Example sentences of "[noun] summed [adv prt] the [noun sg] " 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 | An Estonian delegate to an August conference summed up the sense of frustration : |
| 8 | The Old Stager summed up the problem for the benefit of the nine team members within earshot . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | One Tory MP on the right summed up the difference : ‘ Enoch was infinitely more interesting and distinguished than Tebbit . |
| 11 | Jennie summed up the problem in an instant and walked along the row pouring a bottle of disinfectant on their injuries , doubling their pain . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | In 1977 a Council planner summed up the development of the argument from his point of view : — |
| 15 | One woman activist summed up the mood : ‘ We get crumbs from the table but we 're never allowed a seat . ’ |
| 16 | Miss Fergusson summed up the exchange so far , needless as this seemed to her companion . |
| 17 | Lupus summed up the situation : " everything had gone well " . |
| 18 | An old miner in Barnsley summed up the euphoria : |
| 19 | 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 . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 21 | Former Chief Justice Bhagwati summed up the situation succinctly : ’ The multinational has won and the people of India have lost . ’ |
| 22 | Quickly Folly summed up the story of her meeting with Luke . |
| 23 | One scene on the tour summed up the attitude change . |
| 24 | Writing in 1928 the American critic Gilbert Seldes summed up the process of how the movies had accumulated their audience as one which |
| 25 | Jenny summed up the situation by saying : |
| 26 | 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 . ’ |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | ‘ 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 . |