Example sentences of "is not [adv] to the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Style analysers can give on-the-spot text analysis and tuition if your grammar is not up to the mark or your style is a little untidy . |
| 2 | If the shooting is not up to the mark , we will need to carry the consequences . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ Oh , I think Miss Grenfell is right , ’ she said guardedly , ‘ my work is not up to the standard you require . ’ |
| 4 | As well as newspapers , and for those whose literacy level is not up to the language of a newspaper , comics for adults are widely available . |
| 5 | Often , a filtration system that is not up to the job , or overstocking , or both . |
| 6 | The occasional comment one hears that Parker plays the way he is here simply because he was by that time a seasoned performer and recording artist is not really to the point ; Parker was a naturally developmental musician . |
| 7 | But this criticism is not really to the point . |
| 8 | The castle , the seat of the Duke of Norfolk , is not home to the Duke — he lives near Henley-on-Thames — but to his eldest son and heir , the Earl of Arundel , 36 , who says : ‘ I might look in while they 're here . |