Together, we set out to get the place up to scratch.

I hope to leave work in a month's time and get myself up to scratch with my reading.

The team was by no means perfect yet, but the next few weeks would bring things up to scratch.

But their software was clearly not up to scratch and they had to do something.

But does it come up to scratch for educational value?

Are you getting all this up to scratch for ninety three?

None of this will matter if the bank's financial performance is not up to scratch.

However Jesus simply might not be up to scratch for these modern times.

Obviously you are not up to scratch with world affairs.

My wife makes sure I'm up to scratch on all that).

I found it very hard to keep up to scratch the whole time."

"Fellow needs a wife to keep him up to scratch," he said.

Major renovations were needed to bring it up to scratch.

The hotels and transport system are simply not up to scratch at the moment.

It had taken a lot of careful handling to bring him up to scratch.

He pulled off his cap and reached up to scratch it.

The boys ran ahead and Barney reached up to scratch his head.

She always comes up to scratch when she has to.

But only if Lucifer could be kept up to scratch.

All teams need players who the rest of the squad have to answer to should their performance not come up to scratch.

Whether her best is up to scratch is another question.

If it's story is up to scratch, players could be in for a treat this October.

It's just not up to scratch as it is.

The girl put her hand up to scratch the nape of its neck.

It will therefore have to be up to scratch.