And some businesses simply may not lend themselves to pay-per-click at all.
Of course, the classic fairy tales may not lend themselves to sequels and spin-offs quite so easily as do superheroes or Star Wars.
Some Pixar flicks, like critically acclaimed "Up," may not lend themselves well to toys and T-shirts, but others like "Cars" certainly do.
That could make it difficult or impossible for cheesemakers to continue using raw milk for some popular cheese styles, like blue cheese or taleggio-type cheeses, that may not lend themselves to such lengthy aging.
They may not lend themselves to blockbusters, but as early as the 1930s and '40s, blue-chip French screenwriters and directors like Jean Renoir ("Night at the Crossroads"), Henri-Georges Clouzot ("Strangers in the House") and Julien Duvivier ("Panic") recognized their appeal.
Thus, while its doings may not lend themselves to dramatic narrative, what it accomplishes as an organization is dramatic.
A spectacularly bleak conclusion to a superb first series, its constituent parts (child abuse, police corruption, sexual guilt, loneliness) may not lend themselves to cracker jokes, but as an exercise in quiet compassion and anti-sensationalism, Wallander is as good as modern crime drama gets.
And trading cards may just lend themselves well to a digital reincarnation — or so the company hopes, as today it moves beyond cardboard with the launch of its first iOS apps, Topps BUNT and Topps Pennant.
But Sony was helped by some unusual events that may not easily lend themselves to encores, including Ms. Boyle's surprising arc and a surge in sales of Michael Jackson albums after his death.
While Ms. Narciso's and Mr. Pimentel's stories may not easily lend themselves to a disco beat, they represent 7,526 plaintiffs in a suit against the Marcos estate, one of the world's first certified class actions for human rights abuses.
