Example sentences of "[adv] [not/n't] [verb] up " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is believed that considerably more connections have not been discovered and so not broken up . |
| 2 | The surcharge should be coming down not going up . |
| 3 | There are many people who are just not geared up to live independently . ’ |
| 4 | I mean Simon Greyson is not not picking up here neither is Colin Hill and really it 's come on a little bit sudden but that was totally unnecessary as well . |
| 5 | It seems clear that several million voters have still not made up their minds , and there is therefore an added incentive in the last few days to influence them . |
| 6 | It has still not made up its mind what its role should be in the world . |
| 7 | They had still not turned up by two o'clock , and since their sandwich lunch was in the car , Jack and Warnie were feeling ‘ uncommonly peckish ’ . |
| 8 | Carolyn shook her head , still not looking up . |
| 9 | Mr Berecz , on the other hand , has still not given up his seemingly futile struggle , and has been plaguing the congress with constant interruptions . |
| 10 | She has still not given up the search , but she fears some animals are exported to Ireland or to the continent . |
| 11 | The government has still not come up with a dump for the masses of intermediate wastes , such as fuel cladding , that the plant would produce . |
| 12 | The old scribe would shake his head : ‘ I could have tried for 20 years and still not come up with an opening paragraph like that , ’ he would say . |
| 13 | She had still not come up with anything brilliant when ten minutes later someone rang her doorbell fairly aggressively . |
| 14 | Despite the Melilla result , the PSOE effectively retained a voting majority in the Congress , since four Basque deputies belonging to United People ( HB ) had still not taken up their seats because of legal quibbles over swearing allegiance . |
| 15 | However , the four Basque deputies elected in October for United People ( HB ) had still not taken up their seats , and the Constitutional Court confirmed in a ruling on March 29 that they would not be permitted to do so unless they swore the conventional oath of allegiance to the Constitution [ see p. 37135 ] . |
| 16 | His replacement will probably not take up office until 1 September 193 . |
| 17 | But the most surprising difference was that their axes of preferential response were clearly not lined up with the axes of the on-off directionally selective type , and when Clyde Oyster and I analysed this in more detail we found what is shown in Figure 5 . |
| 18 | not turning up not turning up |
| 19 | At the company 's annual meeting , executives from CGI Informatique SA , developer of the Pacbase software engineering system , said fiscal 1993 has so far not lived up to expectations , and indicated that the company will be considering either an acquisition or joint venture in the facilities management market . |
| 20 | Glynn ( 1985 , p. 13 ) points out that the results of such investigations are often not followed up . |
| 21 | Lazarsfeld recognised that social science theories , currently and for the foreseeable future , could simply not match up to those on offer in the natural sciences . |
| 22 | Some are simply not set up correctly . |
| 23 | Well not fed up but |
| 24 | I choose when not to shut up . |
| 25 | ‘ If I am wearing a pure white carnation I am best avoided on that day because it means I am in a bad mood , ’ he said , adding that he always warns new acquaintances of this fact but has as yet not lived up to the threat . |
| 26 | Why not make up a party ? |
| 27 | She explained : ‘ In the present climate jobs are very hard to come by so I thought , why not start up my own business ? |
| 28 | By day of course , why not team up with another couple and get out and about sightseeing or discovering those hide away places that will linger for ever in your memories ? |
| 29 | For a party you could prepare all four — and why not finish up with the orange and almond dessert on page 16 . |
| 30 | Why not stand up for the uniquely British spirit embodied by Richard Lester ( who 's American — DQ ) , Rita Tushingham , Shelagh Delaney , Tom Courtenay , etc . |