Example sentences of "drawn up [prep] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 He imagined them lying close , arms round one another , Annie , perhaps , with her leg drawn up over the other girl 's haunch , and breathing softly on to one another 's faces .
2 Officers strutted in their brightest breacan-feiles ; the same length of a finer cloth , four and a half feet wide , held at the waist by a silver-buckled belt to fall double thickness , and the outside layer at the back drawn up over the left shoulder and pinned with a great silver brooch .
3 But if MAFF 's original assessment for the UK 's LFA had been based on an objective survey rather than merely regurgitating the ‘ hill line ’ drawn up under the 1946 Hill Farming Act , it would have had a more reliable basis to which the results of its Hills and Uplands land classification could have been added to determine some meaningful handicap zones .
4 He 'd drawn up outside the old town house , cut the engine .
5 As she moved , restless beneath his scrutiny , with a mocking gesture he indicated one of the armchairs drawn up to the flower-filled fireplace .
6 Ministers clearly recognise there is widespread concern about the outcome of the new assessment process , the wide variations appearing in eligibility criteria , and about the contracts being drawn up with the independent sector .
7 An alternative draft platform for the forthcoming congress , drawn up at the Democratic Platform 's founding conference in January and from which it took its name [ see p. 37235 ] , was criticized for not attempting to make " a constructive contribution to the formulation of party strategy " and for concealing designs to turn the CPSU into a " shapeless association with complete freedom for factions and groupings , i.e. practically to dismantle it " .
8 A set of principles of ‘ functional ’ town planning was established , enshrined in a document drawn up at the fourth congress held aboard a liner cruising between Marseilles and Athens : hence the Athens Charter , 1933 .
9 The voice belonged to George , he had drawn up on the other side of the road , and as I walked towards him his voice was getting impatient .
10 ( At the same time , though its existence was naturally concealed from the rank-and-file , a ‘ Line of Panic ’ was also drawn up on the inner circle of forts , Belleville , Souville , Tavannes and Moulainville .
11 The directors added that they had done so because ‘ this is the basis adopted in the accounts of the overseas subsidiaries ’ , and that the group accounts should be drawn up on the same basis in order to show a true and fair view .
12 I have drawn up on the attached sheet the numbers of staff required in my estimation to deal with Council Tax in the future .
13 The serious fraud office has been sent details of a business deal drawn up by the former chairman of Oxford United Kevin Maxwell , and the former managing director of Derby County .
14 It swiftly transpired that the document handed to the fathers for discussion was not that drawn up by the Preparatory Commission , but one revised by members of the Commission who were also members of the curia .
15 In many respects Standy Credits are preferable to Bank Guarantees because virtually all Credits , including Standby Credits , issued by banks are subject to a set of internationally accepted rules drawn up by the International Chamber of Commerce in Paris , known as UCP 400 .
16 ‘ I only know that the Meeting Notice was sent out according to a list drawn up by the Prime Minister . ’
17 The map , drawn up by the Joint Nature Conservation Committee , highlights waters off up to 10 per cent of the British coast that could be designated as special areas for conservation under the directive , but so far discussion of the sites has been confined to marine scientists within the British statutory nature conservation bodies .
18 The process of generating the CSF begins with three-year or five-year regional plans drawn up by the individual member states which are then presented to the Commission .
19 The claim , drawn up by the national executive , will be discussed by a union council meeting on 14 October .
20 A detailed recruitment strategy has been drawn up by the National Executive Committee , which was discussed and agreed at the March Council meeting .
21 The following is a declaration of the rights of television viewers drawn up by the French Association of Television Viewers .
22 Their freedom comes after Saddam Hussein has welcomed the Gulf peace plan drawn up by the French President , Francois Mitterand .
23 We will decentralise planning decisions as much as possible , giving a key role to the local plan drawn up by the local authority .
24 The forged document , the so-called " Donation of Constantine " , which was drawn up before the mid-eighth century , when the papacy was anxious to use and control the Frankish leaders , claimed that Constantine had given his imperial palace of the Lateran and dominion over " the city of Rome and all the places , cities and provinces of Italy and the West " to Pope Sylvester , handing the pope his imperial insignia and symbols — the lance , sceptre , orb , imperial standards , purple-scarlet mantle , imperial pallium and tunic .
25 Although BAe was blamed , it was correct to point out that the corporate plan had been drawn up before the proposed merger .
26 A legally binding agreement to implement this 14-page political declaration was scheduled to be drawn up in the first half of 1992 .
27 Unfortunately , whether the contract drawn up in the first place has been a correct one or not , I 'm not sure .
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