Example sentences of "lend [pn reflx] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Still , I could n't help responding , at least in spirit , to the orgy of general joy as we docked at Lisbon ; and even John stiffly lent himself to various aromatic embraces . |
| 2 | He would lend himself to a deluge ; she would imagine water gushing into a basin . |
| 3 | That here 's this discussion with you before I know some of you , but the very nature of the salesman , does n't lend himself very well to being organised . |
| 4 | From basic utilitarian objects such as the core-formed vessels of ancient Egypt , with their bold feathered decorations , to the elaborate ‘ fantasy ’ pieces of Venice , the amorphous nature of glass has lent itself admirably to individualistic expression . |
| 5 | It has lent itself admirably to the finishing of chairs , cabinets and desks — pieces where a very sensitive finish is required . |
| 6 | In any case they were sitting upstairs in Willi 's little loggia ( the gallery of the Spa Rooms had not lent itself to conversion into boxes , but parts of the curved balcony had been sectioned off with wrought-iron grills into small loggias for distinguished guests ) . |
| 7 | I would n't have lent myself to any schemes like that . |
| 8 | The questions posed by Feminist , Marxist , Structuralist and Post-Structuralist criticism have not lent themselves to computer-based responses . ’ |
| 9 | And those long gentle lines of the dip-slope of the Cotswolds , those misty uplands of the sheep-grey oolite , how they have lent themselves to the villainous requirements of the new age ! |
| 10 | Pastiche is a dualistic activity , and it is an activity which can lend itself to the expression of paranoid feelings and unacted desires . |
| 11 | The British Cabinet system simply does not lend itself to that sort of Novices ' Handicap . |
| 12 | Analysis that is performed only occasionally or perhaps in one batch does not lend itself to the statistical interpretation underlying conventional QC systems . |
| 13 | There is some disagreement about the size of the informal proletariat , which is not surprising given that its informal nature does not lend itself to the gathering of statistic , but most commentators see it representing about 40–60 per cent of the economically active population . |
| 14 | The Rottweiler is basically a calm , confident and courageous dog with a self-assured aloofness that does not lend itself to immediate and indiscriminate friendships . |
| 15 | Now the scholars amongst you will quickly realise that staying in a hotel near Balquhidder would lend itself to terms of geographic convenience to tackling Ben More , Ben Vorlich or even Ben Lawers . |
| 16 | But it does lend itself to careful analysis and preparation which may well pay off during the actual bargaining . |
| 17 | Article 3(4) areas — zone Defavorisee hors montagne — a zone comprised mainly of land that can not be cultivated and which does not lend itself to intensive production . |
| 18 | In Snowdonia , Snowdon itself could lend itself to such management as could the Glyder and Tryfan mountain block . |
| 19 | In Snowdonia , Snowdon itself could lend itself to such management as could the Glyder and Tryfan mountain block . |
| 20 | The dairy-type conformation does not lend itself readily to beef production and though steers will fatten they grow rather slowly . |
| 21 | It does not immediately lend itself to action on the part of the adviser . |
| 22 | But Sheila 's situation does not lend itself to action . |
| 23 | It is a system that would lend itself to any sizeable district general hospital . |
| 24 | What I am concerned about is that electricity privatisation will not lend itself to improving the situation . |
| 25 | The evidence , then , does not lend itself to the ‘ Labour must abandon its class roots ’ thesis of electoral advancement . |
| 26 | ‘ The pattern of study leave block release — does n't lend itself to the smaller offices or indeed to business organisations . |
| 27 | It is difficult to judge the material of the shroud from its marble representation , for sculpture does not lend itself easily to such subtleties . |
| 28 | I agree that where we 're living at the moment does n't exactly lend itself to being a family home . |
| 29 | However the very nature of weaponry does not lend itself so readily to such analysis . |
| 30 | One difference is this : Sartre 's aim is the philosophical one of redescribing the location of bodily sensations in a way which does not lend itself to such misunderstandings as that two people could feel the same pain as they can see the same table . |