Example sentences of "[noun sg] up of [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He is unlikely to have supervised personally the drawing up of every document — he had staff for that — but he did have the duty of dating the solemn privileges which were issued . |
| 2 | One of the main starting points is therefore the drawing up of a time-plan dependent on the consultative structure to be used . |
| 3 | Aspects of divination , such as the drawing up of a horoscope . |
| 4 | The regulation of aviation comprises many different activities but perhaps the most significant is the drawing up of a set of rules and regulations and the establishment of an organisation to ensure their enforcement . |
| 5 | One such followed the 1919 Indian Jails Committee report , and another came shortly after Independence ; many of the new leaders had spent time in gaols , and devoted some attention to the problem in the 1950s ( including the drawing up of a Model Prison Manual in 1959 ) . |
| 6 | The measures include the withdrawal of the right to belong to a trade union at GCHQ ; the drawing up of a poll tax register ; and , under the Local Government Act of 1989 , the restrictions placed on the political activities of all local government officers earning over £13,500 a year . |
| 7 | Running concurrently with this , was the drawing up of a policy statement about staff and parents working together . |
| 8 | Does my hon. Friend agree that the secret of contracting out is the drawing up of a contract between those who buy a service and those who supply it , and that , together with independent inspection , that is an essential ingredient to ensure that quality and standards are maintained in the public 's interest ? |
| 9 | It also outlined a number of proposals that states might take into account in the drawing up of a global action plan at the February 1990 special session , including , among others : increased public information and education ; the possibility of a UN decade against drugs ; the establishment of a UN capability to provide training and equipment for national anti-drug forces ; relevant measures to prevent the laundering of drug monies and the establishment of a UN facility to gather information on this ; and development and technical assistance programmes aimed at strengthening local economies and legal systems against drugs . |
| 10 | The new law described the " Corsican people " as " part of the French people " ; established a regional executive council with its own powers , and provided for the drawing up of a new electoral register . |
| 11 | Intervention by the Arab League to halt the ensuing fighting resulted in the drawing up of an " accord for national reconciliation " , which was approved on Oct. 22 , 1989 , by a majority of Lebanese MPs meeting in Taif , Saudi Arabia [ see p. 36986 ] . |
| 12 | The key function none the less lies in the drawing up of the legislation ; deciding what should go into a bill and what should be omitted , and how the proposals should be drafted . |
| 13 | Instructions to the boundary commissioners were revoked and amended so that they would be able to consider economic interest as well as population and community in the drawing up of the new constituencies ; this was regarded as vital by the Unionists , for it seemed likely that the merging of the small boroughs into the county constituencies would take away the last of the agricultural seats . |
| 14 | The President signed the committal warrant which was given to the tipstaff as his authority for conveying M. to prison and the governor 's authority for receiving and detaining M. The drawing up of the formal order that M. be committed to prison was left to the court staff . |
| 15 | Arab intervention to halt the bloodshed resulted in the drawing up of the Taif accord for national reconciliation [ see p. 36986 ] , elements of which were formally written into the Lebanese Constitution in September 1990 [ see p. 37729 ] . |
| 16 | Also , the way we are told that the plan was connected with Swegen 's first visit to Essex suggests that he had been there again since this occasion and the drawing up of the confirmation . |
| 17 | Much bargaining is tacit and informal , but at times it may become formalized into tripartite arrangements involving government , unions and enterprise management ; a rare example in the British context was the drawing up of the 1974 ‘ Plan for Coal ’ ( Burgi 1985 ) . |
| 18 | The ‘ lifting up of the face ’ speaks powerfully and movingly of reconciliation , more so than our grey ‘ accept ’ ever can . |
| 19 | The addition of these features permitted increased legibility , a lessening of ambiguity and a speeding up of the writing process . |
| 20 | Here we see Bukharin repeating his argument for a speeding up of the circulation of commodities , which he said would provide a greater surplus out of which investment of all types could be increased . |
| 21 | So is a speeding up of the process through biotechnology really any different ? |
| 22 | More generally , the emphasis was on securing a ‘ speeding up of the system ’ and ‘ to ensure that development is only prevented or restricted when this serves a clear planning purpose and the economic effects have been taken into account ’ . |
| 23 | This ‘ wasting asset ’ has received much criticism , and the Environment Committee , in its 1987 report , recommended that resources be provided ‘ forthwith ’ for a speeding up of the programme . |
| 24 | At its simplest this involvement is little more than preserving the bridge which exists between home and school , giving support to children and their parents at moments of personal crisis ( like a death , or the break up of a family ) . |
| 25 | Not only for myself as it 's been a particular project close to me for many years , but for the break up of a team , a team that has a long time to build up and a team that worked very well together and who were very committed . |
| 26 | In the central area of the nest site a great heap of bones and fragmentary remains of pellets had accumulated from the break up of the pellets . |
| 27 | The incisors are lost first , with the break up of the anterior part of the premaxilla , and then the molars are lost as the alveolar border becomes damaged . |
| 28 | After the break up of the famous ‘ Emanuel ’ partnership and subsequent liquidation of the company , Alison-Jayne decided to return home and use her knowledge and skills to set up her own couture bridal and evening wear business in Northern Ireland . |
| 29 | The brains of its victims are found to contain areas in which the death of nerve cells is accompanied by demyelination ( the break up of the fatty sheath surrounding nerve fibres , which is essential to their correct functioning ) . |
| 30 | The success of this measure led to the deregulation of local bus services in 1986 , involving the break up of the National Bus Company and the introduction of private sector competition . |