Example sentences of "lend themselves [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The terms deregulation and reregulation do not lend themselves to easy definition . |
| 2 | Look at them long and hard with a fresh eye , question their presence and their use ; there are very few that do n't lend themselves to ingenious transformations . |
| 3 | Some problems do not lend themselves to financial solutions . |
| 4 | Many solicitors , in writing a letter for a client , will misrepresent the law , even though they are addressing themselves to a layman , and will lend themselves to various abuses and suppressions ( not involving a breach of law ) in order to obstruct a just claim . |
| 5 | They wanted stories that would lend themselves to lurid headlines such as FOR GOD 'S SAKE GO ! |
| 6 | In sparring , this is not such a good idea , since the techniques do not lend themselves to repetitive actions . |
| 7 | ( 1981 ) , who are able to alter the appearance of their homes , tend not to use modernist styles , which , in any case , do not lend themselves to such appropriation . |
| 8 | The promises do not readily lend themselves to precise costings . |
| 9 | Unfortunately , other forms of assessment do not lend themselves to precise measures of test-retest reliability and the clinician may need to judge how far situational factors might have influenced the two assessments . |
| 10 | The clay soils of many farms north of the Downs , for example , do not lend themselves to intensive arable farming , and few farms here ( or , for that matter , fields ) are far from woodlands so that they are not wholly dependent on such features as patches of scrub or hedges for the presence of many common farmland species . |
| 11 | Some phenomena may simply not lend themselves to this kind of analysis . |
| 12 | Obviously not all historical writings will lend themselves to this imagining . |
| 13 | Materials with interesting sound effects would lend themselves to this kind of treatment . |