Example sentences of "lent itself [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I mean er that one lent itself to that . |
| 2 | However , having considered the arguments , Lord Bingham said that it was not a subject that lent itself to absolute rules . |
| 3 | There had been some war damage but this was not on a scale which lent itself to large-scale redevelopment . |
| 4 | Although the horn lent itself to delicate work and when finished had a smooth feel , its natural colour , yellow , mottled and streaked with grey , was so unattractive that the Chinese stained the objects they carved from it an artificial brown . |
| 5 | The basic design lent itself to production-line techniques , and ERCO produced 335 per month at their peak . |