He goes to pagan shrines, worships disgusting idols, and lends money for profit. |
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The smart screenplay lends itself to the character quirks that make them seem more human. |
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The original timber flooring throughout the ground floor lends character to a well-proportioned city dwelling. |
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Chopped raw garlic lends an assertive flavor to vinaigrettes, salsas, and other sauces such as aioli. |
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The all-seeing narration lends itself to broad, elegiac strokes of opinion. |
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A 1997 Yorkshire study of 255 adolescent students' attitudes to reading lends weight to this view. |
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The wooden floor is buffed to a cherry-red shine that lends a little jolliness. |
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The concentration of structures in space lends an urban quality even to small villages. |
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This lends weight to the theory that autism is a neurodevelopmental condition and not an acquired one. |
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Also, the article lends a bit of credibility to my presentations when I speak to families on dietary, biomedical, and other types of therapies. |
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Lee Ermey, a former drill sergeant himself, lends a good dose of realism to his role as the evil instructor. |
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However, some commentators argue that new material in the Strasbourg papyrus lends weight to the traditional interpretation. |
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It is this authenticity which lends credence to a runaway plot of student revolt against authority. |
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His aphoristic, rhetorical style, lends itself to statements that sound arresting but often mean very little. |
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The visual vocabulary of the Baroque and rococo, which the Europeans brought to Brazil, also lends itself to sublime extravagance. |
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It certainly lends itself more to toasting than the close-textured rye breads, staple food in much of northern Europe. |
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Prior to this decline, however, lyric poetry lends itself exceedingly well to the parameters of praise and blame. |
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The fact that they have been published under the auspices of the UN, however, lends them additional weight. |
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The sun is conquering the winter and lends a magical enchantment to the snow. |
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A scalloped, cloverleaf shape lends plenty of character to this Charlestown Square table from Broyhill. |
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Furthermore, they come from three very different backgrounds and social settings, which lends depth and perspective to their accounts. |
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It is the skilful manipulation of this single stitch that lends an interesting and characteristic dimension to the needlework. |
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One of the oldest types of roofing, terne metal, thus lends itself to many dramatic new applications in the contemporary idiom. |
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The software sector lends itself to mergers and takeovers as firms scramble to keep pace with market changes and shifting demand. |
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The wide planing hull lends stability for easy shots down tough rapids, and the boat's upturned bow makes punching through big holes a cinch. |
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The very seamlessness of the composition, with its glossy floor, lends a sleekness that, for some, will accord ill with the rest of the museum. |
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The play between glossy and matt surfaces lends a subtle complexity to a simple restaurant fitout. |
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Maybe distance lends enchantment to the view, but I remember him being quite good. |
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Tastes change, interpretations change, distance lends enchantment to the view. |
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The playback singer, K. S. Chitra, lends her mellifluent voice to these songs, which include solos, duets and chorus. |
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His brusque dismissal by passers-by lends a tinge of Beckettian pathos to this very plainly told tale. |
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It is this that lends her mildly titillating fiction the veneer of importance. |
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Wire mesh lends itself to gentle curves and sharp bends, so you can use it to construct fences in any configuration you like. |
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Outlining the entire eye with a smoky shadow or muted eye pencil and adding lash-plumping mascara lends immediate impact. |
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Touristy but attractive, the shambolic market lends an appealing air of bustle, while the Douro slips by silently towards the Atlantic. |
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It is biogeochemistry that lends substance to the hypothesis that Ediacaran and Cambrian faunas are separated by mass extinction. |
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This lends a surreal tone to proceedings, especially during Matilda's monologues about herself and family. |
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It is the theme that lends strength to the sheer ingenuity of SF, sinews to mere fancy. |
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Dusted with powdered sugar, it might well be the ultimate in comfort food, but the dark chocolate ganache lends a bit of sophistication. |
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These gains, however, mostly come with multithreaded software that lends itself to being spread across numerous cores. |
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The crafting of such language, potent with muscle and brain, lends objective shape to the act of consciousness itself. |
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Land lends itself too easily to sloganeering and an unquestioning intellectual certainty about the course of struggle. |
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A local bookseller lends them the merchandise and pays them a small commission on each item sold. |
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Yes, Matt can sometimes be a bore, but he usually knows when he is boring, and this lends complexity to his character as the series develops. |
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Livia Russo looks like she was about fourteen when the movie was shot, which lends an air of extreme unseemliness to her frequent nude scenes. |
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The initial sections are tight little vignettes whose brevity lends them a narrative crispness. |
