Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] always [vb infin] up [prep] " in BNC.

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1 While the procedure was to some extent artificial and led to conclusions that did not always stand up to later study , it did at least mean that the different forms of early Christian teaching could now be admitted for discussion , and the possibility of real conflict between opposing views recognised as a natural and proper element in the development .
2 Those who promise great things do not always match up to their own or anyone else 's expectations !
3 Aesthetic and romantic ideas of the beneficent properties of ‘ natural ’ remedies do not always stand up to the realities of practical life .
4 Such sites do not always show up at all well , because crops grow differently over old infilled ditches .
5 What they are writing about in reality are the ideal standards of their own social group , those that give meaning to their work practice even if they do not always live up to them .
6 He must be ready to speculate , for the sources ( in this case the chronicles and records of government which provide him with much of his material ) do not always come up to expectation .
7 They do n't always dress up of course but I soon got in the habit by trying on a Tommy Cooper-styled fez .
8 That I do n't always feel up to … the way I used to .
9 Quite frequently they refuse to fulfil the roles that others impose and they do n't always live up to expectations .
10 What one hears said by others does not always match up with our own experience , and we can no longer look round expecting to find clear-cut models of behaviour .
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