Example sentences of "not live [adv] [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not lived up to the forecast at all . |
| 2 | I 'm tempted to suggest the Mercedes S-class for being visually boring , but I respect Bruno Sacco too much , so I 'll plump for any current Maserati for not living up to the legend . |
| 3 | ‘ We 're not living apart at the moment , ’ he reminded her . |
| 4 | The action project began on 1 April 1984 and any people aged 65 or over who were referred to the hospital psychogeriatric service during the 12 months to the end of March 1985 and who were diagnosed as suffering from dementia , became members of the action sample if they lived in the action area , and of the control sample if their home was in the control area ( so long as they were not living permanently in an institution at the time of referral and they or their carers gave consent for their inclusion ) . |
| 5 | For all its sincerity , the play did not live up to the promise of its finely drawn characters and the Manchester Guardian called it ‘ a mildly glum artistic failure ’ . |
| 6 | Reading a work 's introduction can be helpful , though even then content may not live up to the billing , so that a sampling of the text is also advised . |
| 7 | It can not , except in a thoroughly perverted form , be a satisfactory instrument for party political indoctrination and it can not live happily in a situation which subjects it continually to the harsher pressures of party political confrontation . ’ |
| 8 | She died last month in her 80th year , knowing — as we all do — that the practice has not lived up to the vision , but still believing that some day it might . |
| 9 | ‘ If I am wearing a pure white carnation I am best avoided on that day because it means I am in a bad mood , ’ he said , adding that he always warns new acquaintances of this fact but has as yet not lived up to the threat . |
| 10 | And if it did n't live up to the investor 's rigorous standards , no one had any doubt that he would make good his threat of withdrawing his backing . |
| 11 | The unbalanced design of Mazda 's MX-3 did n't live up to the promise of its unique 1.8-litre V6 specification |
| 12 | Robin Williams , Dead Poets Society : see Critic 's choice Virginia Mayo and James Cagney in Raoul Walsh 's classic 1949 production of White Heat … even movies as good as this ca n't live up to the praise lavished on them by some film reference books : see Critic 's choice Hear no equal , see no equal … |
| 13 | I do n't live anywhere at the moment . |
| 14 | The second-half had n't lived up to the football of the first but Tranmere played far better on Friday with less reward . |