Example sentences of "be draw [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the contrary , we are drawing upon the consensus of unbiased contemporary New Testament scholarship . |
| 2 | With such questions , a major task lies in unpacking the word-play , and making clear the distinctions you are drawing from the formulation of the question . |
| 3 | Some of his soft-ground plates of plants — tree roots and details of vegetation and rocks could have been drawn on the spot , in fact where the reversal of the image was not of importance or obvious . |
| 4 | And so the lines had been drawn for the battle that still raged , feminists and FAMILY glaring balefully at each other over the dying body of the welfare state . |
| 5 | Before it gets there a barricade of grey concrete blocks daubed with ‘ Free Lithuania ’ and ‘ Independence for Baltic Countries ’ has been drawn across the street . |
| 6 | Having been drawn into the awareness , having re-experienced it in our bodies , we can then stand outside it and see what its meaning is for us . |
| 7 | Interesting parallels have also been drawn between the vortex patterns produced by flowing water — easily seen when a thin stream of coloured water is allowed to flow into a large volume of still , clear water , or when steam rises from a hot bath — and in the whorled patterns of the horns of many animal species . |
| 8 | Tom Horrocks , who might otherwise have furnished a convenient buffer , had been drawn to the kitchen by the smell of newly baked bread , and was doubtless flirting disgracefully with Tilly and the kitchen-maids . |
| 9 | Since we compiled the answer relating to company names and trade marks , our attention has been drawn to the case of Mothercare UK Ltd v Penguin ( 1987 ) which appears to have been reported only in the Times on 8 July 1987 . |
| 10 | ( h ) Excepted defects There is no condition as to merchantability where defects have been drawn to the buyer 's attention before the contract is made , or if the defects should have been obvious from examination . |
| 11 | Attention has also been drawn to the evidence of continuing peasant unrest even after the mass disturbances of 1905–7 were brought to an end . |
| 12 | He had always been drawn to the sea , as is also evinced by his poems ; at Taranto he became a keen yachtsman . |
| 13 | Particular attention has been drawn to the significance of a developing internal street network within the overall plan , in contrast to the ribbon developments which remained dependent upon the main roads . |
| 14 | Mr Porter also confirmed that a further complaint , made by chairman of the Nick Young Victims Group Richard Hornsby , had been drawn to the committee 's attention . |
| 15 | They took to calling his specimens ‘ buffons ’ , their attention having been drawn to the word by the sight of Huxley 's copy of Buffon 's Natural history , which in a series of many volumes , displayed the name repeatedly in large gilt letters on a shelf in the chart room . |
| 16 | Particular attention has correspondingly been drawn to the manner in which moral blemishes in Symkyn the miller and his relatives by blood and marriage pervade the Reeve 's Tale and govern — or are implicit in — the unfolding of the narrative . |
| 17 | At the top of the social pyramid was the aristocracy , large landowners whose families had long served Moscow ( the boyars ) and ex-appanage princes who had gradually been drawn to the metropolis . |
| 18 | Indeed , several of the researchers noted that their evidence was produced after the plight of the elderly had been drawn to the attention of employers , foremen , and co-workers ( Shenfield 1957 ; Acton Society Trust 1960 ; Fleming 1963 ) . |
| 19 | The restrictive nature of the Stock Exchange 's rulebook had been drawn to the attention of the Director General of Fair Trading as early as 1976 ; three years later proceedings commenced . |
| 20 | The letter enters the public domain as soon as it has been drawn to the attention of the Select Committee , and the Government may use it in Council discussions — which they do if they find it helpful to their position . |
| 21 | As the precaution was taken of recording ticket number disposed of , a name has been drawn to the attention of the Hon. |
| 22 | MY ATTENTION has been drawn to the letter from Muriel Green ( HAS May 5 ) , chairwoman of the education committee , North Tyneside Council , in which she defends the comprehensive school ideal . |
| 23 | My attention has been drawn to the item ‘ Managers should have conduct code ’ ( pg6 , September 30 ) . |
| 24 | Nina would have been drawn to the light , just as Anne had been . |
| 25 | Our attention has been drawn to the fact that this could be read as a suggestion that illegal or improper activities were taking place within the club . |
| 26 | Attention has already been drawn to the fact that a single harmonization proposal can take decades to come to fruition . |
| 27 | The letter of 5 June 1992 from the Clerk of the House of Commons starts by saying , ‘ My attention has been drawn to the fact that the House of Lords may be asked to hear argument in this case based on the meaning or significance of words spoken during proceedings on a Bill in the House of Commons . ’ |
| 28 | Attention has quite justifiably been drawn to the fact that we have not had anything in the way of a Teachers ' Forum for some years . |
| 29 | In terms of databases on hazardous wastes , attention has already been drawn to the waste disposal plans prepared by WRAs . |
| 30 | My attention has been drawn to the complex and inelegant Rehabilitation of Offenders Act , 1974 , and , in particular , to its possible consequences for children 's hearings . |