Example sentences of "[not/n't] [adv] [verb] [pron] to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | I think people should try and help women , not just send them to prison . |
2 | It does not immediately lend itself to action on the part of the adviser . |
3 | 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 . |
4 | Gedge had still not fully applied himself to music and was quite happy to play board games with Solowka rather than the laborious task of writing songs . |
5 | Although Marx and Engels did not systematically apply themselves to crime and its treatment , they too showed some ambivalence in their attitudes to the status of crime under capitalism . |
6 | If you want to give the time … do n't unnecessarily expose yourself to danger |