Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adv] lends [pn reflx] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Such a picture of the mind naturally lends itself to a James-type account of the localisation of bodily sensations : if the mind has its ‘ seat ’ in the head , and sensations are in the mind , then what appears to be the directly-kno-wn location of the sensation must really be the indirectly-known location of the source of the sensation .
2 As a style , modernism visibly lends itself to this appropriation .
3 The ethos of the force therefore lends itself to gender differences in police work , and so popular are beliefs about the different capabilities of policemen and women , that some policemen shy away from handling these sorts of cases on the view that they are less able than women colleagues , and many policewomen adopt these notions as self-typifications .
4 Because the terrain so lends itself to visual spectacle , the grand prix races draw crowds from Vienna , Salzburg and Innsbruck like no other .
5 Role play also lends itself to every aspect of language work , including structures , lexis , functions , intonation patterns , and register .
6 Stainless steel also lends itself to this modern form of finish .
7 The technique therefore lends itself to functional decomposition .
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