Example sentences of "[not/n't] lend [pn reflx] to the " in BNC.

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1	But the hills remain , for these mountain ranges of southern Greece do not lend themselves to the blandishments of the travel brochure .
2	The windows are richly dressed , though they do not lend themselves to the Kensington approach ; as with Thins , the interior has been face-lifted and made warmly welcoming .
3	Analysis that is performed only occasionally or perhaps in one batch does not lend itself to the statistical interpretation underlying conventional QC systems .
4	There is some disagreement about the size of the informal proletariat , which is not surprising given that its informal nature does not lend itself to the gathering of statistic , but most commentators see it representing about 40–60 per cent of the economically active population .
5	The evidence , then , does not lend itself to the ‘ Labour must abandon its class roots ’ thesis of electoral advancement .
6	And , like mine , it did not lend itself to the sort of conclusion Berkeley wanted to draw , to the effect that we are not justified in calling material things hot and cold .
7	Moreover , ‘ unknown ’ heroin use does not lend itself to the more usual sampling procedures such as random sampling , saturation sampling and dense sampling .
8	It does not lend itself to the earlier analysis of symbolism which identified distinct abstract signifiers and concrete signifieds , since it simultaneously operates at both levels .
9	A difficulty is that Mercier 's brushwork , and an essential freedom in his style , does not lend itself to the same kind of minute scrutiny that could be applied to a painter like Zoffany .
10	The loss of full-back Robertson would leave Rangers short in that department but his hamstring injury does not lend itself to the taking of risks .
11	‘ The pattern of study leave block release — does n't lend itself to the smaller offices or indeed to business organisations .

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