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There's something about lording over personal servants that lends itself to deep soul-searching. |
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The emotional depth of the cast, whether it's Graham or one of his venal bosses, lends a dramatic weight to the story. |
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Because it is such a spartan environment and lacks significant variation or detail, it lends itself readily to imaginative transformation. |
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Tolkan lends his trademark bulldog intensity, while Monk gives her characters quirky grace and a hint of pranksterish glee. |
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The song has a stormy quality that lends itself to images of waves crashing violently against rocky shorelines. |
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If looking at the stand from the oval, you're faced with a visage of plate-glass windows that lends a futuristic look. |
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Someone lends you half a billion interest free and you then loan it on with interest. |
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Newness and nowness lends successful Pop a temporary sheen that is quickly tarnished. |
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Costanzo's documentary style camerawork lends an air of reality to this claustrophobic thriller, based on actual events. |
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This lends an air of deliberate camp to a play that needs no such favours, and which would amuse with more subtlety in their absence. |
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His wife, June, has run the village post office for the last 15 years, since the couple returned to the village, and Mr Boyack lends a hand. |
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It appears that food, like education and experiences in life, lends a hand in the evolvement of human beings. |
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Cribbage is a card game that lends itself to a solitaire of strategy, perhaps better than any other. |
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The omnipresence of the Internet in society today certainly lends some credibility to the possibility of explosive growth for online purchasing. |
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This awareness lends even the most caustic social commentary additional gravity, or sadness. |
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And, to the extent that fate sometimes lends a quirky, helping hand, relief may come from an unlikely source. |
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I love the way the topography lends itself to creating secret hideaways where guests can sit down and enjoy the views in seclusion. |
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Goose is much more accessible as a parlor game than Labyrinth, and it lends itself to being a gambling game as much as family entertainment. |
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Companies say that synfuels could become an important energy source sooner if the U.S. government lends a hand. |
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For example, Sir William's hyperbolic language lends itself to hyperbolic gestures that contribute to the comic business of his scenes. |
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The layout of the track lends itself to tight, close racing which is always good for the fans. |
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It has to be said that, as crimes go, identity theft hardly lends itself to riveting drama in the same way as armed robbery or drug dealing. |
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The backdrop of the mountains lends to the idyllic setting of Killoughternane. |
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The experienced earth lends something of its atmosphere to every world that we can conceive, and hence haunts these other worlds like a phantom. |
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The seats are very close together, and this lends an intimate, crowded feel to the place. |
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A classic sewn finish that lends itself to easy tops and dresses is the flat-fell seam, especially on the shoulder seams. |
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Perhaps most significant about the confirmation bias is that the doctrinal military decision-making process lends itself to its occurrence. |
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She lends the film much-needed plausibility, despite nagging doubts that she is a smidgen too old to be playing such roles. |
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Finally, while the fixatives provide the background, the base note lends the perfume its lasting impression. |
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The materiality of the tapestry, with its optically softening effect, lends the work a necessary coolness and distance. |
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His superb portrayal of Charlie lends him great stature, yet exposes him as a flawed and frustrated man. |
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While one positive aspect of this approach is that it lends itself to positions other than middle C, therein also lies the problem. |
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Mercer's voice is unexpectedly beautiful with a great range, which lends a folky richness that works well for this catchy indie-rock band. |
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We will be focussing on the forequarter, which lends itself to all kinds of delicious but thrifty recipes. |
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The very fact that I visit this site and read these articles lends credence to the assumption that I do find useful and true ideas here. |
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The picture is also jumpy and unfocused at times, which also lends credence to the high-resolution argument. |
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The record of systemic abuse of the program lends credence to claims that the oil-ministry list is genuine and should be investigated. |
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This lends credence to the theory that one channels the powers beyond when writing, because really, I don't think I could seriously write that. |
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The existence of palm leaf libraries lends credence to the proletariat nature of ancient Oriya literature. |
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This observation lends credence to the view that the Ohio Prairie Peninsula prairies developed through migration from the west. |
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A decision from the ethics committee lends credence, just by its existence, to the moral correctness of that decision. |
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The demonstrated fact that material does travel from one planet to another lends credence to the hypothesis. |
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The fact that the association between identity and support was actually stronger for boys than for girls lends credence to this hypothesis. |
