Example sentences of "[not/n't] up to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If they are not up to standard then the supplier is in breach of his contract with you and you are entitled to your money back . |
| 2 | Pakistan hit back with claims that the England umpires were not up to standard , repeating calls for neutral officials in future . |
| 3 | Seconded to each enterprise and design bureau , they are empowered to reject , at factory expense , production which is not up to standard . |
| 4 | G. says he thinks the man is lying , that the vat went over not by accident but because the ice cream was not up to standard and pouring it away was the most convenient way of getting rid of it . |
| 5 | Under such automated systems and automated quality controls , the production line will be stopped if performance is not up to standard . |
| 6 | There are many standard ways of making disapproval obvious in an oblique way ( not up to quota , not up to standard , disappointing , seem unable to match performance of competitor , there must be a problem somewhere , etc. ) which may be less offensive than the direct method — but may also be less effective . |
| 7 | The inspections will be carried out at local level by independent inspectors who will be registered with Her Majesty 's Inspectorate , which will withdraw the registration of inspectors who are not up to standard . |
| 8 | They protest when the food is not up to standard or of the quality that they have come to expect . |
| 9 | Crawford had already clashed with Sherrin when told one week that Lewis and Dobereiner 's script was , unusually for them , not up to standard and , although he would be paid , he would not appear unless they provided a better one . |
| 10 | ‘ Her work was not up to standard . |
| 11 | ‘ Games can be cancelled in the Midlands Senior League for the slightest reason and the opposition is not up to standard . |
| 12 | We decided the cleaning was not up to standard at that particular time . |
| 13 | Bennett said : ‘ The food provided on Thursday was not up to standard so we decided to provide our own . |
| 14 | there and I said no my handsome you did n't pick that up and the case fell , fell to bi he , cos he was going on this is inferior not up to standard and so I said |
| 15 | Despite various friends trying out the route and checking the text , the book is not up to date . |
| 16 | First of all , if the records are not up to date — and it is difficult to see how they could be up to date during high level activity — the source of the information is missing . |
| 17 | The figures for Newham are dated 14 November , so I hope that we do not hear Ministers say that they are not up to date . |
| 18 | Not up to date , but she does them six months in advance . |
| 19 | There are many standard ways of making disapproval obvious in an oblique way ( not up to quota , not up to standard , disappointing , seem unable to match performance of competitor , there must be a problem somewhere , etc. ) which may be less offensive than the direct method — but may also be less effective . |
| 20 | Ali is not up to repartee these days , never was , really , unless he was in the mood , and them he 'd fade you with one of his standard lines ( ‘ You no as dumb as you look ’ ) . |
| 21 | A letter was considered regarding a tutor whose students were not registered and who were not up to examination standard . |
| 22 | If your vet is n't up to date with this problem , I suggest you write to Peter Neville , the animal behaviourist who has made a study of pica . |
| 23 | But it was a fairly common way of getting people who perhaps was n't up to standard or whatever , other recruits would grab them , and as he 's described take them into the bathroom , |