Example sentences of "[vb base] [not/n't] [verb] up [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Let us examine the implications of this ; property crime became by far the most common form of crime during the period in which the prison emerged ; therefore forced labour would have become the most common punishment ; forced labour requires incarceration ( people tend not to turn up for it of their own free will ) . |
| 2 | However , constructions like 28 , where the subject of the main clause is a ‘ heavy ’ NP , seem not to turn up in Scottish English , although they are usual in Somerset English : |
| 3 | They proceed not to turn up on Monday , the next working day . |
| 4 | One of the few times you will find big bream in waters which do not match up to the points I have mentioned is when they are the result of a recent stocking operation . |
| 5 | Apprentices do not wake up in strange beds the night before an important ride and then tell all to the boss 's wife . |
| 6 | Ms Nancy Lazar , an economist at C.J. Lawrence , views this as a better measure than M2 , which is growing at a faster 6.1% year-on-year : deposits have been flowing out of savings and loan institutions , which do not show up in M2 , and into banks , which do . |
| 7 | You can not expect to be asked the questions exactly as they appear here and you will be badly thrown if you have programmed yourself with exact responses to very particular questions which do not crop up in the way you had anticipated . |
| 8 | In those circumstances , vitamin and mineral deficiencies do not crop up in a couple of weeks . |
| 9 | Do not stand up for a few moments . |
| 10 | They do not stand up to even the briefest of scrutinies . |
| 11 | The technique of ‘ hunt the analogue ’ is a favourite one practised by palaeontologists , but it is certainly not a foolproof one , because there are many fossil animals that defy comparison with living organisms , and some analogues do not stand up to detailed scrutiny . |
| 12 | It is as well that such arguments do not stand up to serious scrutiny . |
| 13 | Just as they are taught other subjects , they should increasingly be taught about such topics as mental handicap so that they do not grow up with the prejudices that their parents may possess . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | If we do not face up to our fears , we might project them onto the outside world , perhaps in the form of violent crime , epidemics , disasters or a vengeful God , or ( closer to home ) in the form of a partner , family or friends who ‘ block ’ our growth , and thus protect us from facing our fears . |
| 16 | An additional factor arises when keys do not go up in ones , but in twos , threes , fives , tens or some other increment . |
| 17 | It is extremely important that you do not give up at this point and this is where training really begins . |
| 18 | So , if you like the shape of something but not the size and colour , do not give up on it . |
| 19 | Or you catch a cold and you just do not feel up to it ? |
| 20 | Visible , painful , incurable , distasteful to others — not such an easy task as one might think , for most of the internal ailments do not measure up to these basic requirements . |
| 21 | The training of probation officers could continue and be included in the Certificate of Qualification in Social Work and the Diploma in Social Work courses , but if these do not measure up to required standards , they will be replaced with anew training syllabus put out to tender in the educational market place . |
| 22 | The reports of international commissions such as that of Brandt do not make up for this gap . |
| 23 | Try to go to bed only when you 're tired but do not stay up past a certain critical time , say one hour after you would normally go to bed . |
| 24 | However , even the best of these efforts , and they are perhaps in their fully fledged forms used more in psychology than in social research , do not reach up to the standards of measurement used in science or , less ambitiously , the higher levels of measurement represented by interval and ratio scales . |
| 25 | 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 ’ . |
| 26 | Quick and easy checks can be made on scripts or marks sheets if an administrative error is suspected by a student when his or her marks do not live up to expectations . |
| 27 | Conversely , a long period may restrict the purchaser should he wish to make changes to the vendor management team ( either because they do not live up to first impressions or because he wishes to promote them within the enlarged group ) . |
| 28 | The shortcomings of organized religions in having within their ranks and amongst their leadership large numbers who do not live up to their beliefs have had a serious effect on attitudes towards religion . |
| 29 | If we do not turn up for work , we are likely to get the sack , but in our private worlds we can dream our lives away at home , church or play . |
| 30 | The UCW believes the rounds of postmen who do not turn up for work will not be covered by overtime . |