Example sentences of "[not/n't] [vb infin] up [prep] [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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1 | But the NAIRU is indeed likely to be lower these days — partly because the labour market works better , and partly because some of those out of work will not show up in the figures . |
2 | It may be that Candida is overabundant , but that this does not show up in the stools because the yeast is attached to the gut wall in some way — perhaps in its hyphal form . |
3 | Although it does not show up in the analyses , content surely also became more international , in source of origin , if not always in substance . |
4 | Just as they are taught other subjects , they should increasingly be taught about such topics as mental handicap so that they do not grow up with the prejudices that their parents may possess . |
5 | Wycliffe did not look up from the statements and for some time Sara gave no sign that she had heard ; then she said : ‘ I 've been very stupid . |
6 | I could not keep up with the demands of trying to keep everyone happy , and in desperation to make sure I keep my looks , I gave up eating , ’ she is alleged to have said . |
7 | It is at best a standstill and does not measure up to the problems of dereliction and rising unemployment . |
8 | I 'm afraid we did not measure up to the standards set by the well-hung Spanish men who drifted around with flies bulging to the point of bursting their buttons . |
9 | What has been an ideal jacket for the Lakeland fells could be too heavy to take to Africa ; what seems like a good buy for walking in the Alps might not stand up to the rigours of a Himalayan winter . |
10 | However , even the best of these efforts , and they are perhaps in their fully fledged forms used more in psychology than in social research , do not reach up to the standards of measurement used in science or , less ambitiously , the higher levels of measurement represented by interval and ratio scales . |
11 | Rumour has it that ‘ Cope ’ , brilliant as it is , might not end up on the Aunts ' album , such is the ‘ glut ’ of material available . |
12 | One of the few times you will find big bream in waters which do not match up to the points I have mentioned is when they are the result of a recent stocking operation . |
13 | ‘ Instead of going straight back , why not drive up into the hills and show Ashley the view ? ’ |
14 | It does not come up with the rations . |
15 | Does the Secretary of State agree that when local democracy does not come up with the results that he wants he abolishes it ? |
16 | It is a known and established fact that political parties do not pick up in the polls once an election is under way . |
17 | It is a common critical stance to praise Tolkien 's conception , often somewhat vaguely , or with even more vagueness his ‘ mythological ’ or ‘ mythopoeic ’ powers ; but then to declare that the words do not live up to the things , the style ‘ is quite inadequate to the theme ’ . |
18 | In other words , I feel guilty because I can not live up to the expectations placed upon me by society or individuals . |
19 | I told Northcliffe that if his people would make enquiries at our Central Office , he would find that our nightly regiment of speakers was at least as well worth reporting as the Radical contingent , but that I realized that from the Press point of view , no doubt , our speakers did not play up to the reporters by handing them their speeches in advance , and by other tricks of the kind to which the Radical orators have recourse . |
20 | But do n't hang up on the shares because I reckon they could hit Pounds 4 by Christmas . |
21 | I did n't feel up to the snubs your radical feminist friends would have handed out . ’ |
22 | I do n't keep up with the names any more . ’ |
23 | He was trying to undermine her self-confidence , make her believe she could n't stand up to the exigencies of canal life . |
24 | However , one thing that is almost guaranteed is that if the things that you do do n't match up to the things that you say , your friends will soon point that out to you ! |
25 | Er you know erm the letter , the reply went back from Dave saying that every you know , possible thing was done to get bilingual staff but at the end of the day you know they could n't come up with the goods . |
26 | I only began to smell a rat when he could n't come up with the documents he claimed to have . |
27 | He wanted Eric Gates , of Ipswich and England , but would n't come up with the wages . |
28 | Certainly as far as Americans are concerned , a lot of our hotels do n't come up to the standards of service that they are used to , and certainly they do n't think they 're value for money . |
29 | Often she did n't get up in the mornings , lying in bed while Emmie got breakfast and made her a cup of tea . |
30 | They would n't add up to the sorts of things that we 've got . |