Example sentences of "not be [adv prt] to [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some students may need only to make good on areas where their performance has not been up to the Compact mark , others may need to negotiate the complete range of Compact goals at this level . |
| 2 | Melanie had not been down to the work-room since her very first morning ; she tried not to look at the partially assembled puppets , hanged and dismembered , on the walls . |
| 3 | Betty , who clearly had not washed , since she had not been down to the stream and there was no water in the cottage , padded about in her dressing-gown and slippers offering to slice the bread for breakfast . |
| 4 | He parried the stories of wealth and of smuggling : all town talk , he said , and besides , people in Borrowdale just would not be up to the scheming and deception involved , not the people he knew in Borrowdale and he had been born there — as had his wife — born there — as had their parents |
| 5 | Unlike the present law , it will not be up to the defendant to prove his belief , the burden of proof will rest on the prosecution . |
| 6 | In his opening speech , the hon. Member for Birkenhead said that we should ’ bring forward ’ the arrangements which will prevail after 1993 , but it will not be down to the local adjudication officer to assess people to decide the appropriate care and to assess the reasonable rate . |
| 7 | He was the one who 'd complained the most loudly and vociferously about Blend Six not being up to the job , that the burn characteristics were wrong , that the car was running uneven . |
| 8 | I 'd just arrived , and I had n't been up to the village yet , or seen anyone . |
| 9 | So , concentrate on this and I 'm , I 'm , must get round to , I 'm sorry my life has been in turmoil because of the , the dog situation , Jean and I have n't been up to the West End , but erm , I , I know which book I want , I want to get you , erm , and yes , I want you to do this , so and this actually it 's very good , very difficult , good , do a bit of technic . |
| 10 | Fucking alright , I have n't been up to the today , I 've spent most of it sat fucking here . |
| 11 | I have n't been out to the park in a couple of months and that visit was strictly business . |
| 12 | ‘ I have n't been down to the sea yet . |
| 13 | Adam said , ‘ I have n't been down to the cottage in an age . |
| 14 | I have n't been back to the island . |