Example sentences of "[verb] a picture [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Departmental submissions developed in liaison with committee members and/or communicated to the committee by departmental representatives provided a picture of the " nitty-gritty needs " which the committee then processed into a coordinated final plan .
2 Maria remained motionless , finally beginning to piece the fragments of confession together , assembling a picture of frustration she hardly dared believe she understood .
3 He prodded a picture of Paula Wilson .
4 Wo n't you need a picture of her ?
5 Scanning and monitoring provide a picture of what has already taken place and what is happening .
6 The financial reports provide a picture of the resources entrusted , how the resources were employed during the year , and in what form the resources are now held .
7 The following tables and figures gives greater detail on the level of National Certificate activity and provide a picture of the candidates and their centres .
8 They provide a picture of construction , production and wholesale areas as major growth areas on an ‘ all Wales ’ basis , but the pattern of growth was found to vary markedly at a county level .
9 Topics of current intense interest such as the expression and regulation of HLA-G class I molecules on trophoblast cell populations at the maternal-fetal interface are mentioned , but inevitably provide a picture from around early 1991 .
10 From memory he drew a picture of what he had seen and asked Mr Litmus if he knew what it was .
11 With this in mind , he is painting a picture of the disaster that would follow if either of the two main parties formed a minority government without a firm agreement with the Liberal Democrats .
12 He was intensely serious about the place of art in life , and I can remember painting a picture in the main art room at Berkhamstead , one I was to sell years later in Manchester , and the way in which he valued this gave me a sense of value in my own achievement .
13 Just send a picture of yourself , together with your choice of act , to DAY OUT , Bizzerk , Sounds , Ludgate House , 245 Blackfriars Road , London SE1 9UZ — and your wildest dreams could come true ! !
14 ‘ Why not just send a picture of himself ?
15 Just send a picture of yourself , together with your choice of act , to DAY OUT , Bizzerk , Sounds , Ludgate House , 245 Blackfriars Road , London SE1 9UZ — and your wildest dreams could come true ! !
16 I had no awareness of the supposed stereotypical mother of that era — lipsticked and aproned , waiting at the door — and do n't think I even encountered a picture of her , in books , comics or film , until the early 1960s .
17 On this basis , health authorities will be able to establish a picture of the health of their population , and they can then draw up specifications of the services they wish to buy .
18 Once an excavation finishes , the archaeologist is left with numerous written , drawn and photographic records in addition to a quantity of finds and environmental samples with which to establish a picture of the history and development of the excavated site .
19 Erm you know , and also we want a picture of The presentation is n't actually on the day , the presentation will be at the school .
20 My kids want to go for a visit and my daughter wants a picture of our home …
21 The last item in his concealed hoard was an airtight biscuit-tin whose hinged lid bore a picture of the Old Queen in black mourning robes .
22 The label on the bottle bore a picture of Dr MacLaren , who looked as if he might have been personal physician to Mr Gladstone .
23 It can help to provide a picture of the typical development of language skills during childhood and adolescence , so that teachers can recognise more reliably disturbances that occur .
24 Swan bought a lunchtime edition of the Standard , only to find a picture of an angry Hyacinth Scragg confronting a half-blinded lady interviewer .
25 To obtain a picture of the present prevalence of incontinence in the community , the handicap associated with it , and the current uptake of services , the British Association for Continence Care commissioned a poll from Market and Opinion Research International which was carried out in 1991 .
26 In the project , a number of data sources are being utilised ; in particular , recently available data from the 1981 Census of Population and the 1981 British Rail Origin-Destination Survey are being compared with earlier data to obtain a picture of recent trends .
27 It created a picture of calm silent menace .
28 Because of Lisa , I created a picture of you in my mind .
29 A small prize to the Treasury which has , remarkably , picked a picture of a Liberal and — worse — one-time Chancellor of Oxford University , George Goschen ( 1831-1907 ) .
30 A face that was poignantly familiar , as if she 'd always carried a picture of him in her heart .
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