Example sentences of "[adv] draw a [noun] between " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Scottish classicist , educationalist , and philosopher John Burnet once drew a distinction between ‘ interested ’ and ‘ disinterested ’ knowledge . |
| 2 | Kant notoriously drew a distinction between what he called the " a priori concepts of the understanding " and the " a priori concepts of reason " . |
| 3 | The Wolfenden Committee , in distinguishing between public and private behaviour , also drew a distinction between ‘ crime ’ and ‘ sin ’ , and concluded that ‘ as a general proposition it will be universally accepted that the law is not concerned with private morals or ethical sanctions ’ , and further , ‘ it is not the duty of the law to concern itself with immorality as such … it should confine itself to those activities which offend against public order and decency and expose the ordinary citizen to what is offensive or injurious ’ . |
| 4 | In discussing the prevalence of racism and discriminatory practices in British society , we have often drawn a distinction between the racism of lower levels of an organization and the official anti-discrimination policies of the organization itself . |
| 5 | I must now draw a distinction between two types of ferreting . |
| 6 | Instead of talking openly about " the mob " or " the common herd " ( J. S. Mill ) or " the swinish multitude " ( Burke ) , modern elitists have talked about " the masses " and " mass society " , and have even drawn a distinction between " mass democracy " and " liberal democracy " . |
| 7 | Librarianship textbooks sometimes draw a distinction between ‘ select bibliographies ’ and ‘ guides to the literature ’ , defining the latter as providing a discussion of the structure of the subject literature and bibliographical examples , rather than a full set of references . |