Example sentences of "measure up to [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The debate on the Bill to bring back whipping was a thoroughly undignified affair in which the principles of the matter seemed to count less than considerations such as the size and weight of the flogging instrument to be used : calculations made necessary no less by the desire to limit the discretion of ‘ judges infected by maudlin sentimentality ’ , than by the requirement that it should measure up to the brutes who were ‘ so degraded , that they could only be deterred by forcible appeals to their fear of physical pain ’ . |
| 2 | It is at best a standstill and does not measure up to the problems of dereliction and rising unemployment . |
| 3 | I 'm afraid we did not measure up to the standards set by the well-hung Spanish men who drifted around with flies bulging to the point of bursting their buttons . |
| 4 | Therefore , if a firm engaged to write a computer program fails to measure up to the standards that would normally be expected from able computer programmers and the program turns out to be sub-standard then , prima facie , the firm will be liable in contract . |
| 5 | But in respect of specific works , the listener 's role is to measure up to the demands imposed by the work itself , to comprehend what is already present . |
| 6 | Does he believe that , even with massive commitment and dedication , it will be possible for the large number of single-practice GPs in this country to measure up to the demands of the community care programme in 1993 ? |