Example sentences of "[is] not [adv] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Seconded to each enterprise and design bureau , they are empowered to reject , at factory expense , production which is not up to standard . |
| 2 | Under such automated systems and automated quality controls , the production line will be stopped if performance is not up to standard . |
| 3 | They protest when the food is not up to standard or of the quality that they have come to expect . |
| 4 | ‘ Games can be cancelled in the Midlands Senior League for the slightest reason and the opposition is not up to standard . |
| 5 | It is not up to councillors to frustrate the will of Parliament in this matter |
| 6 | Despite various friends trying out the route and checking the text , the book is not up to date . |
| 7 | 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 ’ ) . |
| 8 | John Watson tends to regard himself as Mike 's adopted father , but Mike has inherited the substantial Lester shareholding and this gives him a considerable amount of independence ( which is not always to John Watson 's taste ) . |
| 9 | That direction , however familiar and cosy it seems , is not back to rotas . |
| 10 | The little insert in the middle of the article , which I take it is not down to Sir Nicholas , is even more misleading because it suggests that the income eligibility limit on civil cases would be reduced from £3,060 to £2,293 . |
| 11 | What is not readily to hand is a valid general assessment of the damage which the disposals may be doing . |
| 12 | But it is not enough to single out this or that Minister , or even the officials responsible . |
| 13 | It 's not up to Riley who comes and goes . ’ |