Example sentences of "not [vb infin] up [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Some respondents felt that it was important that the manager had high expectations for punctuality and discipline so that resentment does not build up within the team .
2 For a party you could prepare all four — and why not finish up with the orange and almond dessert on page 16 .
3 In those circumstances , vitamin and mineral deficiencies do not crop up in a couple of weeks .
4 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 .
5 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 .
6 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 .
7 Although it does not show up in the analyses , content surely also became more international , in source of origin , if not always in substance .
8 This does not show up in the household statistics because many of these stays were for a brief few months right at the end of life .
9 Further , the fact that lesion of the cerebellum x including the flocculus in rabbits , cats and monkeys , or subdural application in rabbits and monkeys of haemoglobin ( which blocks LTD ) , abolishes the entire VOR adaptation , raises the question of why brain stem synaptic plasticity does not show up in the absence of cerebellar plasticity .
10 Although these weaknesses did not show up in the balance of payments until the 1960s this does not mean that the position in the 1950s was anywhere near ‘ entirely satisfactory ’ since the process was then in the making [ cf.
11 But a more novel objection came from Dr Leonard Wilson , when Bishop of Birmingham , and who opened a school without wearing gaiters as a form of protest because he believed : ‘ Bishops should not dress up in the way of the decadent eighteenth century . ’
12 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 .
13 But give him his due , he does not give up for a scratch or two , and not even a dagger could hold him off for ever . ’
14 Orkney Islands Council did not give up without a fight .
15 It 's our Party and we should not give up without a fight .
16 He did not look up towards the guard in the watch-tower .
17 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 .
18 Her sister did not look up from the list of figures .
19 But I will not look up from the tray until I have it safely landed on the white plastic table .
20 It could now be argued that , throughout the history of the earth , Nature had rewarded those who were able and energetic , and punished those who could not keep up with the race towards higher things .
21 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 .
22 Marthus said that food production can not keep up with the population increase
23 The skua is astonishingly agile for so big a bird , but can not keep up among the throng and gives up .
24 If it is true , I repeat that it does not square up with the Government 's protestations about their concern for safety .
25 Businessmen should not set up in a market where they will be powerless to enforce their credit terms .
26 It is at best a standstill and does not measure up to the problems of dereliction and rising unemployment .
27 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 .
28 He will not face up to the problem .
29 It does not face up to the punishment question because it implicitly suggests that they are not culpable if their criminal aetiology can be ‘ understood ’ .
30 The boundary-maintaining function just does not stand up as a function of crime or deviance .
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