Example sentences of "[noun pl] do not [verb] up " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | It is a common critical stance to praise Tolkien 's conception , often somewhat vaguely , or with even more vagueness his ‘ mythological ’ or ‘ mythopoeic ’ powers ; but then to declare that the words do not live up to the things , the style ‘ is quite inadequate to the theme ’ . |
| 2 | Only 600 schools did not take up the offer of half-price computers . |
| 3 | It is a known and established fact that political parties do not pick up in the polls once an election is under way . |
| 4 | These assholes do n't give up easy . ’ |
| 5 | I told Northcliffe that if his people would make enquiries at our Central Office , he would find that our nightly regiment of speakers was at least as well worth reporting as the Radical contingent , but that I realized that from the Press point of view , no doubt , our speakers did not play up to the reporters by handing them their speeches in advance , and by other tricks of the kind to which the Radical orators have recourse . |
| 6 | but you see he 'd have a list of the horse who 's gon na work or win races well if them animals did n't eat up he did n't work them . |
| 7 | For all that effort — the sums in the wage packets do n't add up , with British employees earning less than those in Denmark , Germany , Holland and Luxembourg . |
| 8 | It is interesting to observe that just at the point when the old sources of clerical recruitment , the married clergy , were taking to celibacy , the supply of clergy did not dry up , it multiplied exceedingly . |
| 9 | As I 've tried to suggest , many books do not face up to the very evident problems confronting psychology , but it does seem that the discipline is alive and kicking . |
| 10 | No no , amenity-wise , you 're okay , but I mean amenities does n't make up for sort of living standards you 've got , does it ? |
| 11 | Before yesterday 's hearing Mr McTear , gasping for breath , said his goal was to ensure youngsters did not take up the habit and go through his ordeal . |
| 12 | These single-unit certificates do not make up an SVQ , nor is there any intention , at present , to have SVQs in assessment . |
| 13 | An additional factor arises when keys do not go up in ones , but in twos , threes , fives , tens or some other increment . |
| 14 | She learnt that these plates did not come up to the manufacturer 's high standards and would go back into the melting pot . |
| 15 | Skilled negotiators do n't take up positions . |
| 16 | Furthermore , some companies did n't pay up when awards were made against them . |
| 17 | Angry with Nutty for her pigheadedness and superior airs , Nails did not turn up for the next swimming lesson . |
| 18 | Just two mops were placed on the tank floor , and as the water depth was only 6½″ the mops did not take up too much tank space . |
| 19 | The other factor is that DOS applications do n't take up huge chunks of RAM and hard disk space . |
| 20 | Unfortunately , Windows applications do n't tidy up after themselves when removed , so in this month 's Steps , I 'll be explaining the cleanest way to remove an application from Windows . |
| 21 | An independent report found that many of the plants did not match up to European safety standards , burned high sulphur coal , and were badly sited . |
| 22 | Although these weaknesses did not show up in the balance of payments until the 1960s this does not mean that the position in the 1950s was anywhere near ‘ entirely satisfactory ’ since the process was then in the making [ cf. |
| 23 | ‘ The whole area needs looking at : the book trade catalogues do n't stand up well against non-book catalogues . ’ |
| 24 | The Orc Boar Boyz option really does commit you to the attack , and things can go wrong if animosity strikes or if the supporting troops do n't perform up to par . |
| 25 | His promises do not add up . |
| 26 | When I asked Tony Geraghty what he had meant by ‘ not being counted ’ he pointed out that the S.A.S. 's own casualty figures did not add up . |
| 27 | ‘ We 'd be delighted if that was the case , ’ he said , ‘ but the figures do n't add up . |
| 28 | In a larger organization the resources controller can be of great use in ensuring that the original requests for resources do not add up to much more than is available , in preparing and circulating the form in its agenda stage , then collecting the decisions at the meeting , entering them on the form alongside the requests and recirculating it . |
| 29 | He was tired and upset , and troubled by a feeling that things did not add up — though without being able to pin down his dissatisfaction . |
| 30 | The right hon. Gentleman 's priorities do not add up and he knows it . |