Example sentences of "draw our [noun sg] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr. Munby , for the Official Solicitor , representing Miss T. , drew our attention to the line of probate cases which had considered undue influence . |
| 2 | Finally , on this part of the case , Miss Wicks drew our attention to the fact that in In re S. ( A Barrister ) [ 1981 ] Q.B . |
| 3 | Kay Evans who is greatly involved in work for the improvement of the quality of life of handicapped people , drew our attention to the fact that the United Nations has proclaimed 1981 as the International Year for Disabled People . |
| 4 | Paul Devereux has drawn our attention to the Irish nature mystic , George William Russell ( who wrote under the pseudonym AE ) . |
| 5 | Languages and their histories are invaluable resources for feminists analysing the workings of patriarchal societies , and in the last twenty years feminists have drawn our attention to the sexist implications of usage in many languages . |
| 6 | My Noble Friend Lord was if I may say so his usual wonderful combination of modesty and vehemence has erm drawn our attention to the very confused situation which arose . |
| 7 | She is right to draw our attention to the importance of signalling in both ‘ actual living and theatre ’ , but it should not be assumed that the same kinds of signs are employed in these two contexts . |
| 8 | Piaget was not the first to draw our attention to the fact that children 's behaviour is different from mature adult behaviour . |
| 9 | The contingency approach does , however , draw our attention to the fact that different structures may be necessary for the different activities that an organisation performs and takes account of the differing environment within which organisations operate . |
| 10 | Mr , erm paragraphs twenty four er to thirty of your proof draw our attention to the existence of the conservation area which was being debating a matter of moments ago . |
| 11 | In Shklovsky 's view , Sterne 's Tristram Shandy consists of a series of violations of literary conventions which draw our attention to the forms of fiction ; in so doing it transforms formal questions into content . |
| 12 | Bob Dickinson draws our attention to the sensitive placing of such paintings in relation to points of resonance in the caves of Ariège in the French Pyrenees . |
| 13 | ‘ The publicity which rightly has surrounded this situation may have one good effect ; it draws our attention to the awful consequences of unemployment and business failures in our society ; and it reminds us of our genuine responsibilities towards the individuals and families damaged by this ; we must have care for our brothers and sisters in need . |
| 14 | In the widely read book Human Aggression , the psychoanalyst Anthony Storr draws our attention to the ‘ sombre fact that we are the cruellest and most ruthless species that has ever walked the earth ’ ( 1968 : i ) . |
| 15 | This distinction between cognitions ( the informational building blocks , the stored bits of information ) and specific attitudes or opinions is critical , for it not only emphasizes the public 's growing dependence on the mass media for information but it also draws our attention to the consequences of such a dependence . |
| 16 | Just in case the lesson does n't hit us immediately , Paul adds the closing verse of our reading which draws our attention to the greatness of God as shown in His glory : |
| 17 | In ‘ Kubla Khan ’ Coleridge draws our attention to the latter through his use of masculine and feminine imagery , in the ‘ walls and towers ’ which were ‘ girdled ’ round the area of ‘ fertile ground ’ . |
| 18 | In the first place he draws our attention to the fact that not all our desires are for our own future states of affairs , desires can be impersonal . |
| 19 | Groups in our society such as Friends of the Earth , Greenpeace and the Green party are to be congratulated for the energetic way they are drawing our attention to the issues involved . |