There is some inherited tendency to develop type 1 diabetes, but it is only a tendency, and actually most people (90%) who develop this disease do not have close relatives with it.

1型糖尿病有些遗传倾向，但它只是一种倾向，实际上大多数得这个病的人(90%)近亲中并没有得糖尿病的。

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This statistic indicates that drivers have a tendency to drive incautiously when they are close to home, probably because familiar surroundings give them a false sense of security.

这一统计数字表明驾驶员在离家近的时候有不谨慎驾驶的倾向，可能是因为周围熟悉的环境给了他们一种错误的安全感。

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But cell phones' explosion in the marketplace, and users' tendency to wear them close to the body and hold them repeatedly to the same ear, have led scientists to take a second look.

可是手机在市场上的爆炸式增长，以及使用者倾向于将他们贴身携带和通话时反复置于同一只耳朵上，使得科学家们不得不再一次审视它的使用安全。

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They have a disproportionate tendency to be living close enough to the edge to be eligible for food stamps, Medicaid, and other government programs meant to aid low-income households.

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Motivated by my own experience of the civil service tendency to hold things close to the chest, one of the first things I did after becoming chief scientific adviser was to set out formal guidelines for handling science advice in policy making.

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But microscopic bubbles of gas have a tendency to collapse within a few seconds, and so must be injected close to the site of interest.

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