Example sentences of "[not/n't] always [vb infin] up [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What one hears said by others does not always match up with our own experience , and we can no longer look round expecting to find clear-cut models of behaviour . |
| 2 | Those who promise great things do not always match up to their own or anyone else 's expectations ! |
| 3 | Such sites do not always show up at all well , because crops grow differently over old infilled ditches . |
| 4 | Aesthetic and romantic ideas of the beneficent properties of ‘ natural ’ remedies do not always stand up to the realities of practical life . |
| 5 | Indeed the habits of our civilised forebears at work and play would not always stand up to the scrutiny of the modern conscience . |
| 6 | While the procedure was to some extent artificial and led to conclusions that did not always stand up to later study , it did at least mean that the different forms of early Christian teaching could now be admitted for discussion , and the possibility of real conflict between opposing views recognised as a natural and proper element in the development . |
| 7 | What they are writing about in reality are the ideal standards of their own social group , those that give meaning to their work practice even if they do not always live up to them . |
| 8 | He must be ready to speculate , for the sources ( in this case the chronicles and records of government which provide him with much of his material ) do not always come up to expectation . |
| 9 | They do n't always dress up of course but I soon got in the habit by trying on a Tommy Cooper-styled fez . |
| 10 | That I do n't always feel up to … the way I used to . |
| 11 | Quite frequently they refuse to fulfil the roles that others impose and they do n't always live up to expectations . |
| 12 | ‘ I ca n't always keep up with the old bugger , but I 'm never far behind . ’ |