Example sentences of "[noun prp] sum up [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Vivian de Sola Pinto sums up the qualities required of this kind of professional scholar as a capacity for " exact scholarship " , an extensive " knowledge " of language and literature , and — if possible — " the most perfect taste and tact " .
2 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 .
3 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 .
4 With this paragraph in the preface to Newsletter Writing and Production Handbook for the Spirited Journalist , editor Alfonso B Deza sums up the philosophy of the handbook .
5 British Mogul Champion Neil Munro sums up the problem .
6 For example , Chafe sums up the expression of givenness as follows :
7 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 .
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 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 .
10 Kenny sums up the position :
11 The Old Stager summed up the problem for the benefit of the nine team members within earshot .
12 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 .
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 Miss Fergusson summed up the exchange so far , needless as this seemed to her companion .
18 Lupus summed up the situation : " everything had gone well " .
19 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 . ’
20 An old miner in Barnsley summed up the euphoria :
21 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 . ’
22 Joseph Rothschild sums up the effect of these events : ‘ Facts became taboo and suspicion pervasive .
23 ‘ 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 . ’
24 Lord Denning M.R. summed up the facts by saying , at p. 286 :
25 Writing in 1928 the American critic Gilbert Seldes summed up the process of how the movies had accumulated their audience as one which
26 De Valois summed up the ideas of these two great choreographers by saying : ‘ Only synchronisation of arms and legs will give symmetry to step and pose , strength to the jump , speed to the pirouettes , calm to the adage and spaciousness to the dance . ’
27 Jenny summed up the situation by saying :
28 ‘ 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 .
29 The BRU summed up the principles in eight points .
30 Judith Church , Health and Safety Officer of the Manufacturing , Science and Finance Union summed up the government 's attitude to health and safety as :
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