Example sentences of "draw up a [adj] [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Eric Pendry himself drew up a long list of recommendations for making these exercises safer . |
| 2 | As a result of the unprovoked attack by Magharba they decided to raise the stakes , and drew up a new list of candidates who were all Zuwaya , and all possessed of doctorates . |
| 3 | What he had already done at Bec and Caen , he would do at Canterbury : he rebuilt the cathedral church and monastic buildings ; he fought pertinaciously and successfully to defend the ancient properties of the cathedral church against the rapacious invading nobility , who scoured the land for what they could pick up ; he drew up a new code of monastic practice , and he introduced new men who would know how to implement it . |
| 4 | During the next few years he drew up a similar body of monastic observances for use in his cathedral church . |
| 5 | A joint congressional committee drew up a common version of the two bills which was duly approved by the two chambers , and was signed into law on Sept. 22 by President Fidel Ramos . |
| 6 | I sat in the café as the rain showed no sign of letting up and drew up a short list of people I had met with whom I could air my perplexity . |
| 7 | He had drawn up a long list of people she ought to talk to during the day : fashion houses , designers , a couple of artists ' studios , a gallery specializing in contemporary prints . |
| 8 | Officers have already drawn up a new code of standards for landlords . |
| 9 | The ban will last until a special committee under the minister for science and technology has drawn up a new set of rules to control the activities of foreign research workers . |
| 10 | A government anti- hooligan committee has been sitting with the Football Association ; they 've drawn up a great body of information collated by the police football intelligence unit based in London . |
| 11 | The Commission had in fact drawn up a short list of six associations , from which the government was expected to select two groups . |
| 12 | But already the Countryside Commission and the Nature Conservancy Council have drawn up a short list of natural sites suitable for World Heritage status . |
| 13 | Whereas Liz , by some immense , visionary effort had invented her own mercy , under cover of obedience , had drawn up a secret map of escape , and had departed , and was now at this instant giving a party for hundreds of guests where champagne flowed . |
| 14 | As early as 1886 its legal sub-committee had drawn up a whole series of amendments to the criminal law which it wanted to see on the statute book . |
| 15 | Sir Adrian seems unhappy with the idea of drawing up a vast catalogue of top management attributes and is more inclined to the view that being a good senior executive is something gleaned from hard experience . |
| 16 | A light rain began to fall , drawing up a sharp smell of weeds and grasses . |
| 17 | The Pentagon is currently drawing up a new list of project proposals , to be evaluated by a scientific advisory committee . |
| 18 | ( iv ) Draw up a small amount of the cell suspension into a long form Pasteur pipette and allow one drop ( -0.02 nil ) to hang from its tip . |
| 19 | Starting with a bank loan of £4,000 , Roddick had no time to sit down in the early years and draw up a grandiose mission of what her organisation should set out to achieve . |
| 20 | Trevor and Andrew draw up a comprehensive list of |
| 21 | For a senior job it should not be regarded as a burden to see 12 people and then draw up a short list of three or four . |
| 22 | MPs spent two hours discussing the make-up of a committee to draw up a new system of presidential power and cabinet veto , and it was significant that the 12 names mentioned for the committee included several Christian deputies , but only one Maronite . |
| 23 | It would not be difficult to draw up a similar set of misunderstandings from a survey of pupils in the classroom . |
| 24 | I have asked Lord Ferrers to work on this with the Chief Police Officers , Sir George Young at the Department of Environment and Nick Scott at the Department of Social Security to draw up a strong package of measures which can improve our ability to protect the rural public against these parasites . |
| 25 | On balance , it is probably helpful to think firstly in terms of the three broad categories , so as to separate the main production options available , and secondly in terms of the more detailed breakdown in order to draw up a truer picture of what may be possible in practice . |
| 26 | On May 9 Albie Sachs , a civil rights lawyer and member of the ANC legal and constitutional affairs committee ( who returned to South Africa on May 4 after 24 years in exile — see also p. 36073 ) , revealed that he had helped to draw up a 1985 code of conduct outlawing torture , but acknowledged that detention camps still existed . |
| 27 | I simply wan na say two things and that is this that within a month if this scheme is to work I believe that the council or the social services committee must draw up a long list of homes which it proposes to close and that long list will be in teams and that must be done not behind closed doors so that people know what is being proposed , we level with people who live in those institutions and they are fully acquainted with our , with our intentions and secondly I think it 's necessary to understand from this programme that it is not just refurbishment programme , it is a refurbishment and closure programme the simple equation being that the money that comes from closures from capital receipts and some revenue savings , actually goes into the rest to refurbish them . |
| 28 | Head Office can draw up a general set of specimen job descriptions for all posts , if this is thought to be helpful . |
| 29 | But to talk about the way forward to do with A L O's so can we all address our minds to the problems that we perceive ma make some notes so that we can draw up a proper agenda of all the issues likely to be encountered through the civilianisation programme okay ? |
| 30 | We can draw up a full list of patients so that every bed is filled every night . |