Example sentences of "[noun] summed [adv] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Midlands leader of the pit deputies union NACODS was first to emerge from the review meeting at Edwinstowe Ray Hilton summed up the mood of the mining unions . |
| 2 | An anonymous Anglican critic summed up the vitality and confidence of the ministry by the end of the century . |
| 3 | At the question session afterwards , one disgruntled UFO watcher summed up the audience 's feelings : ‘ If you want to talk about psychology , why do n't you bugger off to a psychology conference . |
| 4 | At a recent Royal Institute of British Architects ' conference , author Simon Inglis summed up the mood of many anti-relocation fans , unswayed by the clubs ' need for cash . |
| 5 | Roxburgh summed up the occasion by saying his team had ‘ everything to gain and nothing to lose ’ , an ironic choice of phrase given the fact that the national coach had been up since 6.30am figuring out ways to compensate for loss . |
| 6 | One ambulanceman summed up the mood as he threw his hands up in disgust and muttered : ‘ Absolute rubbish . |
| 7 | Eritrean media expert Hanna Simon summed up the feelings of the group : ‘ We believe the media still can and should be a means of national mobilisation for the tasks of reconstruction , but it also has to be a forum for national debate and the free airing of different views , ’ she said . |
| 8 | Eritrean media expert Hanna Simon summed up the feelings of the group : ‘ We believe the media still can and should be a means of national mobilisation for the tasks of reconstruction , but it also has to be a forum for national debate and the free airing of different views , ’ she said . |
| 9 | An Estonian delegate to an August conference summed up the sense of frustration : |
| 10 | The Old Stager summed up the problem for the benefit of the nine team members within earshot . |
| 11 | Dr Hallauer summed up the importance of vaccinating healthcare workers against hepatitis B , not only to protect their own health but also for the good of others . |
| 12 | One Tory MP on the right summed up the difference : ‘ Enoch was infinitely more interesting and distinguished than Tebbit . |
| 13 | Jennie summed up the problem in an instant and walked along the row pouring a bottle of disinfectant on their injuries , doubling their pain . |
| 14 | Sir Robert Walpole summed up the motives which had persuaded the government to enable the debt transfer by the South Sea Act ( 6 George I c. 4 ) of 1720 . |
| 15 | Liberal Democrat leader Paddy Ashdown summed up the mood by telling Mr Major : ‘ What you have seen this afternoon is nothing less than the beginning of the end of your premiership . |
| 16 | Liberal Democrat leader Paddy Ashdown summed up the mood by telling Mr Major : ‘ What you have seen this afternoon is nothing less than the beginning of the end of your premiership . |
| 17 | In 1977 a Council planner summed up the development of the argument from his point of view : — |
| 18 | One woman activist summed up the mood : ‘ We get crumbs from the table but we 're never allowed a seat . ’ |
| 19 | Miss Fergusson summed up the exchange so far , needless as this seemed to her companion . |
| 20 | Lupus summed up the situation : " everything had gone well " . |
| 21 | In his usual cold manner , Falkenhayn summed up the March results as follows : ‘ owing to the peculiar conformation we could not use these successes to bring our artillery far enough forward , and consequently the preparatory work here had to be continued . ’ |
| 22 | An old miner in Barnsley summed up the euphoria : |
| 23 | The Evening News summed up the affair by calling for greater public vigilance to root out the canker of immorality : ‘ England has tolerated the man Wilde for too long … he was a social pest , a centre of intellectual corruption … who attacked all wholesome , manly , simple ideals of English life . ’ |
| 24 | The government White Paper issued as a prelude to the reorganisation of local government in England outlined the aims which a new system should incorporate : At the start of the next paragraph the White Paper summed up the problems inherent in this approach with a statement of the classic political dilemma : ‘ Practical realities prevent all these aims being fully achieved together ’ ( DOE 1971:6 ) . |
| 25 | Joe summed up the feelings of them all when he said , ‘ It was a wonderful experience , but I 'm glad it 's all over and pleased to be home . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ Without a trade , without a craft , without any values — scrap iron that does not count , rubbish fit only for the waste heap ’ is how Canon Henry Scott Holland summed up the problem : ‘ We the public have used him up : he is no more to us now than a squeezed orange . ’ |
| 27 | Former Chief Justice Bhagwati summed up the situation succinctly : ’ The multinational has won and the people of India have lost . ’ |
| 28 | Quickly Folly summed up the story of her meeting with Luke . |
| 29 | Lord Denning M.R. summed up the facts by saying , at p. 286 : |
| 30 | One scene on the tour summed up the attitude change . |