Example sentences of "'s not [adv] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | If he 's not up to it there 's no question of him running in anything else , ’ said Henderson . |
| 2 | You think at first that you have no choice , that it 's not up to you to decide on things like boyfriends — he 's sexy or he 's ugly — that you can just forget it . |
| 3 | You see , it 's not up to the participants to come in the right mood . |
| 4 | As entertainment , though , it 's not up to much . |
| 5 | It 's not up to us to say what will happen . |
| 6 | But good looks ai n't going to count for much if the sound 's not up to much . |
| 7 | She 's not up to much , is she , if she takes a bairn like that 'un with her when she 's on the make ? ’ |
| 8 | It 's not up to a writer to say whether a book works or not , but the point is that you can have good ideas and write bad novels from them ! |
| 9 | I 'm longing for kids but it 's not up to me . |
| 10 | want this , and it 's not up to a man to decide what happens . |
| 11 | ‘ It 's not up to me to ask you what you think you 're up to , ’ her grandfather began , when they were once more alone together with Xanthe in the sitting room of their hotel suite . |
| 12 | It 's not up to Riley who comes and goes . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ Gran 's not up to that , ’ I say . |
| 14 | They only get in the way when you 're using a keyboard and anyway they 're easy to get off because the glue 's not up to much . |
| 15 | Old Ramsbum 's not up to keeping out gangs of terrorists . ’ |
| 16 | We give advice on suitable tenders , it 's not up to us to make sure that they 're enforced . |
| 17 | ‘ Maybe it 's you who 's not up to it ? |
| 18 | Joanna glanced at Robert , saw his mouth tighten , then said quietly , ‘ If you ca n't guess , then it 's not up to me to tell you . ’ |
| 19 | She always wanted to be a vet , but she 's not up to the exams . |
| 20 | I said to her why did n't you say something and she said oh well it 's not up to me , it 's nothing to do with me and I said well , it 's more to do with you than |
| 21 | I came from Jamaica over twenty years ago and I got married in this country and I have stayed here ever since and although perhaps I might want to go back to Jamaica it 's not home to him . |
| 22 | It 's not possibly to be obvious to say you write an estimate of financial communication , but the first year against the should say this is brought up for review . |
| 23 | As a comfortable pear-shape , I was delighted to read Why it 's not in to be thin ( August SHE ) . |
| 24 | Atkinson , cheered by 'keeper Nigel Spink agreeing a new two-year extension to his contract , has called up fit-again striker Cyrille Regis , insisting : ‘ He 's not there to be an ornament . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ Have you thought , ’ he said , ‘ that he might be the one who 's not there to be picked out ? ’ |
| 26 | You notice it if it 's not there to be noticed . |
| 27 | It 's not there to be broken . |
| 28 | ‘ It 's not down to me , ’ he protested . |
| 29 | To the courts , to the magistrates , remember that man , the judge , it 's all down to him and the jury , it 's not down to the police . |
| 30 | That 's not down to the area . |