Example sentences of "[vb infin] itself [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | The British Cabinet system simply does not lend itself to that sort of Novices ' Handicap . |
| 32 | It does not lend itself to detailed cost investigation of departments and activities because it does not indicate where the overheads are actually consumed . |
| 33 | Similarly , a new method or process of manufacture which does not lend itself to detailed analysis by competitors will probably remain immune from imitation by rivals precisely because the employer has avoided the mandatory public disclosure involved in proceeding with a patent application . |
| 34 | It does not lend itself to detailed cost investigation of departments and activities because it does not indicate where the overheads are actually consumed . |
| 35 | well this case I 'm afraid does n't lend itself to short entirely impossible , er Mr maybe have to say erm will lead to the questions and then for example spent er a long time on questions this afternoon that I 've had for you Mr |
| 36 | The system of health district administration does not lend itself to local initiatives , since the districts do not relate to any natural geographic catchment areas . |
| 37 | But it does lend itself to careful analysis and preparation which may well pay off during the actual bargaining . |
| 38 | Young children 's natural curiosity and need to investigate the things around them , will lend itself to historical work investigating historical artefacts and simple historical evidence , and using oral history , asking questions of older members of the community . |
| 39 | It is a system that would lend itself to any sizeable district general hospital . |
| 40 | Such a position does not lend itself to anthropological analysis , since one of the objectives of the discipline is to learn something of value from the practices of the people one is studying . |
| 41 | Article 3(4) areas — zone Defavorisee hors montagne — a zone comprised mainly of land that can not be cultivated and which does not lend itself to intensive production . |
| 42 | Influencing a short , predictable , product-oriented transaction ( say purchasing a hamburger at a fast food restaurant ) would lend itself to prescriptive training techniques supported by highly specified procedures and standards . |
| 43 | 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 . |
| 44 | Such a mind may become so restless and frustrated with repression that sooner or later it will tear itself on some nail of its own making . |
| 45 | The research does not limit itself to quantitative performance measures ( eg number and cost of jobs created ) but utilises the richness of qualitative yardsticks . |
| 46 | Thereby did the diabolical Powers seek to mutate the substance of the universe and to destroy Man 's far-flung yet ultimately frail empire of sanity — a sanity that must needs defend itself with unrelenting savagery … |
| 47 | It was indeed a sad thing that in these days when the Church had enough enemies outside it should divide itself into hostile forces , because , he added aptly , forgetting the original subject of the quotation , a house divided against itself could not stand . |
| 48 | When he had been given to Uncle Farmborough to be his heir and to look after him in his old age , he was considered fortunate — but how could a child reconcile itself to such a strange state of affairs that he had been given away , to the fact that his own father and mother , brother and sister , lived quite near in the village but , as it were , in a different camp ? |
| 49 | If it is denied or suppressed in some way , it will become a recurring experience , or it will convert itself into some other disorder of the body , emotion or behaviour . |
| 50 | Pohl has also specifically mentioned that Austria could easily annex itself to this monetary union since it has pegged the schilling to the Deutschmark for years . |
| 51 | Government intention does not transform itself into public enterprise action in a mechanical and straightforward way . |
| 52 | A leading figure in the Arab world , sure that the Third World should not align itself with either superpower . |
| 53 | AT&T should split itself into two separate companies , one to manufacture equipment , the other to provide telephone calls . |
| 54 | This may manifest itself in various ways . |
| 55 | It 's scientifically proven that foods can make certain susceptible children very ill , and this can manifest itself in various ways , but one of the most common ways is that children behave badly ; they become aggressive and disturbed . |
| 56 | How would this manifest itself in behavioural terms ? |
| 57 | This could manifest itself in two ways . |
| 58 | However , the aggressive horse will be preparing to fight rather than flee , which will manifest itself in bared teeth and the head and neck being extended with a thrust , ready to attack . |
| 59 | The same kinds of symptom may be present throughout , or the disorder may manifest itself in different forms at different life stages , perhaps as conduct disorder or delinquency in childhood , but in adulthood as alcoholism or even schizophrenia . |
| 60 | The idea that a presumption about the future has an effect upon that future is true and obviously commonplace in the social world ( see the self-fulfilling prophecy argument ) : how did it manifest itself in this particular case ? |