Example sentences of "it 's [vb pp] up to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | The caravanning life is n't all it 's painted up to be . |
| 2 | He found The Rake 's Progress ‘ perspicacious , witty in spite of its stark drama , and thorough as regards research into the period ’ , but he added that ‘ I 'm afraid it 's not half what it 's cracked up to be . ’ |
| 3 | The movie also has a strong message : that wealth is n't all it 's cracked up to be . |
| 4 | Each room has a colour TV — ideal for checking out if Italian football is as good as it 's cracked up to be . |
| 5 | That 's because the Premier League is not what it 's cracked up to be . |
| 6 | Personally , I do n't believe it is all it 's cracked up to be . |
| 7 | Sun Microsystems Inc took exception to the story we wrote saying the new SparcClassic is n't all it 's cracked up to be because it ca n't hack it as a standalone thanks to Solaris eating up all its disk and internal memory ( UX No 416 ) . |
| 8 | Instead of the MIPS R4000-killer it 's cracked up to be , he thinks it may be only a 30% performance improvement over the 80486 . |
| 9 | " Well , it 's not everything it 's cracked up to be . " |
| 10 | ‘ Do you think AZT is all it 's cracked up to be ? ’ |
| 11 | Or would that be the final admission that everything in Paradise is not what it 's cracked up to be ? |