Sentence examples for lend upon from inspiring English sources

The Torah goes half-way, instructing Jews thatto a foreigner thou mayest lend upon interest, but unto thy brother thou shalt not.The Koran damns interest outright They say, "Interest is like trade".

As it is, the DUP can offer only eight MPs to help out – but they could be lent upon because they are Mr Cameron's only true allies in this Parliament.

The Nolans said, "They were frantic in their efforts to lend help immediately upon the collision".

Historically, banks held as little in the way of excess reserves as possible, because this was money that could be lent immediately, upon which no income was earned.

The black characters are all consigned to the background until they're called upon to lend Bozz hipster credibility or sing a cappella harmony.

Woods has been called upon to lend his voice to political, racial or cultural causes in the past, but has declined.

In 1698 the East India Company was prevailed upon to lend £2m at a rate of 8% in return for an extension of trading privileges.

Verses of the Scriptures were called upon to lend credence to his conclusions, which more than anything else claimed that the mysterious would never be less than mysterious, would always be there, at the heart of spiritual life.

Surely a couple of superstars of the past could be prevailed upon to lend their names to the groups and do a bit of PR in return for the sponsor's remuneration.

One worry is that there aren't enough government S.U.V.s to make a proper motorcade, so locals have been called upon to lend their four-wheel drives to Clinton and her entourage.

How many more times are we going to be called upon to lend our admiration and sympathy to an assembly that may or may not become a fully-fledged revolution?