Example sentences of "[noun] sums [adv prt] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hill sums up the 1992 housing market in one word — ‘ weird ’ . |
| 2 | Hilton sums up the whole process as he has defined it in Book One through the two images of sin and Christ with a quotation from Galatians 4:19 : Scale 1 , then , maps the whole area of the contemplative life and shows it may be accessed through inner participation in the truth revealed at the Incarnation : Most of the book , however , is occupied with the effort to clarify the process by which the reformation to the likeness of Jesus in his manhood may be begun , the experience of this likeness in the reformed " " of the soul and how it leads to contemplation of the Godhead is not explored in any fullness although it is present as a stated goal . |
| 3 | Chanel sums up the new colour and shape of accessories . |
| 4 | The stark juxtaposition of these two statements sums up the whole dilemma facing arts teachers , and consequently illustrates the central issue I want to discuss in this chapter . |
| 5 | McCrea sums up the Western code by his declaration that all his wants is to ‘ enter my house justified ’ while Scott is more easy-going and hence survives to mourn his partner in a world where a Westerner is more likely to be an unshaven brute played by Warren Oates than a white-hatted , true-hearted paladin . |
| 6 | Farber sums up the whole process : |
| 7 | Somehow that incident sums up the Corinthian surroundings of British rowing — the sport that won Great Britain two Olympic gold medals last summer . |
| 8 | They 're saying that after all IBM Corp has been through , hiring a guy from RJR Nabisco Corp really takes the biscuit , and Reuter sums up the new round of IBM woes succinctly : the headline on Tuesday night read 24MAR93 USA : IBM TUMBLES ON MAINFRAME CONCERN , GERSTNER . |
| 9 | ‘ The enclosed photo sums up the general verdict of our recent holiday to Zakopane . |
| 10 | Its position sums up the massive ego of a man who plundered millions from his empire 's pensioners . |
| 11 | Hills sums up the combined effect of the tax and benefit changes since 1979 : |
| 12 | But Chris Smith sums up the make-or-break situation of the market in turmoil : ‘ The low end of the market is thinner than it used to be , and the other buyers do n't want to mess around with scrapyards . ’ |
| 13 | The collection of mementos on her mantelpiece sums up the different strands of her life . |
| 14 | This view sums up the present Conservative philosophy , seen in government policies towards the welfare state , local government and taxation . |