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Their reluctance to defend themselves against specific charges lends credence to the allegations. |
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The fact that tutorial utilization resulted in even higher examination scores lends credence to their usefulness as a learning tool. |
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For Riley, Three Tall Women lends itself to the archetypes of the maiden, the mother and the crone, what she refers to as the tri-goddess. |
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The stuff that I do probably lends itself to free jazz, musique actuelle and '70s electronic music as much as it does to hip hop. |
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The artist's poetic utilization of cyanotype lends the work visual mystery and nuance. |
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Our review lends support to an increased involvement of nurse practitioners in primary care. |
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The fact that the moons move in a circular prograde orbit, close to the asteroid's equatorial plane, also lends support to this scenario. |
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Venus in Taurus lends glamour and a fierce ability to enjoy life to the hilt. |
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The result is that component design is rarely conceived of in such a way that lends itself to automated manufacturing. |
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There are so many rhyming couplets, which lends itself to rap, and so much punning and wordplay, which are the same tools that hip-hop uses. |
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Clinical research on purgation in the treatment of the condition lends some support to this hypothesis. |
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The World Bank, founded in 1944, lends money and makes grants to developing countries around the world. |
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Another color the cheese maker could add is the dye annatto, which also lends a different shade of yellow. |
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We are told that this lends a different perspective to the themes of obedience and disobedience. |
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The developers are trying to design housing that lends itself to environmentally friendly living, without too much inconvenience. |
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What lends dynamism to life and keeps the world humming with activity is the incentive of profit. |
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Because of the large double doors it lends itself to easy access for deliveries with ample parking to the front and side of the building. |
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But her voice, fairy-like though it is, is strong and has a unique dreamy quality to it that lends itself to a variety of different songs. |
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It is a very rich, plummy, spicy grape which lends softness to the sometimes rather serious Cabernet with plums, roses, spice, fruitcake, blackcurrant, pencil shavings. |
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And when this is achieved simply by actors performing in front of us the very unmediated nature of the event lends it a power that is unsurpassed. |
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While each method has potential methodological caveats, the concordance of the results using the different methods lends promise to the conclusions reached. |
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It has an old-fashioned, world-weary stoicism that lends a potentially ludicrous story emotional heft. |
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The linear form of the north block lends itself to open galleries while the deeper south block offers a calmer atmosphere for browsing stacks and reading at tables. |
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Of course, the fact that Tris faces and eviscerates her own anxiety lends the simulation scene a veneer of victory and autonomy. |
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Photography, by virtue of its ability to capture an instant on light-sensitive paper is one that lends itself to a diversity of issues, some ethical, some aesthetic. |
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The presenter has an infectious enthusiasm that television producers believe lends popular appeal to subjects that some viewers might otherwise consider dry as dust. |
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Hot Coffee lends a strong voice to those who favor fundamental fairness in redressing well-founded claims. |
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Carter's cello lends the proceedings an intimate chamber jazz feel, and his arco double stops bridge the gap between chordal and melody instrument. |
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Bill, a nasty loan shark, lends Shane the cash he needs to cover his losses, while making it clear that if the money isn't repaid on time, Shane will suffer deeply. |
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But some presidents grow stronger rhetorically in the job as the gravitas of the office lends depth to their words. |
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Far from making his work seem unacceptably speculative, it actually lends it an air of gravitas. |
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The scene is written with a matter-of-fact restraint that lends it Great Power. |
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Towards the end of the tape the sound of breaking glass and crockery lends credence to the theory that passengers rushed the aisle with the food trolley. |
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Somewhat surprisingly for a country with such extreme landforms, Namibia lends itself to self-drive safaris using campsites or lodges for accommodation. |
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Such honor is often based on competition and, as one would expect, lends itself to hierarchies. |
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This use lends to projects where the byproducts are hauled off-site. |
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Her use of old-fashioned language lends an air of formality to her writing. |
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Banks and insurance offices value the gravitas the old-world hardware lends, while power-suited yuppies use the tubes to send mash notes to their girlfriends. |
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Not only can this create a feeling of helplessness, it also lends drones an inscrutability that can feel threatening. |
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Their battered condition lends credence to the story, for why else would they have been saved, if not for their association with the martyred slave? |
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Newsmax pays to syndicate their columns, and their stature lends the site credibility. |
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This is, stripped bare, a classic romantic comedy, given a barbed edge by the precociously talented Anderson, whose presence lends the film its refreshingly unique style. |
