Example sentences of "live up to [pron] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The jeep undoubtedly did not live up to her new image . |
| 2 | Having received many reports of disappointment with West Indian hotels that do n't live up to their high prices we would be interested to know of any that combine the following virtues : immediate access to unpolluted sea ; the possibility of snorkelling and windsurfing ; freedom from background music ; cotton sheets , with no polyester mixture ; edible food , and preferably , cottage-style accommodation . |
| 3 | Aware that absolute holists can not live up to their own tenets , they offer a different distinction between the two approaches so that , rather than being seen as strict alternatives , they are held to be complementary . |
| 4 | The marketing blitz has raged at full tilt for some time now , making it likely that this blockbuster will live up to its imperial ambitions . |
| 5 | From Polanyi 's account of the tacit knowledge with which scientists operate ( they ‘ know more than they can tell ’ ) , through Kuhn 's picture of incommensurable paradigms ( their proponents ‘ practise their trades in a different world ’ ) to Feyerabend 's idea of scientific growth through unbridled Machiavellianism ( ‘ anything goes ’ ) , it has emerged that even science can not live up to its self-congratulatory belief in its own reasonableness . |
| 6 | In this intrinsic sense the 1991 Dublin Theatre Festival did live up to its do-or-die role during the last lap of Dublin 's tenure as the European City of Culture , claims O'Dalaigh . |
| 7 | Several rucks at Elland Road confirmed Cantona 's previous billing as the enfant terrible , but French TV viewers saw him live up to his new label as Manchester United 's ‘ Gallic Gazza ’ after the striker burst into tears before an estimated 15 million audience . |