either.

Do the people in your audience tend to be more female than male?

But what I have also noticed is that these minor distractions tend to keep you awake.

And when households begin to worry about their financial security, they tend to reduce spending and focus on paying off debt.

For example, interest - rate - sensitive income stocks and bonds tend to do well coming out of the trough, and more cyclical companies excel later on as the recovery gains steam.

Women tend to be a bit more risk - averse than men.

According to researchers from the University of Florida, Oregon State University and the University of Notre Dame, introverts at the office tend to find the work performances of their extroverted colleagues lacking.

They tend to be loyal to the best in class, rather than the brand, itself.»

Usually, when we meet people who are different from us, in whatever way, we tend to treat them as inferior, even though we say that's not what we're doing.

Companies that enshrine specific financial goals tend to do worse than those without any mission statement; those that express a commitment to their communities excel.

«Things that work tend to always work,» he says.

Baquet even refers to this in his interview, saying part of the problem with the Times «Iraq coverage was that the paper and its reporters «tend to believe what politicians tell us.»

The CEOs tend to be unassuming folk who ignore management trends to concentrate on the nuts and bolts of running a business — focusing on earnings per share instead of worrying about top - line growth, for example, and working to preserve cash flow instead of increasing earnings to build shareholder value.

And they tend to take the process too personally: A 2013 study from the University of Oxford demonstrated that entrepreneurs are inclined to express more emotion at the bargaining table, to their detriment.

«Experiences live long in the mind, they tend to be shared with others, they make us who we are,» sums up PsyBlog.

(And that's putting aside the fact that women - run businesses tend to deliver better financial returns and create more jobs than male - run enterprises.)

With manufacturing already stagnant, the likelihood of falling into a new recession next year increases greatly (remember that interest rates are a long leading indicator, and increases tend to take a year or more to be felt in the real economy).

Insurance companies — like my lawyer friend — tend to ask for a few more details.

The income pays for day - to - date expenses, and research has shown that companies with a yield tend to post higher long - term total returns than those without.

Added bonus: Studies show that attractive, healthy CEOs tend to boost their company bottom line, as well.

While many expanding companies invest considerable time and resources into acquiring new customers, they tend to forget that the real work begins once a new customer comes on board.

When asked to define stress today's pundits tend to either ignore the question or to cloud up their response with jargon and «psycho babble».

«What we've seen fairly consistently over the years is that new Prime members will tend to spend more each year after they become a member.

For more than five years, researchers have been able to demonstrate that women - led tech businesses, though rare in the industry, tend to outperform their male - led competitors.

Generally, multichannel marketers achieve the greatest success because customers who can shop when and however they like tend to spend more and shop more often.

If they're constructive, knowledgeable and often right then you tend to let them do more talking than others.

Whenever I hear everyone around me doing the same thing or saying the same thing, I tend to want to run away from it.

Some things tend to get lost in translation when making their way from one country to another.

Experts tend to focus on universities and colleges as the place where we need to teach innovative thinking.

The price is a particular sticking point, said Sterling, since these vehicles tend to be more expensive than diesel, sometimes significantly so.

We tend to eat for taste, which means we eat past the point of feeling full — and that's one reason we put on weight.

However, 2014 could be more promising, as the Scorecard survey found that three in four small business owners plan to ease their dependence on independent contractors, which they tend to rely on when business feels shaky.

The ones we chose to include in our guide have a track record of durability, performance, and they tend to dry dishes thoroughly without producing lint.

We tend to meet for blocks of time that fit neatly into our calendars.