Example sentences of "live up [prep] their [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | JOHN PRENN and Willie Boone , both former world champions , lived up to their second-place seedings in this year 's Lacoste British Open doubles rackets championships at Queen 's Club , with a 15-1 , 15-9 , 15-7 , 5-15 , 15-0 victory over Terry Whatley and Giles Palmer , writes Dudley Macdonald . |
2 | And when it came , the announcement lived up to their worst fears . |
3 | Even so-called tax havens may fail to live up to their privileged reputation . |
4 | Under these conditions , however good the heuristic estimate , the algorithm will keep abandoning paths that fail to live up to their initial promise in favour of untried paths that are promising a little more than they will deliver ( Pearl 1984 ) . |
5 | Religions frequently fail to live up to their high moral standards . |
6 | Having received many reports of disappointment with West Indian hotels that do n't live up to their high prices we would be interested to know of any that combine the following virtues : immediate access to unpolluted sea ; the possibility of snorkelling and windsurfing ; freedom from background music ; cotton sheets , with no polyester mixture ; edible food , and preferably , cottage-style accommodation . |
7 | Aware that absolute holists can not live up to their own tenets , they offer a different distinction between the two approaches so that , rather than being seen as strict alternatives , they are held to be complementary . |
8 | They will soon ascertain whether or not Gore-Tex and Timberland live up to their much-vaunted specifications . |