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"show a tendency" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It is used as a synonym for "tend to" or "tend towards". As such, it is used to describe something that something or someone is likely to do or become. For example: "Recent economic data show a tendency towards instability in the markets."
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However, people who often post about intellectual topics do not, as you might expect, show a tendency for introversion.
On some occasions, when his motives seem confused the other delegates show a tendency to haze him.
Certain common types of cancer show a tendency to affect some families in a disproportionately high degree.
However, both actors show a tendency to fall into their characters' default modes — acerbic grande dame, soulful artisan — too easily.
Levy's use of a delightfully fallible narrator is clever and productive, although at times it can also seem strained and show a tendency towards the schematic.
However, while the lyrics show a tendency to negotiate, the riffs on the instrumental will go against your will to stay static.
Mr. Eschenbach did show a tendency to rely too much on sudden manipulations of tempo to make expressive points, which sometimes turned the music-making a little jerky.
Both thus show a tendency for preserving the primitive plan.
Countries with small scientific production show a tendency for importing scholars.
For this reason, they show a tendency to adopt popular claims in the debate (γ6).
Formulations including egg phosphatidylcholine show a tendency to a lower particle size.
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