Example sentences of "not [verb] [pn reflx] to [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some problems do not lend themselves to financial solutions . |
| 2 | In sparring , this is not such a good idea , since the techniques do not lend themselves to repetitive actions . |
| 3 | The terms deregulation and reregulation do not lend themselves to easy definition . |
| 4 | Unfortunately , other forms of assessment do not lend themselves to precise measures of test-retest reliability and the clinician may need to judge how far situational factors might have influenced the two assessments . |
| 5 | The clay soils of many farms north of the Downs , for example , do not lend themselves to intensive arable farming , and few farms here ( or , for that matter , fields ) are far from woodlands so that they are not wholly dependent on such features as patches of scrub or hedges for the presence of many common farmland species . |
| 6 | The Rottweiler is basically a calm , confident and courageous dog with a self-assured aloofness that does not lend itself to immediate and indiscriminate friendships . |
| 7 | The system of health district administration does not lend itself to local initiatives , since the districts do not relate to any natural geographic catchment areas . |
| 8 | It does not lend itself to detailed cost investigation of departments and activities because it does not indicate where the overheads are actually consumed . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | It does not lend itself to detailed cost investigation of departments and activities because it does not indicate where the overheads are actually consumed . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | The importance of the concession theory is that it establishes a theoretical framework sympathetic to state intervention ; the company is a creature of the state , existing to promote the public welfare , and as such the state has the right to interfere in its internal affairs and need not confine itself to external , general-law regulation . |
| 14 | The questions posed by Feminist , Marxist , Structuralist and Post-Structuralist criticism have not lent themselves to computer-based responses . ’ |
| 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 | When you begin to interpret documents , do not commit yourself to definite statements . |