Example sentences of "drawn into a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Rigby 's young assistant regarded her with more interest , but was soon drawn into a discussion about production schedules . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Refusing to be drawn into a discussion , she retorted bluntly , ‘ Just say what you have to say and go . ’ |
| 6 | Some are drawn into a life of crime : petty thieving , drugs trafficking etc . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | He says children as young as 14 who take drugs can get drawn into a drug culture because they 're so vunerable . |
| 9 | Although there was still two minutes to go , the Liverpool-born fighter was too experienced to be drawn into a mistake . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | If the bomb also twists or spins at all , the skin gets drawn into a tail , forming a spindle bomb . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | The children with whom I worked had the least opportunity in terms of personal development and careers , and they were likely to be drawn into a variety of different forms of behaviour , among which the first was often the use of and then addiction to tobacco . |
| 15 | The leader of the Front of Socialist Forces ( FFS ) Hocine Aït Ahmed ( quoted in El Pais of July 19 ) said that the army should withdraw to avoid being drawn into a power struggle within the ruling National Liberation Front ( FLN ) ; FIS leaders should be brought to trial before civil rather than military tribunals . |
| 16 | Six millilitres of blood were drawn into a syringe containing 11 ml of acid citrate dextrose ( National Institutes of Health formula A ) , dispensed into two sterile polythene tubes , and allowed to sediment for one hour at room temperature . |
| 17 | Sixty ml of blood were drawn into a syringe containing 11 ml of acid citrate dextrose ( National Institutes of Health , formula A ) , dispensed into two sterile polythene tubes , and allowed to sediment for 1 hour at room temperature . |
| 18 | Assisted by James Dickson , he discovered how to condense terephthalic acid and ethylene glycol to yield a substance which could be drawn into a fibre . |
| 19 | However , cities were not all equal ; some were in decline economically , others were booming , and town planning was drawn into a view of regional and national spatial distributions of population and industry . |
| 20 | Meanwhile , Premier John Major was walking a diplomatic tightrope in Washington yesterday to avoid Britain being drawn into a ground war with Serbia . |
| 21 | PREMIER John Major was walking a diplomatic tightrope in Washington yesterday to avoid Britain being drawn into a ground war with Serbia . |
| 22 | Following the 16 November demonstration , the DCAC was drawn into a series of fire-brigade operations , rushing around trying to prevent minor flare-ups . |
| 23 | the extent to which the teams would be able to preserve space for development work rather than be drawn into a crisis oriented casework load ; |
| 24 | The labourers were drawn into a pattern of early marriages , large families and demoralisation which expressed itself in a growing surliness and a readiness to explode into violent , but contained , protest . |
| 25 | Still worse , she had allowed herself to be drawn into a conspiracy of exclusion . |
| 26 | A limited number of boarding-schools should therefore be drawn into a partnership with the State , by agreeing to give at least 50 per cent of their places to pupils formally assessed as having a boarding need . |
| 27 | Sammut wo n't be drawn into a debate as to whether Michelin is fair to women or not . |
| 28 | Hewlett-Packard refuses to be drawn into a debate about the kernel , insisting ‘ it is n't the issue . ’ |
| 29 | HP refuses to be drawn into a debate about the kernel , insisting ‘ it is n't the issue . ’ |