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The roof terrace looks down into the Grassmarket, while inside the subdued lighting and dark wooden furniture lends itself to romantic candlelit dinners. |
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The pedestrianised street is one of the main thoroughfares in the city and lends itself to street music and entertainment as well as thriving business. |
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He is a strong, imposing bass who also lends character to the performance. |
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Vermont, a hilly, rocky state, lends itself to small farm operations. |
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The lack of an extension for Scott lends credence to those rumors. |
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There is a certain uncanny fascination about haunted houses, but it is one of which it may emphatically be said that distance lends enchantment to the view. |
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When science is excellent, distance lends enchantment to the view. |
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Such a cost-benefit ratio lends weight to the proposition that, in many cases, infrastructure can be self-supporting, generating its own land value revenue source. |
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The research lends credence to the notion that common bacterial infections might play a role in determining who is stricken with the debilitating neurological disorder. |
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This lends credence to the mother's position that the policy was there for the financial security of the mother and children rather than anything else. |
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It's a scheme that also lends itself to metalwork and woodwork, she says. |
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But it also suggests a capacity to distance himself from the world and its sham enthusiasms, and lends an unconscious edge to his portrayal of it. |
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Such use of personal pronouns lends the installations a strange potency. |
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The music lends the story precision and sharpness without any murmuring. |
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Although distance lends perspective, it can also lend enchantment. |
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Harlem Shake on a Plane This lends a whole new meaning to the mile-high club. |
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It lends the photos a quality that I'm finding hard to put into words, other than that somehow, these places seem far more expressive in false colour than in reality. |
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In fact, scholarly research lends credence to the observational accounts of the mainstream news media and the conventional wisdom of partisan practitioners. |
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The fact that some idioms are restricted to causatives, while others are restricted to inchoatives, lends new support to the view that the two derivations are distinct. |
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The bank then lends this unbacked certificate to an individual Arthur. |
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The fat substitute olestra lends many low-cal snacks flavor and mouthfeel. |
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The space lends itself to contemporary living with its open-plan sitting and dining areas, while underfloor heating grants the stone floor an ambient warmth. |
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But the extra fattiness and redness it lends to the soup are miraculous. |
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Being published lends instant credibility among your target audience. |
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And pot smoke lends a piquant tinge to the smell of fetid sweat. |
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He has an undeniably useful tool for an investigator, to be sure, but not one that lends itself to a happy or well-adjusted life. |
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The venue, Victoria Hall, is a beautiful 101-year-old local landmark which has superb acoustics and facilities and lends itself perfectly to this event. |
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The propensity for ad-libs lends a natural feel to the dialogue that suits the actor and character, and this is probably the strength of the film. |
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You know, troubled and certainly having a different kind of wiring that lends itself to conscience and consequential behavior. |
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Valente lends some credence to the description of the Ndrangheta being the most powerful organized crime group in the world. |
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His mastery of cadence often lends his poems a dreamy, song-like quality. |
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The documentary-style of the movie also lends it a necessarily gritty look, so that viewers almost feel as though they are intruding on a real life situation. |
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It also lends a more laid-back and relaxed attitude to shopping. |
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With its generous proportions and relative distance from the main accommodation, this area lends itself for use as a home office or teenager's den. |
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Colors are fresh and pure and the calcium hydroxide slaked lime into which the fresco is painted lends a reflective brightness unmatched by other painting mediums. |
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This paradoxical blend of the practical and the unworldly lends depth and texture to his best work, but it was a volatile mix and didn't always work. |
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His choice of coloured marble lends a striking exoticism, while also being more difficult to carve as the veining is necessarily variable in texture. |
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That kind of claim lends itself to graphical and interactive presentation. |
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The tufa, thanks to its friableness, lends itself to artisan work. |
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Sammy also lends me items of clothing that he's acquired from various sources, the latest being a fringed leather vest that he claims he found in a bag of clothing somewhere. |
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Flexography, a form of relief printing, lends itself to printing on nonporous materials, such as metal foils. |
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Her silky, sexy voice lends itself perfectly to crossover club throbbers such as Take It Like A Man and the sublime I Get Around. |
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The present paper lends support to this framework with data from Pennsylvania German. |
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Unlike most minerals, chalcanthite is quite soluble in water, a property that lends itself to experimentation. |
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It also lends itself to elaboration, because its tight syntax holds even the longest and most complex sentence together as a logical unit. |
