Example sentences of "[noun sg] lend [pron] [adv] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | His logical mind lent itself superbly to maths and he began to excel in the subject . |
| 2 | The beautifully rich tones of this picture lend themselves well to a ruby wedding anniversary . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | As scored here the woodwind and horns are pitted against each other , the character of the music with its fanfare-like subject lending itself well to such treatment . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Any artist 's choice of media is often a practical one ; when working outside , it is difficult to manage large-scale work , and gouache or oil lend themselves well to the immediacy and vibrancy of an outdoor setting . |
| 9 | The flexibility of SCOTVEC 's provision lends itself well to European projects in many ways : |
| 10 | This sociability and cooperation lent itself ideally to communal hunting techniques because , as I have shown elsewhere , hunting success , even among well-adapted hunting animals — which , of course , our hominid ancestors most decidedly were not — is generally proportional to the number of hunters involved . |
| 11 | One of the reasons for working particularly with correlations is that those of low order lend themselves satisfactorily to physical interpretation , in ways to be discussed in Section 19.4 . |