Example sentences of "add up to a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The times of death seemed to span the whole day , but he could n't be sure the thirty-eight covered everybody who died that day because the numbers of each certificate did n't add up to a complete sequence . |
| 2 | Relatively unimportant as these smaller losses may seem compared with the main one , together they may add up to a total picture of her life which she feels has been shattered overnight by a single blow . |
| 3 | However , these positive steps still did not add up to a radical new direction for farming on the scale that is needed . |
| 4 | ’ It 's not as if they would add up to a great sum . ’ |
| 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 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Assuming one is evident , Kondratiev 's discovery alone does not add up to a theoretical framework . |
| 10 | Basically they need to be able to understand the idea that ‘ tokens ’ may add up to a big reward . |
| 11 | As my right hon. Friend the Member for Sparkbrook said earlier , we have seen only a few small and rather insignificant measures that do not add up to a large impact on our criminal justice system , which is crying out for fundamental change . |