Example sentences of "[adv] sum up the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fairbairn ) aptly summed up the Labour party 's position . |
| 2 | ‘ Qui plus fait , mie[u]x vault ’ ( ‘ Who does most is worth most ’ ) , the refrain in the Livre de chevalerie written in the middle of the fourteenth century by Geoffroi de Charny , the standard-bearer of King John II of France at the battle of Poitiers , who preferred to stand and die rather than run away in the moment of defeat , aptly sums up the chivalrous attitude to war . |
| 3 | Everett True , writing in Melody Maker , probably summed up the general reaction to the shows when he wrote : ‘ It 's rock . |
| 4 | This clearly sums up the Conservative attitude to taxation and , most importantly , it views the alleviation of poverty as part of an overall policy to improve prosperity for everyone . |
| 5 | Three charges are probably enough for seeing the general trend so we shall now sum up the two partial energies |
| 6 | That would just about sum up the general South African reaction to the record 26–3 defeat by Australia . |
| 7 | Some of your comments really sum up the TECHNIQUEST experience : |
| 8 | WHEN Ian McGeechan made his oft-quoted remark in Australia last summer that David Sole was ‘ a player 10 years ahead of his time ’ , the Lions ' coach neatly summed up the collective view of the touring party . |
| 9 | Gerald Sterling neatly summed up the Conservative case : ‘ Voting Labour means high taxes , high taxes mean less to spend , less to spend means fewer things bought , fewer things bought means fewer things produced , and fewer things produced means less work for everyone . ’ |
| 10 | Patrick Wilson beautifully summed up the overall problem in a general sense : |