Example sentences of "[vb base] [adv] [adv] [vb infin] [pron] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Local GPs and social workers need to know that guaranteed specialist assistance is at hand both day and night and , as distress and despair do not conveniently confine themselves to the hours of nine to five , this means having experienced consultant psychiatrists and psychiatric nurses on call for community work at all times . |
| 2 | Such contradictory findings do not immediately lend themselves to providing a basis for a programme of legislative reform . |
| 3 | The promises do not readily lend themselves to precise costings . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | ‘ If there 's any problems we do n't just leave it to one member of staff , we try to sort it out together . |
| 6 | Do n't just leave it to the media and politicians to protest — get up and do it yourself . |
| 7 | Do n't just leave it to the marketing people . |
| 8 | It 's very important that you read widely , both novels and playscripts , and do n't just confine yourself to an exam syllabus . |
| 9 | ‘ Lions do n't generally allow themselves to be dictated to . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ Well , yeah , but they do n't exactly consider you to be the greatest thing since sliced bread , now do they ? ’ she opined . |
| 11 | we do n't actually do anything to I mean sometimes you get comments about the way that it 's helped people . |
| 12 | If you want to give the time … do n't unnecessarily expose yourself to danger |
| 13 | We do n't only get you to the hospital — we get you there alive ! ’ — commercial for a private medical firm |
| 14 | But in private we are comfortable living with ourselves — we just do n't always admit it to ourselves . |
| 15 | Cos it do n't half limit you to having a radiator that length . |