Example sentences of "[noun] summed [adv] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Writing in 1928 the American critic Gilbert Seldes summed up the process of how the movies had accumulated their audience as one which |
| 32 | De Valois summed up the ideas of these two great choreographers by saying : ‘ Only synchronisation of arms and legs will give symmetry to step and pose , strength to the jump , speed to the pirouettes , calm to the adage and spaciousness to the dance . ’ |
| 33 | Jenny summed up the situation by saying : |
| 34 | One doctor summed up the change : ‘ We 've actually seen them for once ; they 've been out here visiting just to make sure that we are aware of their potential services . ’ |
| 35 | The Black Report summed up the position as follows : ‘ Among 1–4 year olds … almost all the differences in mortality rate between social class I and V are due to : accidents , poisoning and violence ; respiratory disease ; and congenital abnormalities. , – During late childhood ( 5–14 years ) accidents rather than illness are the major cause of death . |
| 36 | One back-bench MP summed up the mood of the Scottish parliamentary party , saying : ‘ If he does n't make the grade by the end of the year then there 's no way I 'd vote for him again . |
| 37 | The Chairman summed up the changes succinctly : |
| 38 | Although some speakers urged everyone who agreed with some proposition to show their hand , at no time was a vote taken : the chairman summed up the sense of the meeting after each item , announcing what he thought Kufra 's delegates were mandated to say at the National Assembly . |
| 39 | ‘ If you ask the players to perform to the extent that they are expected to entertain the public , they you must pay them as entertainers ’ , was the way former Ireland coach Jimmy Davidson summed up the situation . |
| 40 | One layman summed up the feeling with the remark , ‘ If there were stolen goods anywhere on the premises , the Church must keep out of the matter . |
| 41 | ‘ The break-up or impairment of the old ideas of discipline or order , and the life of great cities create occasions for some varieties of crime ’ , is how The Times summed up the feeling in 1899 . |
| 42 | The BRU summed up the principles in eight points . |
| 43 | Judith Church , Health and Safety Officer of the Manufacturing , Science and Finance Union summed up the government 's attitude to health and safety as : |
| 44 | Baden-Powell summed up the feeling in the first edition of Scouting for Boys in 1908 . |
| 45 | If ever a sentence summed up the gale of change that is blasting through Yorkshire cricket this season it is that one . |
| 46 | Sir Mark summed up the mood of SERC when he commented that ‘ despite a difficult climate , SERC had been able to respond imaginatively to the financial situation . ’ |
| 47 | The two moments summed up the difference between the teams . |
| 48 | ‘ NO OTHER PLACE in the UK can lay claim to so much aeronautical history , ’ was how Sir Peter Masefield , Chairman of the Brooklands Museum Trust summed up the status of the famous site at the ‘ launch ’ of their 1992 season plans . |
| 49 | One respondent in the Yorkshire survey summed up the difficulties : ‘ One has to recognise that the pressures on consultants are increasing steadily — workload , management , teaching , financial control , reduction of juniors ’ hours … |
| 50 | One supporter summed up the feelings of them all about the authorities who took them away . |
| 51 | In writing with this frankly propagandist aim — to focus on Jesus Christ — the disciple was bring faithful to the remarkable way in which his Master summed up the purpose of all Scripture . |
| 52 | But a source close to one of the delegations summed up the frustration when he remarked : ‘ We are like a drunkard who knows his house but he does not know how to get there . |
| 53 | As Betty summed up the situation : ‘ It is just the two of us at home alone . |
| 54 | My father was one of them , and when ‘ Buddy Can You Spare a Dime ? ’ topped what was then the hit parade , its lyrics summed up the poverty , dependence and despair of the millions of poor throughout the world . |
| 55 | Thus Dr David Evans summed up the reaction of Catalytic Systems Division to the double award in 1993 of the Queens Award for Environmental Achievement and the Queen 's Award for Export Achievement to CSD in the UK . |