Example sentences of "[modal v] not [be] [adv] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | A lot of them send stuff that might be the greatest thing they 've ever produced , but looked at objectively it may not be up to much . |
| 2 | The reason is obvious to you but may not be so to them at all . |
| 3 | £82 may not be much to a Cabinet Minister , but it is a fortune to many of our clients . |
| 4 | Now Mr. Duggan may well have video evidence of Welsh dirty play in the past and also the statements of Will Carling , the England captain , may not be quite to his liking , but please gentlemen , come on ! |
| 5 | The colour may not be quite to their liking but they may be very hungry for example . |
| 6 | ANYONE CONCERNED that their camcorder skills might not be up to par could consider doing what some New Yorkers have done — take a ‘ how to ’ class in X-rated video production . |
| 7 | He said delicately , ‘ Stock involves quite a lot of ladder work , in the warehouse … ’ as if Anna might not be up to such physical strenuousness . |
| 8 | ‘ I 'm sure it is n't as bad as that , ’ said Greg , who was n't who was , in fact , marvelling at the effect of three weeks of Viola , and wondering whether there could n't be more to it than just that . |
| 9 | Yes it would , it would not be properly to , to just make one comment and that is that the next five hundred thousand that the local is therefore two point six million from the reserve fund , that is substainable for two and a half years it is not substainable beyond . |
| 10 | He parried the stories of wealth and of smuggling : all town talk , he said , and besides , people in Borrowdale just would not be up to the scheming and deception involved , not the people he knew in Borrowdale and he had been born there — as had his wife — born there — as had their parents |
| 11 | And it worried her too ( He might have had an accident — should I phone the police ? ) , almost as much as it angered her ( He might have had the decency to let me know he would n't be in to supper ) . |
| 12 | If the woman she 'd spoken to was having a break , she would n't be back to her desk before two o'clock . |
| 13 | ‘ There ca n't be much to farm around Caldbeck , can there ? |
| 14 | Mm and they should n't be ca n't , rather it ca n't be down to lack of contact I would n't have thought . |
| 15 | But it will not be up to me alone . |
| 16 | Unlike the present law , it will not be up to the defendant to prove his belief , the burden of proof will rest on the prosecution . |
| 17 | In his opening speech , the hon. Member for Birkenhead said that we should ’ bring forward ’ the arrangements which will prevail after 1993 , but it will not be down to the local adjudication officer to assess people to decide the appropriate care and to assess the reasonable rate . |
| 18 | I sha n't be here to be either questioned or blamed . |
| 19 | I can tell you one thing , I wo n't be here to be used as a buffer . |
| 20 | No he wo n't be up to midnight if he has n't got the car and the last train goes before then . |