Example sentences of "[not/n't] [verb] [pron] [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( 1981 ) , who are able to alter the appearance of their homes , tend not to use modernist styles , which , in any case , do not lend themselves to such appropriation . |
| 2 | The terms deregulation and reregulation do not lend themselves to easy definition . |
| 3 | Some phenomena may simply not lend themselves to this kind of analysis . |
| 4 | The British Cabinet system simply does not lend itself to that sort of Novices ' Handicap . |
| 5 | It does not lend itself to detailed cost investigation of departments and activities because it does not indicate where the overheads are actually consumed . |
| 6 | It does not lend itself to detailed cost investigation of departments and activities because it does not indicate where the overheads are actually consumed . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Whilst LIFESPAN will not modify anything in this directory except its own files , the upgrade instructions may assume that only LIFESPAN files are to be found here . |
| 11 | Carl had no time for these , or possibly our parents failed him by not encouraging him in that direction . |
| 12 | The statistically ‘ typical ’ rapist — the man who rapes one woman he knows — does not make it to front-page coverage , let alone fifty-nine pages across thirteen newspapers over ten days . |
| 13 | The Final will not make it onto American TV screens until four months after the event . |
| 14 | If you can not make it on that night , come to one of our First Friday meetings . |
| 15 | I could n't stay here and not throw you on that bed and take you , again and again and again , until you could n't hide from me any longer ! ’ |
| 16 | Now from my observations of these debates I 've not heard anybody on this council saying council debates that there is no role for this local authority or any other local authority there is no role for them in the provision of residential care or any extension of residential care because some of our residential care is getting very , very close to providing a degree of nursing care . |
| 17 | The American expression for this position is to say that the resources of a local authority are not ‘ fungible ’ , meaning that we can not treat them as one mass . |
| 18 | A mere description , that organisms stay the same for millions of years and then rapidly change , does not explain anything in this time of our rapidly growing understanding of genetic mechanisms . |
| 19 | ‘ They grudgingly agreed , but they are not producing them for general sale . |
| 20 | I could not tell her — I could not hurt her in this way . |
| 21 | According to Oakeshott , something less pretentious will do ; viz. , ‘ that we are not children in statu pupillari but adults who do not consider themselves under any obligation to justify their preference for making their own choices ’ . |
| 22 | For that reason , the Territorial Army does not consider itself in any way a second-class alternative . |
| 23 | Because the characters and the dialogue of this offstage life were created by the original cast , we have not included it in this script . |
| 24 | Erm we feel rather badly about not returning it to this person who made it for us |
| 25 | It 's important that we identify what desires and needs we could have in common with one another when using this approach ; if we do n't know the people concerned very well , or have not considered them in this way , we need to use the participative approach described above . |
| 26 | Harriet walked home wondering why she had not organised something of this sort before and marvelling at Mrs Rafferty 's complete acceptance of her own role in the community , one in which she obviously took it for granted that she herself had no need or right to ‘ a bit of a break ’ . |
| 27 | These men did not describe themselves as Zuwayi hurr , but even though their activities were largely circumscribed by their police work , they maintained some activities which were typical of a free Zuwaya . |
| 28 | But it seems that I can not rid myself of this fear of running short of money . |
| 29 | ( ‘ Every nation is to be considered advisedly , and not to provoke them by any disdain , laughing , contempt or suchlike , but to use them with prudent circumspection , with all gentleness , and courtesy . ’ |
| 30 | When they participated in the market economy , they were usually confined to menial positions , many of which did not bring them into much contact with men . |