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Ms. Barrio, often rightly lauded for the power and intensity of her performances, lends her creaturelike presence to the second half. |
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I think my physicality lends me towards playing that type of character but what interested me was the trichotomy. |
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Tube color diluted with acrylic medium lends itself especially well to drybrush painting. |
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Bobbi's Brightening Brick adds a soft, pearlised glow to the cheeks while the cream shadow lends a soft matte finish to lids. |
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The hare lends its form to the witch for her twilight flittings and scuddings to the place of some unhallowed rendezvous. |
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About half of the crescent roll dough sold is used in recipes, as it lends itself to numerous shaping options,'' says Vettel. |
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The maplelike foliage of this new variety lends a splash of mostly solid color that sets the tone for the whole planting. |
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This crossing of boundaries lends a tension and energy to what otherwise might be a light romantic comedy of manners. |
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Insofar as it is a cultural artifact, I Ching lends itself to a mediumistic study. |
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Christianism itself is claimed by the child archetype and so lends its dogma towards the literal protection of babies as well. |
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Organized cricket lends itself to statistics to a greater degree than many other sports. |
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Some modern scholars claim the near universality of the accusations in ancient texts lends credence to the crime. |
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Diagnosis is fairly simple as the prostate can be easily palpated and lends itself well to ultrasound scanning. |
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The belief in a romantic chaos lends itself to pessimism, but it also lends itself to absolute self-assertion. |
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A micro-credit scheme called Credimadio lends 14,000 ariary with favourable repayment terms in three instalments. |
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At the very least, Ashe says his work lends a scientific rationale for what many dancers know intuitively. |
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The Kinematograph lends the observed objects the agitation of their movement, the stillness of the gaze seems more important. |
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John Malkovich lends support as an exasperated director who miscasts the actor in an adaptation of James Joyce's Ulysses. |
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Dumfries also lends its name to the lieutenancy area of Dumfries, which is similar in boundaries to the former Dumfriesshire county. |
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He also lends an ear to a struggling glamour model, and has some very interesting suggestions for her. |
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The oldest bell in the cathedral is Bell Harry, which hangs in a cage atop the central tower to which the bell lends its name. |
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Grammy winner Bruno Mars also lends his writing skills to Girls On The Dancefloor, Rocketeer and If I Was You. |
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Accompanied by her electric guitar, she lends the tune a raw, rock vibe. |
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The two-year program not only provides unique instruction in logistics but also lends opportunities for officers to grow as leaders and managers. |
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The impressive improvement in response to valacyclovir documented in this study lends support to the viral hypothesis of mental illness, she said. |
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Recent archaeological evidence lends credence to the theory that the Ezo mastered bowmanship earlier than the people of any other region in Japan. |
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This lends itself to the ongoing problem where the symptoms of these conditions influence each other bidirectionally and lead to a cyclic pattern of disease processes. |
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And for the adrenaline junkie, Nepal's extreme terrain lends itself to such sports as mountain biking, canyoneering, bungee jumping and whitewater rafting. |
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This type of arch, when employed as a window opening, lends itself to very wide spaces, decoratively filled with many narrow vertical mullions and horizontal transoms. |
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The carbon dioxide in the beer lends a lighter texture to the batter. |
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The Rousseau two seater sofa from Barker and Stonehouse is reminiscent of a French parlour sofa and lends itself very well to elicit trysts and courtly love. |
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The OCLC Online Union Catalog lends itself to supporting interlibrary loan and provides the means for a consortium to facilitate requests among its members. |
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Baseball, in particular, lends itself to this type of scrutinization. |
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In addition, the existence of stories of defeat and tragedy, as well as stories of victory, lends additional credibility to their value as sources of history. |
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The flexible dough lends itself to myriad shapes, but long pocky sticks look great on a dessert bar in a glass because they bring height to the table. |
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Whereas the skin of some berries need to be punctured prior to infusion, saskatoons have a core at the end of the berry that lends them to infusion. |
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The exuberant reanimation of the presumably dead fornicators lends a necrophilic aura to the lighthearted protraction of their exhibitionistic al fresco ecstasy. |
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Similarly, humans' ability to catabolize ethanoll via alcohol dehydrogenase and acetaldehyde dehydrogenase lends support to an evolutionary history with alcohol. |
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By design, UEFI technology lends itself to utility and applicability across a range of platforms and enables cross-functionality between devices, software and systems. |
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They differ from dark milds and old ales in the use of roast grains, which adds to the bitterness, and lends flavours of toast, biscuit or coffee. |
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Rugby lends its name to wheelchair rugby, a full contact sport which contains elements of rugby such as crossing a try line with the ball to score. |
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