Example sentences of "add up to a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These two incidents hardly added up to a minimal knowledge of the principality . |
| 2 | All the little steps have added up to a high achievement . |
| 3 | That adds up to a good campaign in Labour 's view : no gaffes , lots of pictures , and a positive message delivered in controlled surroundings . |
| 4 | She thinks you suspect her and it seems to me that everything adds up to a good cause for her condition . ’ |
| 5 | There 's plenty of detail in the smaller pictures of the humans , too , and the book as a whole adds up to a great experience for a child — almost as good as a day out at the zoo ! ( 2–5 ) |
| 6 | That adds up to a great confrontation in today 's championship clash with title-holders Essex , with England captain Graham Gooch making an early return to Old Trafford where he hit one of the great Test centuries on Monday . |
| 7 | Clearly it all adds up to a great season ahead for the fans , who fought to keep speedway in Swindon . |
| 8 | This adds up to a total cost of just under £20 bn , or about £6,600 per unemployed person . |
| 9 | It all adds up to a better deal , for your managers , your training budget and for effective corporate management development . |
| 10 | Their visibility or otherwise , the ways in which they are coded , policed , censored , constructed , praised or punished , the ways in which and levels at which they are represented as engaging with the viewer , and the contexts in which women 's bodies are placed in images and how images of women 's bodies are then distributed and consumed — all this adds up to a subtle politics of the representation of women 's bodies . |
| 11 | Our friendly bar with its extensive range of beers , real ales and cocktails , combined with the latest music , dancing and entertainment , adds up to a memorable evening in a convivial atmosphere . |
| 12 | All of this adds up to a personal credo that we are not just specialized apes but a unique and peculiar species of our own . |
| 13 | Cos each group adds up to a dotted quaver . |
| 14 | This seldom adds up to a coherent investment plan , but may be more simply described as a way of keeping things going until better days arrive . |
| 15 | This all adds up to a bleak picture for corporate UK . |
| 16 | Which all in all adds up to a Mediterranean type of diet — with porridge ! |
| 17 | We 've been frozen out there , and that order was worth a couple of million sterling , and that adds up to a hefty pile of wage packets . |
| 18 | Maintaining safety in the home is an expensive business and , for families with children , the purchase of recommended safety equipment — such as car safety seats , stair gates , a playpen and a cooker guard — adds up to a considerable sum . |
| 19 | This little difference adds up to a large saving . |
| 20 | The Council was exempted from meeting on the sixty or so annual festival days , but not on the monthly ones ; this adds up to a large number of meetings ( c.300 ) held per year . |
| 21 | Even allowing for delicious exaggeration it still added up to a horrifying picture and she began to wish she had n't even tried to get into the company . |
| 22 | The weather was perfect , the room inviting and comfortable which added up to a happy atmosphere . |
| 23 | As far as he could , he would keep a record of the magician 's movements and see if they added up to a meaningful pattern . |
| 24 | For inveterate cattle-lifters it all added up to a convenient no-man's-land across which to launch thieving raids . |
| 25 | Together , our proposals add up to a co-ordinated programme for recovery . |
| 26 | Where fantasy is involved , as in a film like The Wizard of Oz ( 1940 ) , non-realistic , simple colours are acceptable , provided they add up to a coherent scheme that works within the special world of that film . |
| 27 | These incidents scarcely add up to a coherent narrative , and the chronology is uncertain . |
| 28 | The different combinations of colour , beautiful designs , textures , fibres and weaves all add up to a vast range of fabrics from which to choose and at enormously varying prices . |
| 29 | Informative , revealing , funny , they add up to a comprehensive picture of a momentous year . |
| 30 | They are nevertheless honest enough to praise the good points of the car but are unable to concede that these points add up to a first-class package . |