Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] lend [pron] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | The self-contained social circle of most farmers , commented upon in Chapter 3 , does not particularly lend itself to such empathy , but farmers will ignore the aspirations of the other 97 per cent of the population at their peril — and so , for that matter , will conservationists . |
| 2 | Such contradictory findings do not immediately lend themselves to providing a basis for a programme of legislative reform . |
| 3 | It does not immediately lend itself to action on the part of the adviser . |
| 4 | Code switching in this community therefore does not immediately lend itself to an account based on a notion of " we " and " they " : the " we " and " they " psychology must first be shown to exist . |
| 5 | The promises do not readily lend themselves to precise costings . |
| 6 | Highly specialised manufacturing equipment , chemical cleanser for photographic equipment , or nuts and bolts for plumbing equipment do not readily lend themselves to sampling , but a case might be made for including small but appropriate gifts in any press pack . |
| 7 | However there was a problem which the cost-push explanation of inflation found impossible to surmount , namely , that it does not readily lend itself to rigorous empirical verification . |
| 8 | I agree that where we 're living at the moment does n't exactly lend itself to being a family home . |
| 9 | It can pretend it is using colour film from 50 to 400 ASA , which will keep most happy snappers occupied , but does n't really lend itself to low-light photography or sports . |