Example sentences of "summed up [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sir J. P. Wilde summed up to the jury in Hall v. Hall ( 1868 ) L.R. 1 P. & D. 481 , 482 : |
| 2 | I believe it is for the fundamental reason summed up in the idea of Christ 's inclusive humanity . |
| 3 | In 1962 , however , he began to shift his policies away from outright repression and towards a gradual reformism , summed up in the slogan , Those who are not against us are with us . |
| 4 | This is no small matter , especially as the civil nuclear issue is coming to the centre of the political stage again , summed up in the slogan — for sloganised it has become — ‘ Sizewell B ’ . |
| 5 | Finally , there is the fact of human nature summed up in the saying , ‘ There 's no gratitude in politics . ’ |
| 6 | This profitability is maintained by a balancing act ; the fundamental chemical industry balance summed up in the fact that if you want to get the utmost out of sodium chloride , you should n't have either sodium or chlorine left over unsold at the end of the day ; not much use increasing the use of one if you ca n't increase use of the other in proportion . |
| 7 | But the actual implementation of this Christian philosophy often fell far short of these standards , and throughout the modern era we can trace a second layer , summed up in the phrase ‘ the double standard ’ , which enjoined chastity on the female while allowing a large degree of sexual freedom for the male . |
| 8 | Preventive policing , the backward and forward travails of the patrolling constable , summed up in the police clerk 's jargon of ‘ updo , downdo ’ , was a repetitive assembly-line process in which locks , shop doorways , and street lamps marked the passage of time . |