Example sentences of "add [adv prt] to a " in BNC.
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| 1 | That the written statement and its publication add up to a true Dostoevsky confession , to repentance and acceptance of suffering , to ‘ a wonderful podvig ’ in Tikhon 's words , is one possibility among many . |
| 2 | They add up to a novel of leaking secrets and amputated thoughts , of wildly comic material sometimes dully , almost dutifully deployed , as if the humour had escaped the teller ; of people ‘ missing ’ each other in dialogue |
| 3 | They are nevertheless honest enough to praise the good points of the car but are unable to concede that these points add up to a first-class package . |
| 4 | It may be a cliché , but the compactness , the lack of weight , abundance and responsiveness of power , massively powerful brakes and rigidity of suspension all add up to a car that feels very much like a big kart . |
| 5 | The food , the truckloads of champagne , accommodation , fees for the gala stars and 800 musicians , and air fares for many of the guests add up to a bill of millions for the weekend . |
| 6 | Together , our proposals add up to a co-ordinated programme for recovery . |
| 7 | This is revealed in texts going back to about 2000 BC , notably in the ‘ Sumerian King List ’ which begins with a sequence of eight kings , presumably fabulous , whose reigns add up to a total of 241,200 years ! |
| 8 | AN INSATIABLE appetite for squid plus an ageing workforce add up to a full order book for a Japanese manufacturer of computerised fishing equipment . |
| 9 | To what extent these isolated scenes of rural India add up to a true picture of the situation across the country is difficult to say . |
| 10 | If deterrence really is the name of the game , then , so it would seem , the missiles that NATO already deploys in submarines add up to a threat to soviet cities and centres of industry that is more than sufficient . |
| 11 | The 48-foot semi-cantilever two-spar wing is made for good STOL performance with a NACA 64A high-lift section , a high 9.2 aspect ratio and slotted flaps which , with the ailerons , add up to a quarter of the total 250 square feet wing area . |
| 12 | Your daily milk , two pieces of fresh fruit and portion of Fibre-Filler add up to a total of 400 calories and 20g of fibre . |
| 13 | A Whether they come in through the letterbox , under the door or around the windows , draughts all add up to a large heating bill . |
| 14 | Informative , revealing , funny , they add up to a comprehensive picture of a momentous year . |
| 15 | Together they add up to a ‘ magical ’ mix of people and products to give you , the architectural specifier , extra confidence — extra choice . |
| 16 | The throat-constricting landscapes , the classical-statue cinematography , the orchestrated flesh-mangling , and the fly-blown soundtrack add up to a unique and hugely influential whole . |
| 17 | These constraints lead decision-makers to deviate considerably from the comprehensive rationality model , but in six ways which add up to a positive theory of decision-making . |
| 18 | Although later works made more use of Englishmen , foreign technicians continued to be needed , and the several groups located in the Weald add up to a directory of the industry in 1524–5 . |
| 19 | However , he ran into a familiar stumbling-block : the concerto and the Souvenir add up to a few minutes less than the magic number of 55 , so he was forced to abandon the idea . |
| 20 | All countries possess an armoury of policy weapons that together add up to a policy regime . |
| 21 | The changes , therefore , add up to a different kind of economic system . |
| 22 | Did the industrial militants in the car industry and the docks , the union leaders disaffected by incomes policy and the council tenants by the local state apparatus , the left intellectuals in the universities , add up to a social bloc capable of achieving sweeping changes in Britain 's insertion within international economic relations and the relations of production in the domestic economy , even if the Labour leadership had wished to lead such a movement ? |
| 23 | Where fantasy is involved , as in a film like The Wizard of Oz ( 1940 ) , non-realistic , simple colours are acceptable , provided they add up to a coherent scheme that works within the special world of that film . |
| 24 | Media reports have acquainted everyone with the notion that rocketing prison populations , overcrowding , unrest among staff and inmates , and especially prison riots ( such as those at Strangeways prison in Manchester and at over 20 other prisons in April 1990 ) add up to a severe and deepening penal crisis . |
| 25 | Plus that they add up to a hundred and eighty . |
| 26 | Acceptable collocational patterns and grammatical structures can only enhance the readability of individual sentences , but they do not in themselves ensure that sentences and paragraphs add up to a readable or coherent text . |
| 27 | These factors add up to a teaching force facing rising demands on its skills with falling numbers . |
| 28 | The different combinations of colour , beautiful designs , textures , fibres and weaves all add up to a vast range of fabrics from which to choose and at enormously varying prices . |
| 29 | In his early essays on the subject , Shklovsky defines it in a very wide range of terms which , broadly speaking , add up to a view that art refreshes our sense of life and experience . |
| 30 | Does the agreement by EEC states , albeit belated and as yet incomplete , to a series of apparently liberal Directives on competition and trade add up to a victory for the British view of what the Single Market should be about ? |