Example sentences of "[vb base] not [verb] up [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | You can not expect to be asked the questions exactly as they appear here and you will be badly thrown if you have programmed yourself with exact responses to very particular questions which do not crop up in the way you had anticipated . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | As I 've tried to suggest , many books do not face up to the very evident problems confronting psychology , but it does seem that the discipline is alive and kicking . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 ’ . |
| 7 | It is a known and established fact that political parties do not pick up in the polls once an election is under way . |
| 8 | Put simply , the meanings of black and bird do not add up to the meaning of blackbird , but do yield that of black bird . |
| 9 | ‘ But I 've become a cult figure over the past 18 months , I have respect now ; people do n't walk up in the street and say ‘ Hi Chris ’ and clap me on the shoulder . |
| 10 | Do n't give up at the first mistake ; ask God to forgive you and help you to start all over again . |
| 11 | erm , you do n't give up at the first little hurdle . |
| 12 | I 'll have , have to do that later for you because you wo n't be doing it then , this lesson next year , and if your pots do n't go up in the kiln I will be glazing for you , so of course you see the colour and everything we do n't have the time to do that , it 's a shame , well actually they 'll look very smart just with the glaze on , but I 'll try and get that done for you , okay , can you put your hand up if there is |
| 13 | And if you 're tiling right round a room , inaccurate levels will mean your rows do n't match up at the start and finish point . |
| 14 | but the two pairs of equal sides are n't opposite one another so you do n't end up with the the either the rectangle |
| 15 | I 'm sure the gladiators will enjoy a spot of tiddlywinks with Uncle Nero before they die — but mind you do n't end up on the funeral pyre yourself going leap-frogging over the mourners like that . |
| 16 | In response to this BFI Wastecare has produced a leaflet , Do n't end up on the wrong side of the law , which outlines what will be required of these companies under the new regulations . |
| 17 | ‘ I normally drive a Volvo 343 ; it 's not a very new one , but my main criterion is to make sure I do n't end up as the jam in the sandwich when I 'm out on the motorway . ’ |
| 18 | We do n't break up till the twenty eighth . |
| 19 | Do n't get up from the table before that . |
| 20 | Nobody will come looking for you if you do n't get up in the morning or fail to appear for a 9 o'clock lecture . |
| 21 | But do n't hang up on the shares because I reckon they could hit Pounds 4 by Christmas . |
| 22 | I do n't keep up with the names any more . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ You just change yourself , and do n't put up with the crap . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ No , do n't come up to the door . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | I 'm afraid so , I mean a lot of these things , you can have a basic idea , and then your flowers do n't turn up at the markets and all them sort of things , although we 've got a wonderful garden and I 've got quite a lot I can use . |
| 27 | Please let me know if you are n't able to come on that day because the security at the Palace of Westminster is very sensitive and if we do n't turn up with the right number of people we could be in trouble ! |
| 28 | This could either indicate that online services are failing to be useful , which is doubtful given the significant use that planners make of them , or that the online services have not lived up to the planners ' expectations . |
| 29 | Indeed I have often chided myself with the realization that I have not lived up to the standards that they set . |
| 30 | If you have not kept up with the nursing journals or have been out of practice for a long time then you will have to trust to luck or the recommendations of others as to the relevance and value of any course you choose to attend . |