Example sentences of "lend [pn reflx] to the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Pastiche is a dualistic activity , and it is an activity which can lend itself to the expression of paranoid feelings and unacted desires . |
| 2 | There is some disagreement about the size of the informal proletariat , which is not surprising given that its informal nature does not lend itself to the gathering of statistic , but most commentators see it representing about 40–60 per cent of the economically active population . |
| 3 | And , like mine , it did not lend itself to the sort of conclusion Berkeley wanted to draw , to the effect that we are not justified in calling material things hot and cold . |
| 4 | The loss of full-back Robertson would leave Rangers short in that department but his hamstring injury does not lend itself to the taking of risks . |
| 5 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 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 | Other programs lend themselves to the development of a combination of subject , information handling and social skills — database , simulations and modelling programs do this . |
| 8 | The emphasis was now on the proliferation of high-capacity small-scale computers capable of greater versatility than the older machines , lending themselves to the formation of networks , and many of them deliberately designed for easy access , so that much of the mystique was being dispelled . |
| 9 | A gay text is one which lends itself to the hypothesis of a gay reading regardless of where the author 's genitals were wont to keep house . |
| 10 | The physicality of the artefact lends itself to the work of praxis — that is , cultural construction through action rather than just conceptualization . |
| 11 | The idea that the past harbours a golden age of tranquility also readily lends itself to the view that history might furnish us with effective methods of commonsense crime control . |
| 12 | The package with its design attributes lends itself to the production of manuals and directories |
| 13 | If your children have left home and you have more space than you need , you could consider taking in lodgers , either as paying guests or , if your property lends itself to the creation of a separate flatlet , in a tenancy capacity . |
| 14 | This is a good activity for small group project work as it lends itself to the pooling of information and sharing different elements of the task . |
| 15 | Although the use of robots has been widely discussed and implemented in large-scale , large volume industries , their use in small manufacturing processes have common characteristics which would seem to lend themselves to the application of robotic techniques . |