Example sentences of "[adv] summed [adv prt] in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Governors ' commitment to the new scientific revolution is perhaps summed up in the concluding paragraph of the Minutes : |
| 2 | He is the son of the phallic mother who has overcome her and fused with her to become a living equivalent of the perfect primal mother , not through self-castration ( the depressive alternative ) , but through manic self-assertion : a sentiment nicely summed up in the ritual of Cybele and her son Attis : ‘ a feeding on milk , as though we were born again ; after which rejoicing and garlands and as it were a return to the gods . |
| 3 | The whole question of the burden of proof was nicely summed up in the Esso case by Lord Hodson where he said : It has been authoritatively said that the onus of establishing that an agreement is reasonable as between the parties is upon the person who puts forward the agreement , while the onus of establishing that it is contrary to the public interest , being reasonable between the parties , is on the person so alleging … |
| 4 | Wordsworth 's changing of sides has always laid him open to this sort of comment ; later generations of poets regarded him as a moral coward or a fallen idol , attitudes best summed up in the first stanza of Robert Browning 's poem The Lost Leader : |
| 5 | The horrors of Belsen concentration camp , meanwhile , were eloquently summed up in the painting of Doris Zinkeisen . |
| 6 | The horrors of Belsen concentration camp , meanwhile , were eloquently summed up in the painting of Doris Zinkeisen . |
| 7 | The use of Western skills to strengthen Japan , often summed up in the slogan ‘ Western technology , Japanese values ’ , was a course of action supported by many . |
| 8 | The rate of change and the lack of sincere consultation have led to an air of defeatism and concern which is frequently summed up in the analogy that they ( the government ) keep moving the goalposts . |
| 9 | This view of community education and development is well summed up in the first Gulbenkian Report on Community Work . |