This does not lend itself to the free exchange of ideas or open debate, but censorship and indoctrination that create the impression that no other viewpoint exists.
Likewise, its role as a training tool in World War I left many with the impression that boxing, if conducted under proper conditions, lent itself to the development of skill, courage, and character.
Although tamed by recreational use, the vast, 42,000-acre tract south of Paris was still wild enough to lend itself to romantic visions and raw impressions of nature, making it a prime hangout for painters and photographers.
Carneades argued that, in the absence of cognitive impressions, a basis for action and inquiry could be found in so-called probable impressions (from probabilis, meaning that which lends itself to or invites approval, Cicero's Latin for the Greek pithanos, meaning persuasive) (see Section 3 of the entry on Carneades).
The smaller upstairs theater is reached by a staircase that narrows deliberately, Mr. Daldry said, to lend the impression of climbing into an attic to hear a story.
But increasingly the Taliban are bringing the fight into the cities, further demoralizing Afghans and lending to the impression that virtually no part of the country is safe from the group's penetration.
The backgrounds, whether horizontal or vertical, cause the objects in front to flicker, lending the impression of immaterial virtuality.
Unlike a cane, a hiking stick lends the impression of vigorousness, as if the person carrying it to the grocery store is merely warming up for a weekend trek.
As counterintuitive as the idea sounded for such a tiny project, he knew that a parterre's symmetrical framework of manicured hedges would lend welcome order plus help create the impression of a larger space.
This lends support to the visual impression that the three clusters are separate groups when viewed as subsets of individual subjects.
The Engeman production, which is smoothly directed by BT McNicholl, neatly incorporates iPads and similar electronic devices into the incidental visuals to lend a subliminal impression of contemporary life.
