Example sentences of "[noun sg] sum up the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm I 'm er rising to take the opportunity to sum up the debate er for those of us on this side of the house and to say that on this side of the house we do welcome these orders actually coming through , delayed though they are and er besmirched though they are by the usual examples of government incompetence in failing to send them to the scrutiny committee in the proper manner to allow the usual processes to take place but wi that 's par for the course these days . |
| 2 | She prefaces her book with an attempt to sum up the whole hideous story . |
| 3 | Main picture : The uncluttered bedroom sums up the atmosphere of the house |
| 4 | The first section of this chapter sums up the differences which have emerged between legacies and trusts in the course of this book , and goes on to consider whether or how far or in what sense classical law can be said to have reached a fusion of legacy and trust . |
| 5 | Chanel sums up the new colour and shape of accessories . |
| 6 | An anonymous Anglican critic summed up the vitality and confidence of the ministry by the end of the century . |
| 7 | At the question session afterwards , one disgruntled UFO watcher summed up the audience 's feelings : ‘ If you want to talk about psychology , why do n't you bugger off to a psychology conference . |
| 8 | One study summed up the overall situation as follows : |
| 9 | This inelegant but graphic import from American business vocabulary sums up the relevance of finance to the building surveying practice . |
| 10 | One ambulanceman summed up the mood as he threw his hands up in disgust and muttered : ‘ Absolute rubbish . |
| 11 | This picture sums up the Falklands campaign . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ This picture sums up the film . |
| 13 | This quotation sums up the reason for the publication by WACC of Few Voices , Many Worlds . |
| 14 | An Estonian delegate to an August conference summed up the sense of frustration : |
| 15 | One Tory MP on the right summed up the difference : ‘ Enoch was infinitely more interesting and distinguished than Tebbit . |
| 16 | Its title sums up the attitude of many people to what is an essential feature of working life — namely , meetings . |
| 17 | His dying request sums up the faith of a lifetime . |
| 18 | In 1977 a Council planner summed up the development of the argument from his point of view : — |
| 19 | One woman activist summed up the mood : ‘ We get crumbs from the table but we 're never allowed a seat . ’ |
| 20 | Farber sums up the whole process : |
| 21 | Hrdlicka sums up the value of the longbones in sexing by saying that in the male they are longer , heavier and have larger attachment areas for muscles , ( including the linea aspera , crests , tuberosities and impressions ) ( Stewart , 1947 ) . |
| 22 | An observer summed up the typical bourgeois of Lille as a man who ‘ fears God , but above all his wife , and reads the Echo du Nord ’ , and this is at least as likely a reading of the facts of bourgeois family life as the male-formulated theory of female helplessness and dependence , sometimes pathologically exaggerated into the masculine dream , and occasional practice , of the child-wife selected and formed by the future husband . |
| 23 | The Evening News summed up the affair by calling for greater public vigilance to root out the canker of immorality : ‘ England has tolerated the man Wilde for too long … he was a social pest , a centre of intellectual corruption … who attacked all wholesome , manly , simple ideals of English life . ’ |
| 24 | The government White Paper issued as a prelude to the reorganisation of local government in England outlined the aims which a new system should incorporate : At the start of the next paragraph the White Paper summed up the problems inherent in this approach with a statement of the classic political dilemma : ‘ Practical realities prevent all these aims being fully achieved together ’ ( DOE 1971:6 ) . |
| 25 | Traditional luxury and style sums up the American . |
| 26 | Erikson sums up the situation well : |
| 27 | Somehow that incident sums up the Corinthian surroundings of British rowing — the sport that won Great Britain two Olympic gold medals last summer . |
| 28 | Former Chief Justice Bhagwati summed up the situation succinctly : ’ The multinational has won and the people of India have lost . ’ |
| 29 | Quickly Folly summed up the story of her meeting with Luke . |
| 30 | One scene on the tour summed up the attitude change . |