Example sentences of "lent [pn reflx] to [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Devolution was seen by heads as a process that lent itself to a more collaborative style of management . |
| 2 | That situation lent itself to a kind of reverse patronage if the town annoyed the Administration , and the advice sent to Lord Milton in 1734 when the Stirling people were ‘ very insolent ’ and ‘ were Drinking at the Cross disappointment to L[ord] I[lay] and all his Designs ’ was that the bulk of the troops should be removed , together with much of the community 's business , as a preliminary to an attack on the town council . |
| 3 | This model provided a way of visualizing the pattern of morphogenetic systems over the earth 's surface during the Cainozoic and so lent itself to a clear way of integrating contemporary world zones with those of the past when ice sheets were non-existent or much less extensive . |
| 4 | Through this attempt the Restoration lent itself to a repetition of the earlier struggle between King and Commons . |
| 5 | Ms Darlow took along her wedding gown for one and her grandmother 's hat and muff for another an outfit which lent itself to a sepia finish , said Mrs Simmons . |
| 6 | For example , the problem of representing three-dimensional figures in two dimensions lent itself to the splitting of animal forms so that they faced out in both directions , joined by a centre line around the mouth and spine . |
| 7 | ‘ I felt there was a simple story at the heart of it , as well as the unusual content of the books , lent itself to the kind of melodramatic theatre I like . ’ |