It is a concept that does not easily lend itself to compromise, as the Republican presidential contenders are demonstrating.

Plus, it does not easily lend itself to incredible feats of multimedia awesomeness.

Because social capital is rooted in relationships it easily lends itself to conflict and disagreement between parties.

Degas's familiar paintings and drawings already say so much that they can't easily lend themselves to this text.

This project, in short, doesn't easily lend itself to big-statement architecture.

The geography of the area easily lent itself to that.

Fewer are tying bonuses to measures that more easily lend themselves to manipulation, like stock market returns or earnings per share.

But Buddhism does not easily lend itself to world organization, nor indeed to any organization.

Scheduled for completion in 2002, the new museum does not easily lend itself to prior appraisal.

Even in a race he doesn't easily lend a hand.