'V towards n' - Construction 3
| Name: | the tend towards a characterisic construction |
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| Description: | A person or entity is likely to have a particular characteristic or opinion. |
| Verbs: | incline, lean, tend |
| Example: | Critical objectivist approaches have tended towards a totalizing perspective. (BNC) |
| Membership: | non-futurity; modality |
| Semantic fields and roles: |
Field: Equivalence.
Roles: NP1: Carrier; NP2: Attribute
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