Example sentences of "add up to a [adj] [noun] " 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 Remember , a loss of between 2 and 4 lb per month adds up to a 24–48 lb drop in a year , 48–96 lb over two years .
4 That adds up to a good campaign in Labour 's view : no gaffes , lots of pictures , and a positive message delivered in controlled surroundings .
5 She thinks you suspect her and it seems to me that everything adds up to a good cause for her condition . ’
6 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 )
7 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 .
8 Clearly it all adds up to a great season ahead for the fans , who fought to keep speedway in Swindon .
9 This adds up to a total cost of just under £20 bn , or about £6,600 per unemployed person .
10 It all adds up to a better deal , for your managers , your training budget and for effective corporate management development .
11 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 .
12 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 .
13 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 .
14 Cos each group adds up to a dotted quaver .
15 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 .
16 This all adds up to a bleak picture for corporate UK .
17 Which all in all adds up to a Mediterranean type of diet — with porridge !
18 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 .
19 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 .
20 This little difference adds up to a large saving .
21 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 .
22 ‘ I think it all adds up to an impressive document . ’
23 It all adds up to an awesome task , but , come what may , the ‘ Buns ’ are determined to enjoy themselves and , in the words of secretary Allen Morris , ‘ savour the moment . ’
24 That may be half of what Darren paid for it , but in absolute terms it 's incredibly low depreciation over 40,000 and adds up to an excellent value motoring package .
25 It all adds up to an exotic holiday of pure Turkish Delight .
26 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 .
27 The weather was perfect , the room inviting and comfortable which added up to a happy atmosphere .
28 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 .
29 For inveterate cattle-lifters it all added up to a convenient no-man's-land across which to launch thieving raids .
30 It added up to an emphatic win by 137 runs , in the first of the tourists ' warm-up matches before Sunday 's opening Nehru Cup match against Sri Lanka .
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