They add up to only a tiny fraction of the price that has been paid for our freedom.
Each individual bank fee may seem small, but taken together they add up.
But as strong as these domestic niches may be, they add up to just a few per cent of total sales.
They add up to billions of dollars each year and they go to more than half a million farmers, scattered from Maine to California.
They add up to disposable personal income, and then other adjustments are needed to take you the rest of the way to total GDP.
They add up the price you paid for all your shares, including those bought with reinvested dividends and capital gains distributions, and divide by the number of shares you own.
"Of course they add up, " Mr. Romney replied, adding that his credentials in making the numbers work included his work balancing budgets as a governor and leader of the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympics.
They all add up to an imperative to give the people what they want.
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Nevertheless, the various pieces don't make sense together, and yet they still add up.
But big or small, they collectively add up to a significant share of the local economy.
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If all these things were put together then they would add up to women being very worried.
You can read a lot of car brochures, but they never add up to a test drive.
Is there reason to believe they may add up to something this time?
The places they go, people they see, and things they do add up to favorable laws, rulings, and decisions regarding their tax liability.
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Businesses, for example, that have some workers on piecework, some hourly and some homeworkers may find that the costs of learning the regulations and applying systems which show they comply, add up to more than any additional wages they may have to find.
They then just add up how many seats each party would win as a result.
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Not only could they add and subtract up to 20, but many could recite Tang and Song dynasty poetry.
In each, the images themselves and the way they are presented add up to an unusually exciting visual experience.
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The beauty of such surveys, which are also collected in Australia and many European countries, is that they cover the whole day (not just the time at work), and they also have a built-in accuracy check, since they must always add up to 24 hours a day.
It would not, however, prevent them from counting toward the 250-person threshold meaning that if freelancers terminated in the next 83 days wanted to make the case in court that they were effectively employees entitled to WARN protection, and if the numbers add up, they might still be able to do so.
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If they don't add up, tough: Poland will build the power plants, roads, railways and pipelines that serve its interests.
By the time Tuesday's votes were counted, McCain had a virtually insurmountable lead in the race for delegates, and Romney, the businessman who always says study the numbers, could see that for him they didn't add up.
Whether that be WalMart, the tractor or a production line: they all add to the collective wealth as they free up labour to perform other tasks.
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They all stubbornly refuse to add up to much more than their parts.
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