Voorbeelden van leant

• Though this 'polytechnical' pattern of education embraced both architecture and engineering, it leant more towards the latter, because the demand for engineers was everywhere greater than for architects.

• He has leant heavily on the theory that since 35 hours were devoted during.

• In general, local authority reactions have leant against the establishment of statutory neighbourhood councils, while local statutory bodies have tended to favour this approach.

• They leant over backwards to say that everyone concerned would be consulted.

• I have leant a great deal from the contributions this evening.

• A couple jumped over a broom that was leant against their front door, thereby gaining certain legal rights and responsibilities.

• The chairman leant across and told me that that fellow had been borrowing a tractor from the chap next door for the last fortnight.

• Some men sleep sitting on benches, their faces leant on arms folded on tables.