Paradoxically, some leaders tended to act as brakes on their followers.

Those leaders, the officials said, also tended to chip away at democratic freedoms.

These leaders tend to influence others to change their attitudes and behaviors.

Then again, political leaders tend to be in the short-range business.

"The leaders tend to be the leaders in doing that kind of thing."

Their leaders tend to be contemptuous of true Marxists, you know.

Modems have generally become a commodity business in which even the leaders tend to be relatively small companies.

Finally, leaders tend to be viewed by others as the leader.

Soviet leaders, however, tended to understand security in terms of space.

Until the 1970's, legislative leaders tended to be more deferential to the governor.