Public information numbers may be automated and agencies tend to have a long backlog of requests for help.

Certain departments and agencies tend to become dumping grounds for those with connections.

These agencies tend to be regulatory bodies or agencies that provide some sort of public service whose goal is not commercial profit.

The lawsuit says the agencies tended to be quite open, if not blatant, about their discriminatory practices when dealing with client companies.

But Congress bridled because bigger agencies tended to emphasize their own priorities.

Whereas the agencies tend to be agencies employing people directly and then marking sense.

Representing large oil-consuming nations, the agency, based in Paris, tends to push for greater production and lower prices.

The agency now tends to seek "all or nothing" agreements from the companies responsible for a site, he said.

Many industry officials say that under an acting commissioner, the agency tends to put off difficult decisions.

Different communities and agencies tend to have definitions related to the concrete situations they face.