Example sentences of "[am/are] not [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | — 3:11 : " I am not up to the job . " |
| 2 | Given that , at least in the first year of the new council tax , there will still be two-tier authorities in the shires , I hope that the Bill will be as tight as a drum to ensure that the tiered authorities that are not up for election do not use that freedom from the ballot box — as happened in Nottinghamshire with the poll tax — to wreck the council tax in the way that they wrecked the poll tax in its first year . |
| 3 | There are a number of members who are not up to the job . |
| 4 | Individually , we are not up to the task of trying to handle our own uniqueness . |
| 5 | ‘ You mean the boys are not up to it ? ’ |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Women are not given the opportunities because very often they are not up to the job . |
| 8 | And the reason they are not up to the job is that those in charge of hiring them are mostly men . |
| 9 | He had not said , Frankly , Peter , you are not up to being Archdeacon , he had instead emphasized the need for someone from outside the diocese , for someone with ecumenical experience in urban work , for someone accustomed to ministerial care . |
| 10 | ‘ Many zoos , particularly in the southern member-states , are not up to adequate standards , ’ she said . |
| 11 | Pulling them together , we may see that in marriage in Britain today , while freedom of choice makes for great potential satisfaction in the marital relationship as such , at the same time it makes for some instability if the satisfactions are not up to expectations . |
| 12 | A general degree is sometimes seen as an alternative for students who are not up to honours standard ; this is largely though not entirely the case with the Scottish ordinary degree . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | But in recent years concern has been growing that economic forecasts are not up to the mark . |
| 17 | So all these a lot of these firms are not up to the job why do why do n't you sack them people are not up to the job why do n't they get sacked ? |
| 18 | So all these a lot of these firms are not up to the job why do why do n't you sack them people are not up to the job why do n't they get sacked ? |
| 19 | So when , and I would agree with you again , so when are the teachers going to be accountable , when is somebody who is a bad teacher and heck there are quite a few of them , you know it only takes a couple in every school to make it difficult for the rest , going to be got rid of you know you are not up to the mark out . |
| 20 | The train lover was fascinated to find that most journeys are undertaken on the railway because Chinese roads are not up to Western standards . |
| 21 | Privately , senior party members claim women do not put themselves forward , are not up to the job and stress that most male MPs have been in place for a long time . |
| 22 | The Government are not about to hand out dollops of money so that inexperienced people can buy complicated equipment that they then do not know how to use . |
| 23 | Find the shelves containing that class number and you will have access to all the books on that topic that are not out on loan . |
| 24 | There are plenty of books in most libraries explaining building construction and the Buildings Regulations in simple terms , but do ensure that they are not out of date . |
| 25 | Contrary to the record 's title , REM are not out of time . |
| 26 | Power struggles are not out of the question and , if you are single , you may be drawn into a passionate , even obsessive liaison . |
| 27 | THE security forces in India are not out of control . |
| 28 | For instance , if children are not out of care within six weeks after reception into care , research tells us that they have a 60 per cent chance of still being in care after two years , a finding that has clear implications for the resources and inter-agency co-operation needed for many social work clients . |
| 29 | They certainly express viewpoints which find echoes among his contemporaries and they are not out of key with what we know of his character and of his piety , which was manifested in his crusading enthusiasm , the expulsion of the Jews , the Eleanor crosses , the foundation of Vale Royal abbey and his almsgiving . |
| 30 | ‘ Well , we are fallible men like the rest of mankind , and hatred and evil are not out of our scope . |