Example sentences of "[not/n't] [vb infin] [pn reflx] [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 | 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 ’ . |
| 11 | For that reason , the Territorial Army does not consider itself in any way a second-class alternative . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | But it seems that I can not rid myself of this fear of running short of money . |
| 14 | I was now certain that I could not see myself in any type of residential home in the future . |
| 15 | The research does not limit itself to quantitative performance measures ( eg number and cost of jobs created ) but utilises the richness of qualitative yardsticks . |
| 16 | But I could not stop myself from more murder . |
| 17 | Government intention does not transform itself into public enterprise action in a mechanical and straightforward way . |
| 18 | Up to one-third of people can not force themselves through this procedure , even for the best of diagnostic reasons , and the court would never enforce a complete stay of the action in these circumstances ( see further RSC Order 25 , r 6 ) . |
| 19 | A leading figure in the Arab world , sure that the Third World should not align itself with either superpower . |
| 20 | I wondered what it was that could come between a husband and wife when their child killed herself away from home and in circumstances for which they could not hold themselves in any way responsible . |
| 21 | Difficulties also arise in the case of damage done in the past , or when the effects do not manifest themselves for some time . |
| 22 | The pain which is manifest in all the muscles and sinews of the body … does not express itself with any violence either in the face or in the position as a whole . |
| 23 | It is a friendly act of mutual benefit to the two animals involved , since they can not groom themselves in this region . |
| 24 | In families that did not indulge themselves in this way a healthier climate prevailed ; children do not seem to have been unduly obsessed with death . |
| 25 | ‘ You must not reproach yourself at any time . |
| 26 | Wordsworth 's was a face which did not assign itself to any class . |
| 27 | A graduate of Exeter College , Oxford , Tolkien had read Classical Mods and then done a version of the English course which was rigidly philological , and did not concern itself with post-medieval literature . |
| 28 | The EC does not concern itself with national health or education policies . |
| 29 | ‘ Call me if you need me in Theatre — but I 'd just as soon Tim Mayhew did it — I do n't trust myself near that bastard . ’ |
| 30 | Around the same time , I entered this competition — it was a kind of beauty competition , although it did n't describe itself in that way . |