Example sentences of "draw [adv prt] [noun] [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 As well as his authorship of many books he drew up plans for the House of Correction at Maidstone , was elected to the Rochester Bridge Corporation , a deputy Alienations officer , deputy Keeper of the Rolls , President of Cobham College and , a few months before his death , Keeper of the records in the Tower of London .
2 Their hosts drew up chairs on the other ; the one who was apparently the senior of the two said , ‘ Julia , I think we could manage some more coffee … ’
3 LOCAL AUTHORITIES drawing up plans for the community care reforms will have to consult with the private and voluntary sector , the new Department of Health guidelines say .
4 Gertrude Jekyll had not been available to design the garden at The Tamarisks when Lutyens had been drawing up plans for the house , but she was shown these plans and her advice was sought .
5 The tree roots act like a giant sponge when the rain falls , drawing up water from the ground which is then given off as vapour through the leaves .
6 In 1545 he was one of those appointed to devise new means of tackling the problem and in the 1550s he took a leading part in drawing up constitutions for the city 's new or refounded hospitals .
7 The board is now drawing up options for the government 's consideration .
8 A couple of weeks after the arrests , a lawyer in the Belfast office of the Treasury Solicitor was drawing up charges on the basis of the presence of the pistol when a senior police official ordered him to prepare fresh indictments charging them with murdering three specified Roman Catholics .
9 Check stock levels in the warehouse … draw up reports during a client meeting … modify spreadsheets on site … communicate with your PC network .
10 I assure hon. Members that we readily acknowledge the strength of feeling about that aspect of Sunday trading and will take it fully into account when we draw up proposals for the reform of the law .
11 The UK Labour Party has set up a commission to draw up policies on the environment .
12 The new party leadership appealed on television for unity and national support and pledged its co-operation with opposition groups to draw up changes in the constitution and electoral law .
13 Vial was asked to draw up regulations for the school and infirmary , keeping in mind the example of the foreign veterinary schools .
14 A five-member referendum commission to draw up procedures for the process was established on April 23 .
15 State governments will continue to have their own radio stations — that much is guaranteed by the constitution — but in 1981 the FRCN was authorized to draw up plans for the setting up of its own stations in every state .
16 As we have noted , Circular 11/77 asked Regional Advisory Councils to draw up plans for the training of full-time further education teachers and to report progress to the DES by September 1978 .
17 A working party is to be formed to draw up opposition to the plan , for presentation to the Welsh Office .
18 This was used as the basis for invitations , issued at the end of 1857 , to the nobility of every province to form committees which would draw up projects for the emancipation of their peasants .
19 On June 7 , the government named a committee of experts which would draw up proposals for a draft constitution on the basis of previous constitutions and the report of the National Commission of Democracy , which advocated an executive president and a national assembly , both to be elected on the basis of universal suffrage , an independent judiciary and guarantees of human rights .
20 The feed pipe is fixed at the throat and as water flows from the tap the suction draws up chemical from the drum to mix with the water .
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