The city provided them with materials, and Mr. Avramides lent his expertise to the project.

Surely there must be a whole school of the monsters down there lending their weight to the project.

Amazingly, Walt himself, far from acting like a disgruntled loser, offered to lend his personal cachet to the project.

Quanta, a Taiwan company, makes about 30 percent of the world's laptops, so its involvement lends considerable credibility to the project.

Local stores have also assisted; one, for instance, lends items like sanders to the project and sends personnel to demonstrate their use.

The group has offered about $:800 million, or $1.23 billion, more than 90 percent of the $:846 million that the banks lent to the project.

It will lend its support to the interesting and ambitious project which has begun.

"You are lending your money to the project, and you are entitled to full disclosure."

And lent more romance to the project.

Ms. Paglia has lent her name to the project.