Example sentences of "[adv] lend themselves [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Within such studies there is a tendency also to concentrate on those ‘ academic ’ components of the curriculum which more easily lend themselves to didactic modes of exposition and question-and-answer teaching . |
| 2 | Many of these areas lie too wet in winter for arable farming , and thus lend themselves to bought-in herds of cattle for summer fattening . |
| 3 | Even if he is working in a field with other workers the sense of isolation can remain , for the noise and the increased pace of work hardly lend themselves to easy conversation between workmates . |
| 4 | Pagan demons also lend themselves to biblical interpretations . |
| 5 | French restaurants particularly lend themselves to this kind of combination , and the staff seem quite happy to oblige . |
| 6 | In this context the relationship of the persuader to the patient — for example , spouse , parents or religious adviser — will be important , because some relationships more readily lend themselves to overbearing the patient 's independent will than do others . |