Example sentences of "by drawing on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | But in the end Grey does venture the overall generalization that ‘ the experience in the Korean War demonstrated again the conflict between Dominion aspirations and increasing independence in policy formulation , and the British desire to maintain their status as a great power by drawing on the resources of the Dominions in ‘ friendly cooperation , ’ while at the same time arrogating to themselves the benefits which accrued from such association' ( p. 185 ) . |
| 2 | We can illustrate this point by drawing on the novels of Charlotte Yonge ( 1823–1901 ) who was deeply religious and much concerned by human suffering . |
| 3 | To find yourself able to leave everyone , and everything , behind just by drawing on the strength of your mind and indeed your body is a very liberating experience . |
| 4 | It is apparent from these factors that , although it is sometimes assumed ( by drawing on the basis of US experience , for instance ) that the main driving-force behind the establishment and growth of employers ' associations is related to market or ‘ economic ’ factors , wider international evidence suggests that a more eclectic explanation is required . |
| 5 | If America is to win in the new global competition , we need to begin telling one another a new story in which companies compete by drawing on the talent and creativity of all their employees , not just a few maverick inventors and dynamic CEOs . |
| 6 | Some are funded by grants-in-aid ( such as the Training Agency ) ; some by statutory levy ( such as the Horserace Betting Levy Board ) ; some by annual grant ( such as the Health Education Council ) ; some by departmental vote ( such as the Central Council for Education and Training in Social Work ) ; some by drawing on the National Loan Fund ( such as New Town Corporations ) ; and some by charges for services ( such as the Agricultural Marketing Boards ) ( Rhodes , 1988 , p. 129 ) . |
| 7 | The Russian Procurator General , Gen. G. V. Stepankov , arrived in Rome on June 17 with documents which were said to prove that the former Communist Party of the Soviet Union had , by drawing on the state budget , funded the former Italian Communist Party ( PCI-renamed the PDS ) as late as 1987 . |
| 8 | It was held that by drawing on the company 's bank account , the defendant had assumed the rights of an owner . |
| 9 | The Privy Council refused to decide this point in Chan Man-sin , where the accused assumed the rights of the owner by drawing on the account . |
| 10 | At the beginning of the emancipation process reformers had hoped to transfer land from the gentry to the serfs by drawing on the resources of the exchequer . |