Example sentences of "not [vb infin] up [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It follows that we can not make up a square matrix X of eigenvectors to satisfy ( 8 ) ; for this reason the matrix B is said to be defective . |
| 2 | Eisenhower and Dulles both believed that since no Iranian Army could ever resist an actual Soviet invasion , the Shah should not build up a vast Army but should depend on US guarantees . |
| 3 | and we will not give up the good things in life for Greenpeace and for a clean environment |
| 4 | For all their talk about the wisdom of the marketplace , the Thatcher government could not give up the paternalistic idea that they had to regulate the independent television companies , with the continuation of the Independent Broadcasting Authority in the guise of an Independent Television Commission . |
| 5 | The local newspapers in Ulster printed our press statements , but did not follow up the Black story on their own despite the clear indications of sinister and dramatic happenings . |
| 6 | Obviously they can not weigh up the comparative cost of some type of credit which is beyond their ken . |
| 7 | One girl was a hard , chain-smoking sales machine letting me know I could not set up a multi-national congress without multi-national advertising . |
| 8 | Hence the acceptance of professionalism did not set up a free market in football but bound players legally to one club and determined the maximum wage that could be paid to them . |
| 9 | Opposition parties reacted indignantly to Mr De Klerk 's overnight announcement that he would not set up a judicial inquiry . |
| 10 | But Yeo told the NISW/ Community Care conference , ‘ Residential Care : The Way Forward ’ , the government would not set up a permanent forum on residential care . |
| 11 | The second , referred to obscurely in Helen 's last letter from Margate , was Mr Thomas 's decision that Edward should not take up a Civil Service post , but instead prepare himself for an Oxford entrance scholarship . |
| 12 | However , the likelihood is that processing and seeking will be entirely overlapped so this will not hold up the overall run very seriously . |
| 13 | Do not pick up a small fish in your finger and thumb , as you can squeeze it and cause it injury . |
| 14 | ‘ You can not wake up an old lady just to listen to your insane and morbid fantasies . ’ |
| 15 | But there could be more trouble if the king does not open up the political system or do something about the great disparities of wealth . |
| 16 | Therefore what is now called corporate this other income is the erm basically head office cost , there 's things like profits on from our captive insurance er dividends which we did n't have it in fact last year we did the year before from Blackpool land , small profits from the sale of some shares at Fair and other odds and ends which I erm really do n't make up a great deal . |
| 17 | Charles , who had been criticized as increasingly authoritarian during her 10 years in office , dismissed opposition complaints by claiming that " we have always realized that elections do n't throw up the best people " . |
| 18 | For them , classic clothes no longer have to be fussy or stuffy — an increasing number of British men want classic style , but wo n't give up the comfortable feel of the designer clothes they got used to in the Eighties . |
| 19 | Do n't keep up a running commentary . |
| 20 | Alice had said : ‘ It 's a pity your husband did n't leave him to drown and save himself , but I suppose that on the spur of the moment he did n't weigh up the relative value of a useful teaching career and pimpled stupidity . ’ |
| 21 | But I could n't set up an ideal control system . |
| 22 | ‘ Frankly , Nicola Schreider needs a shrink if she does n't put up a good fight for him . |
| 23 | I could n't summon up a double bass in the short time that I had this rig , which was a shame since , like Hughes & Kettner 's BassBase , the unit is flexible enough to accommodate the idiosyncrasies of the instrument , the primary reason for the onboard notch filter . |
| 24 | He tried to hit me , kept pummelling me with his podgy fists , but he could n't summon up the necessary enthusiasm . |
| 25 | When you when archaeologists carry out the dig they do n't dig up the whole site . |
| 26 | My father ca n't climb up the narrow ladder from the top floor ; and , even if he could , I know he would n't be able to negotiate the twist you have to make to get from the top of the ladder , round the brickwork of the chimney flues , and into the loft proper . |
| 27 | ‘ They do n't turn up every five minutes . |
| 28 | ‘ Cinderella 's coach did n't turn up the second time around ? ’ |
| 29 | You could n't close up an Irish house without the weather getting into the fabric . |