Example sentences of "[noun sg] add up to a [adj] " 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 | 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 . |
| 3 | This little difference adds up to a large saving . |
| 4 | Cos each group adds up to a dotted quaver . |
| 5 | There 's plenty of detail in the smaller pictures of the humans , too , and the book as a whole adds up to a great experience for a child — almost as good as a day out at the zoo ! ( 2–5 ) |
| 6 | AN INSATIABLE appetite for squid plus an ageing workforce add up to a full order book for a Japanese manufacturer of computerised fishing equipment . |
| 7 | The latter may be in many small chunks of time adding up to a large commitment , or it may be a single large time requirement . |
| 8 | They are all " Act and Scene " operas — their librettos organised along familiar lines , those analogous to the partitioning of dramatic action usual on the non-musical stage , where soliloquy , dialogue , ensemble , and purely mimed material add up to a whole dramatic structure . |