Example sentences of "lend themselves [prep] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Some problems do not lend themselves to financial solutions . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | They wanted stories that would lend themselves to lurid headlines such as FOR GOD 'S SAKE GO ! |
| 5 | In sparring , this is not such a good idea , since the techniques do not lend themselves to repetitive actions . |
| 6 | The promises do not readily lend themselves to precise costings . |
| 7 | 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 . |