Example sentences of "lend themselves [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The terms deregulation and reregulation do not lend themselves to easy definition .
2 Look at them long and hard with a fresh eye , question their presence and their use ; there are very few that do n't lend themselves to ingenious transformations .
3 Some problems do not lend themselves to financial solutions .
4 Many solicitors , in writing a letter for a client , will misrepresent the law , even though they are addressing themselves to a layman , and will lend themselves to various abuses and suppressions ( not involving a breach of law ) in order to obstruct a just claim .
5 They wanted stories that would lend themselves to lurid headlines such as FOR GOD 'S SAKE GO !
6 In sparring , this is not such a good idea , since the techniques do not lend themselves to repetitive actions .
7 ( 1981 ) , who are able to alter the appearance of their homes , tend not to use modernist styles , which , in any case , do not lend themselves to such appropriation .
8 The promises do not readily lend themselves to precise costings .
9 Unfortunately , other forms of assessment do not lend themselves to precise measures of test-retest reliability and the clinician may need to judge how far situational factors might have influenced the two assessments .
10 Some phenomena may simply not lend themselves to this kind of analysis .
11 Materials with interesting sound effects would lend themselves to this kind of treatment .
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