Example sentences of "[noun sg] summed [adv] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | An anonymous Anglican critic summed up the vitality and confidence of the ministry by the end of the century . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | One ambulanceman summed up the mood as he threw his hands up in disgust and muttered : ‘ Absolute rubbish . |
| 4 | An Estonian delegate to an August conference summed up the sense of frustration : |
| 5 | One Tory MP on the right summed up the difference : ‘ Enoch was infinitely more interesting and distinguished than Tebbit . |
| 6 | In 1977 a Council planner summed up the development of the argument from his point of view : — |
| 7 | One woman activist summed up the mood : ‘ We get crumbs from the table but we 're never allowed a seat . ’ |
| 8 | 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 . ’ |
| 9 | 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 ) . |
| 10 | Former Chief Justice Bhagwati summed up the situation succinctly : ’ The multinational has won and the people of India have lost . ’ |
| 11 | Quickly Folly summed up the story of her meeting with Luke . |
| 12 | One scene on the tour summed up the attitude change . |
| 13 | 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 . ’ |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | The Chairman summed up the changes succinctly : |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | If ever a sentence summed up the gale of change that is blasting through Yorkshire cricket this season it is that one . |
| 20 | ‘ 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 . |
| 21 | 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 … |
| 22 | One supporter summed up the feelings of them all about the authorities who took them away . |
| 23 | 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 . |