Example sentences of "to draw [noun] to the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And then there was the disastrous failure of the Sofia National Opera 's performances of ‘ Madame Butterfly ’ and ‘ Nabucco ’ to draw crowds to the RDS , resulting in a deficit for the show of some £700,000 . |
| 2 | To draw attention to the hospitality provided at his inn Freeth issued printed invitation cards , written in verse . |
| 3 | So while there is much to support er we do none the less Mr Deputy Speaker , need to draw attention to the Conservatives half heartedness in one particular area and that is registration and the registration of voters . |
| 4 | Ralph Howell was the first politician to draw attention to the narrowness of the gap between the income of many low-wage earners when in work , and their benefit entitlement when they were without a job . |
| 5 | It is , moreover , to draw attention to the way in which depictions that purport to portray individuals and which become associated with disintegration unleash narratives of global fragmentation . |
| 6 | ‘ Why would you need to draw attention to the initials ? ’ |
| 7 | In 1967 John Rowe Townsend felt it necessary to draw attention to the return of heavy-handed didacticism in children 's books , and critical evaluations of them . |
| 8 | That was an eloquent and honest speech by the hon. Member for Aldridge-Brownhills ( Mr. Shepherd ) and he is right to draw attention to the savagery of the guillotine on this measure . |
| 9 | She is right to draw attention to the priorities involved in enhancing safety . |
| 10 | He is right to draw attention to the divisions on the Labour side of the House , which were made clear by the way in which the House responded to a point that the Leader of the Opposition made yesterday about the so-called unity of the Labour party . |
| 11 | So , for example , a new fibre-tipped pen , in a range of such pens offered by a newcomer to the market , may be sold at a loss in order to draw attention to the range as a whole , and to establish a share of the total market . |
| 12 | My right hon. Friend is right to draw attention to the dangers which lie within the social charter of making European industry uncompetitive in relation to Japanese industry and to others . |
| 13 | He is right to draw attention to the hypocrisy of those local authorities , as he has described it . |
| 14 | This has certainly been the view of groups which sought to draw attention to the problems of the long-term unemployed and older workers — notably the Unemployment Alliance in the 1980s and now the Campaign Against Age Discrimination in Employment ( CAADE ) . |
| 15 | We wish to draw attention to the problems posed by the retention by some staff of slides which , under the terms of the Copyright Act , are the property of RBGE . |
| 16 | Currie himself squatted in the house to draw attention to the case . |
| 17 | Yes Chairman erm , I 'm , I should like to draw attention to the paragraph three , two and wonder what happened to three , three , because er we see it goes from my copy goes from three , two , to three , four , so er I do n't know whether there is anything in three , three that I have forgotten , but I , I assume now that I which they 're are two other . |
| 18 | While poets and magicians are concerned to draw attention to the anomalies that break the regularities of our day-to-day world , the strength of natural science has lain in the meticulous and often boring study of its seemingly tedious regularities . |
| 19 | My hon. Friend is right to draw attention to the connection between the maintenance of a democratic system and a change in economic structures . |
| 20 | They will write letters on behalf of their ‘ twin ’ to try and uncover their whereabouts and to draw attention to the plight of ‘ disappeared ’ people . |
| 21 | The major trials which followed the movement ‘ to the people ’ were used with great skill by the accused and their defence lawyers to expose the incompetence and brutality of the police , to draw attention to the plight of the peasantry , and to win sympathy for the wretched poverty of many students . |
| 22 | Delivering 40,000 ice cubes to the minister , representing the extra number of people who die each winter compared with the number of deaths during the summer , the Campaign for Cold Weather Credits hopes to draw attention to the plight of the poor and the elderly . |
| 23 | And Michael Balcon , now convinced that making big-budget films to please the Americans was a sure way for the British film industry to commit suicide , began a campaign through the Cinematograph Films Council to draw attention to the amount of control Rank , with his dangerous policies , now had over the film industry . |
| 24 | The report , leaked to BBC local radio station CWR in Coventry , said : ‘ A series of clues were available to the shift maintenance manager to draw attention to the use of incorrect bolts but all went un-noticed or unheeded . ’ |
| 25 | The use of white wallpaper mounted on dark backing paper gives good contrast and helps to draw attention to the material displayed . |
| 26 | Osborne , who is Professor of Music at Edinburgh University , conceived this imaginative and daring project ‘ to draw attention to the courage of musicians and the artistic community of Sarajevo by offering the solidarity and support of musicians throughout the world ’ . |
| 27 | The Committee for Other Faiths suggests/proposes that a Bidding Prayer be included at Mass on the Sundays in January 1993 to draw attention to the centenary year , and also on Sunday , 24th October , to make our people aware of the need to be involved . |
| 28 | Yet it is not enough merely to draw attention to the growth of what Marx called the ‘ light cavalry ’ of capitalism , without also observing a significant distinction within the developed countries ; or more precisely between the Old and New Worlds . |
| 29 | To focus upon the processes of characterization is to draw attention to the definition of act or event , and interaction between potential deviant and enforcement agent . |
| 30 | My hon. Friend is right to draw attention to the pattern of killing involving those who are described as collaborators . |