Example sentences of "be drawn into the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Albania and Greece could be drawn into the conflict .
2 They would be drawn into the system which mulcted them and bullied them more completely than ever .
3 In this way , the bulk of the French Army would be drawn into the battle , bled white , and its spirit broken .
4 With a really good discussion leader the various members will all be drawn into the exchange of views and members can thus stimulate each other in a way that does not happen in individual interviews .
5 Buckingham Palace refused to be drawn into the row about whether the Queen forced Diana to travel to Korea with Charles .
6 He must not be drawn into the sphere of those responsible for preventing accidents , for this would prejudice his independence and impartiality in the investigation of any subsequent accident .
7 IXI believes other hardware vendors could be drawn into the initiative as many spend up to a million dollars maintaining their separate Motif developments .
8 If a hypertonic solution is introduced into the gut lumen , then osmosis dictates that water will tend to be drawn into the lumen from the surrounding gut wall ( and hence from the blood perfusing the tissues of the gut ) .
9 Mozart 's perception and understanding of the female psyche is especially illuminating in this piece and Jane Leslie MacKenzie 's sad and tense characterisation of the Countess was extremely plausible , if lacking in the real sense of fun which the lady must have had in order to be drawn into the intrigues in the first place .
10 It was on the cards that he should be drawn into the circle of dissent .
11 Marcus 's innocent , 16-year-old Spanish girlfriend Pilar will then be drawn into the tragedy .
12 We can even be drawn into the need to fulfil our ideals , put forward our political ambitions , as well as the desire to see our religious beliefs accepted by others .
13 If North Shields was to become a viable shopping centre and attract the kind of investment necessary for a scheme on the scale being envisaged in the 1960s and 1970s , then population and purchasing power had to be drawn into the town centre .
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