Example sentences of "does [adv] [adv] [vb infin] [pron] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | The self-contained social circle of most farmers , commented upon in Chapter 3 , does not particularly lend itself to such empathy , but farmers will ignore the aspirations of the other 97 per cent of the population at their peril — and so , for that matter , will conservationists . |
| 2 | The de-categorising of pupils with special needs does not automatically lead them to full social integration in an ordinary class . |
| 3 | The latter may simply reply that he does not feel it is in the public 's interest , or that the Police Authority does not strictly require it to effectively carry out its duties . |
| 4 | It does not immediately lend itself to action on the part of the adviser . |
| 5 | Code switching in this community therefore does not immediately lend itself to an account based on a notion of " we " and " they " : the " we " and " they " psychology must first be shown to exist . |
| 6 | The government does not merely confine itself to setting the ‘ rules of the game ’ , but is in a sense a participant in industrial relations to the extent that it chooses to intervene . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | ‘ The result is : ( 1 ) That this Act does not necessarily require anything to be done under it which might not be done without causing a nuisance ; ( 2 ) That as to those things which may or may not be under it , there is no evidence on the face of the Act that the legislature supposed it to be impossible for any of them to be done ( if they were done at all ) somewhere and under some circumstances , without creating a nuisance ; and ( 3 ) That the legislature has manifested no intention that any of these optional powers , as to asylums , should be exercised at the expense of , or so as to interfere with , any man 's private rights . |
| 9 | I agree that where we 're living at the moment does n't exactly lend itself to being a family home . |
| 10 | The fact that you have edited the school magazine does n't necessarily fit you to be an advertising writer , even though a feeling of familiarity with words is a good thing . |
| 11 | I understand your concern an and were that the case show your reluctance to go with the the amendment but there is no such implication that the three point six five one million er er thereby becomes committed in any sense and the big this is an additional provision which may lead er may gone up to er over and above that but it does n't actually admit it to that . |
| 12 | So you 're sitting in your office and some , you know your , your boss comes in and says hey the president says so and so , but the president does n't usually say it to you he says it to somebody else so there 's always , there 's always a possibility of ambiguity , somebody else has interpreted the president 's message in a particular way . |
| 13 | It can pretend it is using colour film from 50 to 400 ASA , which will keep most happy snappers occupied , but does n't really lend itself to low-light photography or sports . |