The original buildings, constructed from dung and straw, tended to collapse whenever hit by one of the country's frequent earth tremors.
But in Egypt, even the best urban plans have tended to go awry.
As against what he sees as Ukip's "unintelligent" approach, Cash has tended to style himself as a "Eurorealist", believing – in theory, at least – that the EU could be so could drastically reformed that he and his Eurosceptic allies would be happy staying in.
Those in developing countries tended to be bigger cities than those in richer countries.
The Last of England sold for less than it should, and Brown's hyper-sensitivity also meant that he tended to crash up against the institutions and people who would have done him most good.
"However, some sectors of the market, which are not represented in the portfolio such as oil, gas and mining have tended to perform poorly," he added.
So, in little more than a fortnight, she banged out a play about a feisty Salford girl, Jo, who is left alone by her flighty mum one Christmas, goes to bed with a transient Nigerian sailor, gets pregnant and is lovingly tended by an effeminate art student.
Even when dressed up, Brooks tended to look like she was going to the office party, rather than as if she were genuinely off duty.
As a natural liberal, Friedman tended to doubt whether the powerful could be trusted to increase the welfare of the people.
She realised that previous studies had tended to use the same few quotations from typed letters and that scholars had failed to understand the significance of the others.
The councils lost by the Conservative Party in May tended to have experienced a much higher cut than typical Tory councils, suggesting that William Hague may struggle to convince voters that his party deserves more support in his native north.
