Example sentences of "[adv] add up [prep] [art] " in BNC.

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1 Too often , noise has meant a level plane of abraded texture , which can merely add up to a different kind of blandness , a sense-dulling consistency .
2 On top of the official fee of up to 10 yuan ( about $1 ) a term , many schools add on other charges , for repairing crumbling school buildings , topping up teachers ' meagre pay or buying books , which can easily add up to the equivalent of $10 a month .
3 Results are due in a couple of weeks but there are those who claim Sun 's run rate ca n't possibly add up to a quarter of a million units a year .
4 It is very difficult at times to say whether the clusters do really add up to a representation of the whole .
5 The Department has denied there 's anything secret about the plans , but objectors claim a series of bypasses and road-widening will eventually add up to a new motorway .
6 But putting these accounts together does not unfortunately add up to a multi-dimensional model which could provide the basis for a general theory ; it only amplifies their essentialism .
7 But all this did not yet add up to a widespread expectation in London that Anglo-American relations would or should retain their wartime intimacy .
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