Example sentences of "[adv] lends [pn reflx] " 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 Cricket , an old and complex game , naturally lends itself to statistical analysis .
3 Because the terrain so lends itself to visual spectacle , the grand prix races draw crowds from Vienna , Salzburg and Innsbruck like no other .
4 Where there 's lines that just lends itself to having a dry paint rubbed down it .
5 It is this form of drama which best lends itself to topic work and intercurricular project work .
6 This phenomenon again suggests that the interpretation of a pronoun is influenced by a representation of superficial aspects of the preceding text It also lends itself to experimental study .
7 Role play also lends itself to every aspect of language work , including structures , lexis , functions , intonation patterns , and register .
8 Ivory also lends itself readily to ornamentation .
9 Stainless steel also lends itself to this modern form of finish .
10 Why I do n't know , whether it 's because street lighting is less , or geographically lends itself .
11 The idea that the past harbours a golden age of tranquility also readily lends itself to the view that history might furnish us with effective methods of commonsense crime control .
12 Assessment in Catholic Religious Education would have to take great care against falling into the trap of only aiming to develop that which readily lends itself to measurement .
13 Health visitors can be employed in a part-time capacity , and the job theoretically lends itself well to jobsharing .
14 The fingerboard is wide and again lends itself well to rock styles , although if you 're into slinging guitars around your knees and just going for the chords there 's plenty of meat to get hold of .
15 As a style , modernism visibly lends itself to this appropriation .
16 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 .
17 The technique therefore lends itself to functional decomposition .
18 The professional assessment is that the Mitre ball is heavier when it flies through the air and therefore lends itself to greater accuracy .
19 Though associated to a certain extent with the advent of behaviourism in the study of politics ( because of its positivist claims to scientific status ) , elitism actually lends itself easily either to a concentration on institutional or organisational identifications of power , as in the traditional study of politics , or to a concern with socio-political cleavages and integrative factors more associated with political sociology than with political science .
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