Example sentences of "do not come up to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Two honest critics can be given as exceptions , the first a Japanese who recorded a negative reaction to a picture which did not come up to his standards of meaningful symbolism . |
| 2 | He had no track record himself in combat and the men he was to lead in battle were a pretty tough crowd , all of them individualists and likely to be highly critical of any officer who did not come up to their own standards . |
| 3 | But the profits in which he shared during 1840–44 did not come up to expectations , and after the disappointment of the low profits on A Christmas Carol , published on commission , he broke temporarily with Chapman & Hall , and turned to their printers , Bradbury & Evans , as his new publishers . |
| 4 | She learnt that these plates did not come up to the manufacturer 's high standards and would go back into the melting pot . |
| 5 | The EEC declared that the 1975 Sex Discrimination Act ( which incorporated the 1970 Equal Pay Act ) did not come up to its standards , and that the British government had to make it stronger . |
| 6 | ‘ The players need to feel confident and secure in their positions and we are counting on those players who did not come up to expectation against Scotland , to make up for it against Ireland . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ We did n't come up to expectations … ’ his eyes suddenly brightened . |
| 8 | These are the only role models for young women ; you feel inferior if you do n't come up to those standards , even though you know it 's a ridiculous stereotype . |
| 9 | That 's why I dress like a policeman , so they do n't come up to you . |
| 10 | ‘ No , do n't come up to the door . |
| 11 | I 'm now , I 'm not retiring , I 'm just going back to being part of a member from my Hampshire Council of Community Service , and I shall be writing , of course , very rude letter , if the services and the communications of letters do n't come up to standards . |
| 12 | Certainly as far as Americans are concerned , a lot of our hotels do n't come up to the standards of service that they are used to , and certainly they do n't think they 're value for money . |
| 13 | He does n't come up to the desk straightaway , but gives me a nod and starts looking at the flowers , really closely , like he really knew about them . |