Example sentences of "lends [pn reflx] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Critical comments are frequently made in the press stating or implying that Swiss law lends itself particularly well to illegal trafficking in works of stolen art . |
| 2 | MicroPROLOG lends itself particularly well to the construction of databases which can then be interrogated in a number of different ways . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Christmas is a natural time for us to indulge ourselves , free from the constraints of commissioning clients , and as calligraphy lends itself admirably to the creation of ephemera such as greetings cards , most of us have a large collection of those many of our distinguished colleagues . |
| 5 | H. Granville-Barker , reviewing Chambers 's work , recognizes both the limitations of " science " ( " no art lends itself wholly to scientific methods of criticism and research " ) and the " magnanimity of true learning " which " scorns special pleading , comes charily to conclusions , opens every path by which the reader may reach his own . |
| 6 | This tie-breaker lends itself even more than the general format of the competition to focusing attention on the product in hand . |
| 7 | Crataegus , or hawthorn , makes a dense hedge which lends itself well to severe formal trimming |
| 8 | The accumulation of data over a long period of time is a situation that lends itself well to the use of a microcomputer . |
| 9 | Sending such digital signals lends itself well to using light along optical fibres rather than electrical signals along copper wires . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Health visitors can be employed in a part-time capacity , and the job theoretically lends itself well to jobsharing . |
| 12 | Her medium is gouache and watercolour which lends itself well to graphic reproduction . |
| 13 | The flexibility of SCOTVEC 's provision lends itself well to European projects in many ways : |
| 14 | an organisation whose structure lends itself most readily to ensuring that employees work effectively for the achievement of their own and the organisation 's goals . |
| 15 | But lovers of novels in everyday ink and print can take heart from the fact that electronic book publishing lends itself best to reference material . |
| 16 | Lovers of novels in everyday ink and print can take heart from the fact that electronic book publishing lends itself best to reference material |
| 17 | And indeed , the lexicon of " Diffugere nives " lends itself repeatedly to the construction of immanent linkages in the lexicon , a strain of metaphor not overt ( like the obvious figure of comae , " tresses " , in the second line ) but operating covertly through the potential spread of reference , the semantic leeway , in certain items of vocabulary . |
| 18 | Edward 's ‘ forthright ’ , breathy style lends itself naturally to blues ( Mississippi Lad or I 'm not your fool any more , also featuring Waits on vocals , and the soft and low Ballad for a Bronze Beauty ) , but less well to the rest of the album , parts of which also have an oddly out of character Brazilian flavour . |
| 19 | Of the two , carbon — which has the smaller atoms — is by far the more versatile : it lends itself much more easily than silicon does to the creation of intricate molecular shapes . |
| 20 | It lends itself quite suitably to the UK sporting scene which is populated by many black sportsmen growing up in broken homes , settling on the side of the mother and eventually seeing the father as an anathema , as did Repton heavyweight Ray Tabi : |
| 21 | Without doubt , the Grid lends itself supremely well to training programmes : its relevance to real life is less sure . |
| 22 | Designed as a demonstration of bi-partite segregation between public and saloon , it lends itself poorly to unification , and the restorable public bar would have been lost in the process . |
| 23 | Nature study is another subject which lends itself readily to drawing and painting . |
| 24 | Ivory also lends itself readily to ornamentation . |
| 25 | The assessment of this module lends itself readily to an integrated assignment where evidence may be generated which is appropriate for more than one outcome . |
| 26 | Whereas writing has usually been an insular process , word-processing lends itself more easily to a collaborative approach , offering exciting opportunities to share and extend ideas . |
| 27 | The reason is simply that since its meaning is more abstract than that of see , hear , watch , etc. , it lends itself more easily to the inference-type sense than do the latter . |