Example sentences of "[not/n't] [adv] up to " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is not just up to women to negotiate safer sex , any more than it is just up to men . |
| 2 | What is required , Locke argues , is that the law of nature be embodied in a set of known and established laws that there be an ind in short that it 's not just up to the individual to state what the law of nature is in any particular case , you know , you 've got a set of known and established laws , you know , which do that . |
| 3 | Always there , and if he 's not sober , they 're not usually up to noticing it . |
| 4 | If they are extensively sheared or cold-worked , however , there is some improvement in shear strength , though not nearly up to the theoretical value . |
| 5 | Once the lessons began I realized that I was not nearly up to the standard of the others . |
| 6 | Because i at the top it 's not straight up to the |
| 7 | It 's not really up to me to judge that they are the best ever . |
| 8 | ‘ That 's not really up to me , Zambia . ’ |
| 9 | Top marks to Fender for continuing to care for us , the poverty-stricken masses , but while the Squier Hank was a nice enough guitar , we felt that the pickups and hardware were not really up to the standard of an early-to-mid '80s Squier or Tokai . |
| 10 | We often refer to the output as ‘ disposable typesetting ’ , it 's ideal for things with a short shelf life like magazines but not really up to being used for presentation material such as a company report . |
| 11 | So erm National Savings again worth , worth mentioning those erm deposit accounts not really up to much at the moment . |
| 12 | ‘ It 's a young wine , not really up to drinking yet . |
| 13 | The person was older than me and he 's a bit higher up the rank than me and it 's all about it probably comes with experience he 's to stand for yourself really but it 's when you 're our age and a bit younger you do n't want to be seen to be rocking the boat if there 's something that 's going on that you do n't agree with but you 're asked to do something that you do n't want to do valid reasons you have n't got the time or it 's not really up to you to do it |
| 14 | Encouraged by the vision thus conjured up , Nutty watched the opposition with narrowed eyes , and was pleased to see that , yes , Colin Constable , for all his smart appearance , was certainly not up to Nails 's standard and not even up to Jazz 's , although better than Hoomey and herself . |
| 15 | The personal computers — bought for £15 000 , 15 months ago — are not even up to this job , said CND , and the organisation has spent the past year trying to exchange the system . |
| 16 | The book was well received by the Lancet and British Medical Journal , but savagely attacked by an anonymous reviewer in the Medical Times and Gazette of 1859 , who dismissed it , in a ridiculous review for which the most likely reason was personal animosity or jealousy , as ‘ a book which is not wanted [ and ] is not even up to the mark of the existing vade-mecums . |
| 17 | We are never ‘ not quite up to it ’ , because there is no ‘ it ’ to be quite up to . |
| 18 | Not quite up to his class I thought . ’ |
| 19 | The big doors would open for them and close on them and McCloy and the men who were ‘ not quite up to his class ' would unload them and store the cargoes here . |
| 20 | Past Glories suggested he is on the way back when third to Kribensis in the Fighting Fifth at Newcastle , while Floyd is not quite up to it in the highest class these days . |
| 21 | He had played five Tests on the 1984–5 tour of India without any marked success , leaving the impression that he was not quite up to Test standard . |
| 22 | Not quite up to Epyx 's usual sporting standards , but a playable backstreet kick-around nonetheless . |
| 23 | Elsewhere , Waddington of London are still offering important pieces , although not quite up to previous years , and at rather high prices compared to nearby stands : a 1949 Dubuffet ‘ Joie de vivre ’ for SF1.28 million ( £481,200 ; $878,200 ) ; and a wonderful 1938 Miró watercolour at SF2.3 million ( £864,700 ; $1.57 million ) . |
| 24 | ‘ They 're good , but not quite up to Maine standard . |
| 25 | Most of them broke when I peeled the real leaf off the chocolate which I 'd painted on — not quite up to Mum 's standards of patience and perfection , but who ever saw lots of perfect leaves ( not on a tree ) anyway . |
| 26 | On the design side , besides herself , there were two assistant designers , Leo and Kerry , both younger than herself , and both , judging by the samples of work they showed Lisa , highly competent in the tasks of pattern-making and fitting , but not quite up to producing original designs themselves . |
| 27 | Mr. Gould is a man of great industry … his Wife makes his drawings on stone — she is a plain fine woman , and although these works are not quite up to Nature , both deserve great credit . ’ |
| 28 | Not quite up to Prime Suspect , but an improvement after Civvies and Seekers . |
| 29 | Band 4 — Performance not fully up to requirements of grade , some improvement necessary . |
| 30 | ‘ It 's not yet up to the standard of EDS , of 12% ( of revenue ) pre-tax , but we aim to get there within the next few years . |