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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a weak tendency" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a slight or minor inclination towards a particular behavior or outcome.
Example: "There is a weak tendency among the participants to prefer option A over option B."
Alternatives: "a slight inclination" or "a minor propensity."
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In these films, coercivity exhibited a weak tendency to increase with temperature.
There was a weak tendency (R-square=0.12, P=0.08) for specific activity (revertants/mg "tar") to increase with decreasing "tar" yield lower "tar" products had a slightly higher specific activity.
While our descriptive statistics show that Chinese city-regions at the prefectural level have a weak tendency towards polycentricity from 2000 to 2010, regression models reveal that a more monocentric spatial structure performs better in terms of labor productivity, a result that a stricter two-stage least square estimation supports.
According to Giere, on the other hand, the die has a weak tendency to land '3'.
There are subtle differences in the seasonal variation of a 2. In March equinox, positive values of a 2 are seen in the forenoon and the pre-midnight period signifying a weak tendency for amplification.
There was a weak tendency for units of intermediate in-degree to have higher MRSA prevalence, but the chance to find a MRSA positive patient in a high-degree unit was almost as high.
There was no significant association between pain relief and the 5-HTTLPR polymorphism, however, the researchers observed a weak tendency that more responders carry the short-short genotype and more non-responders carry the long-long genotype [36].
Measuring the prevalence of MRSA by the ratio of patient-hours by patients that has tested positive with MRSA at the unit to the total patient hours at the unit, we conclude that there was a weak tendency for heightened prevalence for units of intermediate centrality.
As a result, thorium salts have a weak tendency to hydrolyse.
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There is also a weaker tendency to cycle back to lower-cost strategies, although generally just one tier lower than a previously adopted strategy.
Comparison with homologous PEIs without ether linkages revealed lower glass transition temperatures and a weaker tendency to form liquid crystal mesophases.
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