Even given the tendency for costs to swell, that is a dramatic saving.
Given the tendency of thermodynamicists to argue, in all probability, the discussions will lead to additional disagreements.
But the tension is not surprising, Mr. Lin said, given the tendency of immigrant groups to live in close proximity to one another.
Some Pakistani estimates put the civilian death toll much higher – plausibly, given the tendency to claim as "militants" victims later demonstrated to be nothing of the sort.
Dark Corners may not be the last we hear of Rendell's characters, given the tendency for crime narratives to be continued posthumously by other hands.
Given the tendency of the establishment to recruit in its own image, it might only reinforce the supremacy of the privately educated graduates.
The extent of the panic after Headingley was comically wearisome, especially given the tendency of series between these two sides to swing wildly one way and the other.
It was a risky decision, given the tendency for maestros to produce what is known as Kapellmeistermusik, or conductor's music: an adroit mashup of other people's ideas.
Given the tendency of Democrats to cave in and spinelessly agree to most of what this administration proposes, I can see where the Bush people get this idea.
Signs are not promising, given the tendency to play the game as if saddling the other side with blame for failure is the main goal.
The confusion is understandable, given the tendency among some of the popular media to tar all late-20th-century financiers with the same brush of infamy.
