Example sentences of "add up [prep] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Together , our proposals add up to a co-ordinated programme for recovery . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | These incidents scarcely add up to a coherent narrative , and the chronology is uncertain . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Informative , revealing , funny , they add up to a comprehensive picture of a momentous year . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | AN INSATIABLE appetite for squid plus an ageing workforce add up to a full order book for a Japanese manufacturer of computerised fishing equipment . |
| 8 | These constraints lead decision-makers to deviate considerably from the comprehensive rationality model , but in six ways which add up to a positive theory of decision-making . |
| 9 | A Whether they come in through the letterbox , under the door or around the windows , draughts all add up to a large heating bill . |
| 10 | Neither side has given any estimate of the extent of the anticipated cuts but the expectation is that hundreds of the 2,200 jobs , which add up to a monthly £2 million pay bill , will have to be sacrificed . |
| 11 | However , he ran into a familiar stumbling-block : the concerto and the Souvenir add up to a few minutes less than the magic number of 55 , so he was forced to abandon the idea . |
| 12 | The changes , therefore , add up to a different kind of economic system . |
| 13 | That the written statement and its publication add up to a true Dostoevsky confession , to repentance and acceptance of suffering , to ‘ a wonderful podvig ’ in Tikhon 's words , is one possibility among many . |
| 14 | To what extent these isolated scenes of rural India add up to a true picture of the situation across the country is difficult to say . |
| 15 | Did the industrial militants in the car industry and the docks , the union leaders disaffected by incomes policy and the council tenants by the local state apparatus , the left intellectuals in the universities , add up to a social bloc capable of achieving sweeping changes in Britain 's insertion within international economic relations and the relations of production in the domestic economy , even if the Labour leadership had wished to lead such a movement ? |
| 16 | It is our individual decisions about how we travel , work , eat , heat our homes , wash our clothes ' , take our holidays and go about our daily lives that add up to the growing pressures on our planet . |
| 17 | The lovely oriel windows , the shapely gables , the cobbled streets , the carved doorways , the murals and frescoes , all add up to an artistic totality . |
| 18 | All these things make their own contribution and add up in a complex way . |