Example sentences of "[is] draw [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A packed run of the ‘ The Wind in the Willows ’ at the National Theatre is drawing to a close , but it is clear that Alan Bennett has launched a new Christmas tradition in London . |
| 2 | The scene of life , Bransby ’ , continued he , ‘ is drawing to a close : although my career has been a most happy one , I feel much less regret than I expected in leaving it , for I have full confidence in the mercy of God . ’ |
| 3 | It is this era which is drawing to a close and , with it , the peculiar mixture of promise and peril which long characterised Soviet life . |
| 4 | In 1838 Captain ( later vice-admiral ) John Washington [ q.v. ] , secretary of the Royal Geographical Society , remarked upon these West African surveys : ‘ this tedious undertaking is drawing to a close , and will then be of equal utility to the fair traders , and to the anti-slavery cruisers . |
| 5 | Has the Secretary of State read the last sentence of the Cardiff Business school report , which states : " If as we are led to believe , Wales is drawing on a new era , nobody has informed Mountain Ash about it . " ? |
| 6 | In the Hereford world map it is drawn as a walled city surmounted by the hill of the Crucifixion — a visual reminder of the central significance of temporal life subject to change and death . |
| 7 | This will also be a negative relationship , as illustrated in Fig. 2.4 where the aggregate demand for labour curve D L is drawn for a given rate of national income . |
| 8 | The attention of members is drawn to a new Public Notice , 727 , dealing with various new VAT schemes for retailers , which may well be of interest to the clients of many members . |
| 9 | Touching down on Luqa 's main runway , heading east and sitting on the port side of the aircraft , the aviation-oriented visitor to the Island is drawn to a distinctive sight within the village of Kirkop , just of the Airport 's southern perimeter road , three fins ! |
| 10 | In a traditional adventure story the pursuit of personal honour is drawn to an absolute conclusion . |
| 11 | In order to satisfy the SGA 1979 , the definition requires that the following components be present : ( a ) Contract for the sale of goods It should be noted that within the definition of a contract of sale a distinction is drawn between an executory sale or agreement to sell , and an executed transfer . |
| 12 | His life changes as he is drawn into a dangerous aura of incestuous relations surrounding the director and his beautiful sister Jenny ( Liza Walker ) to whom he is immediately drawn . |
| 13 | Because a grammatical choice is drawn from a closed set of options , it is ( a ) obligatory , and ( b ) rules out other choices from the same system by default . |
| 14 | Its membership is drawn from a wide range of expertise , embracing representatives of the major firms , small practices and business . |
| 15 | Every picture of the broad purposes of a school 's plan is drawn from a particular viewpoint . |
| 16 | In cases where the standardisation sample is drawn from a different population from that of the child being tested ( for example , the sample is North American children and the child to be tested is British ; the sample comprises children from a different age group from that of the child being tested ) , it is inadvisable to make judgements based on comparisons with the standardisation data . |
| 17 | This statement is drawn from a special report they have compiled on the medical aspects of dietary fibre . |
| 18 | This Figure is drawn in a similar manner to J 2 in Figure 3.5 ( b ) , except that in Figure 9.8 only one quadrant is shown . |
| 19 | In addition to the two partners , the project is to draw on an earlier agreement between Northern Telecom and Cincinnati Bell Information Systems Inc for developing Service Management Systems . |