Example sentences of "drawn [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Their place is taken by geodesics which are the straightest lines that can be drawn between a pair of points in a curved space and as such have no component of curvature in that space . |
| 2 | In the case of wrongful acts , which involve civil liability apart from breach of contract or trust , a distinction is drawn between a servant and an independent contractor . |
| 3 | In simple terms the fleet has to start through an imaginary line usually drawn between a mast and buoy . |
| 4 | Because flat-rate unemployment benefit can only be drawn for a maximum of a year , a large number of today 's unemployed find themselves having to draw means-tested assistance . |
| 5 | On her way back to the pub , Ruth called at the house , which had all the curtains drawn as a sign of mourning . |
| 6 | The right hand half of each curve can be drawn as a mirror image . |
| 7 | On most sites , the relationship between contexts is drawn as a matrix diagram , which is rather like a family tree . |
| 8 | The blue-rinsed grandmother from Iowa — ‘ just passing through Lunnun to catch a few shows ’ ( like anglers collect trout ) — I had drawn as a dancing partner clapped louder than anybody . |
| 9 | There may be the most intense pruritus all over the external genitalia and blood may be drawn as a result of the vigorous scratching this induces . |
| 10 | Sizes are imprecise , as one might suppose any material would be if drawn through a hole with a cutting edge ! |
| 11 | Water is drawn through a sponge — which is easily cleaned by washing in tank water at each water change ( not cold , chlorinated , tap ) . |
| 12 | First a pair of geodesics a and b are drawn through a point in the space . |
| 13 | It is drawn through a pore into a channel surrounding the mouth and circulated throughout the body and into the myriads of tube feet . |
| 14 | As you move around the amp , your eye is drawn towards a mini-fan situated in the input side of the unit . |
| 15 | He may be naturally drawn towards a discovery of a state which does not depend on time and space for its reality , but the medium of the imperfect world into which he is born means that : Such knowing and feeling , the mystics say , is given in response to a process — an ordering of the drives in human nature so that they can be expressed as love . |
| 16 | Certain men — husbands not excepted — seemed drawn like a magnet to a female in her circumstances . |
| 17 | A driving curtain of rain blotted out everything other than the sodden turf nearest the house , the view so depressing that she turned away with a shiver , drawn like a magnet to the books on the shelves . |
| 18 | Corbett spent the rest of the evening analysing what he knew and had learnt but soon realised that he had been drawn into a maze of marshy morass and the more he probed , the more puzzled he became . |
| 19 | AT CONSERVATIVE Central Office , the Prime Minister expressed his confidence in winning a clear overall majority , though only after being drawn into a discussion on how a Labour-Liberal Democrat coalition leading to proportional representation and devolution for Scotland would irrevocably change the face of Britain . |
| 20 | Rigby 's young assistant regarded her with more interest , but was soon drawn into a discussion about production schedules . |
| 21 | Although the Commission was concerned with , broadly speaking , the effects of concentration of ownership on the diversity of content , it was inevitably drawn into a discussion of the links between owners and the views propagated in their particular newspapers . |
| 22 | Refusing to be drawn into a discussion , she retorted bluntly , ‘ Just say what you have to say and go . ’ |
| 23 | Some are drawn into a life of crime : petty thieving , drugs trafficking etc . |
| 24 | The French , probably over-confident of victory , allowed themselves to be drawn into a cavalry advance , carried out under a hail of arrows , across recently ploughed ground made softer yet by the rain which had fallen the previous night . |
| 25 | He says children as young as 14 who take drugs can get drawn into a drug culture because they 're so vunerable . |
| 26 | Although there was still two minutes to go , the Liverpool-born fighter was too experienced to be drawn into a mistake . |
| 27 | More recently , in the spring of 1982 , it found itself drawn into a disagreement between Birmingham Polytechnic and its city council which proved unwilling to finance the short-fall between the 1982–3 advanced further education pool allocation to the polytechnic and its own estimated budget . |
| 28 | Through the Lousadas Minton was to an extent drawn into a Hammersmith circle of artists which included Victor Pasmore , Julian Trevelyan and Mary Fedden who once danced with Minton at a New Year 's Eve party until she literally dropped , whereupon he gently laid her down on the floor . |
| 29 | If the bomb also twists or spins at all , the skin gets drawn into a tail , forming a spindle bomb . |
| 30 | Many aspects of science could be drawn into a variety of project/topic work arrangements , and some of the maths and science items could also be delivered in tandem . |