Example sentences of "up a list of " in BNC.

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1 ‘ Draw up a list of suspects , ’ said Ethel promptly .
2 To avoid unnecessary disputes , draw up a list of equipment and its owners so that it can be agreed by all the members of the band .
3 Instead , it has drawn up a list of 500 venues where notification is still necessary .
4 After this meeting , Charles requested that the Presbyterian ministers draw up a list of their proposals for church unity .
5 From his field-study of the species Bertram has drawn up a list of features that in general characterize the lion pride .
6 Then , as another kind of exorcism , I made up a list of :
7 I told her to make up a list of the contents now for her deposition the next day as I had forgotten to mention much of what was in my bag .
8 Draw up a list of 20 things you have never done that are silly but do n't cost much money and work your way down the list by doing one each day ( eg leave your car in the garage and hitch a lift , turn the daily newspaper into papier mâché , go to the shops wearing a funny hat , shake hands with the next 10 people you meet ) .
9 Draw up a list of the good and bad points in each display .
10 In such circumstances a useful task can be for the patient to draw up a list of pros and cons of the two alternatives .
11 However , she had encountered difficulties in drawing up a list of ways in which she would like her parents to be more tolerant .
12 She also asked Pamela to try again during the next week to draw up a list of ways she would like her parents to change .
13 KENYA is drawing up a list of pesticides and medicines to be banned under laws that will pass through parliament this year .
14 It has drawn up a list of some 30 technical consultants , with interests ranging from marine science to energy , which the bank will call in for advice on esoteric projects that it is asked to fund .
15 The Hyde Housing Association , responsible for the site , had already drawn up a list of people ‘ with strong connections with Medstead — basically those who had been resident in the village for over five years , or former residents who had moved away and wished to return , ’ said Mr. Winter .
16 drawing up a list of questions in advance , is advised for standard interviews , so that comparison between candidates is easier and the interviewers have a clear idea of what they are looking for ;
17 Draw up a list of questions
18 A little background knowledge will make you more confident and help you to draw up a list of really relevant questions .
19 A hopeful and insufficiently applauded shift in emphasis was signalled in 1986 by the Report of the Attorney General 's Commission on Pornography , which sought to identify the relative harms caused by various forms of pornography , thus making it possible to draw up a list of priorities .
20 At the time of the last election , he and Douglas Hurd , then the Home Secretary , drew up a list of the jobs they would seek not to do after the election .
21 Then write up a list of clues corresponding to the place where the items are hidden .
22 In an attempt to put the house back in order , Paul drew up a list of jobs to be done and employed a local architect to oversee the work .
23 Every three months they draw up a list of new jobs .
24 He set up a list of twelve components of skill , including such items as ‘ mental effort ’ , ‘ dexterity ’ , ‘ responsibility ’ , and ‘ decision making ’ , and a set of four broad levels of mechanisation .
25 The Presbyterian ministers who occupied most of the Church 's livings , however , even before his arrival set up a committee to draw up a list of the objectionable features in his works ; their report , which condemned him as a heretic for denying Original Sin , was sent to the King .
26 Before choosing a new location it is necessary to draw up a list of all the company 's requirements and objectives .
27 As a result of their conversations they were able to draw up a list of MPs favourable to abolition .
28 IBM Corp 's quest for a new chief executive appears to be narrowing , but you pays your money and you takes your choice when it comes to drawing up a list of front-runners — US PC Week reckons that the company will go for a chairman from outside and suggests Paul Stern and Perot Systems Corp chairman Morton Meyerson as the front-runners , with an internal chief executive , putting its money on Ellen Hancock and Bernard Puckett , but the Reuter shortlist is quite different , and has Lawrence Bossidy , chairman of Allied-Signal Corp out front , saying he has visited Armonk at least three or four times , Paul Stern is in there again , and John Sculley is back in the picture , with one source quoted as saying ‘ The rumour is that Sculley is acting quite disinterested , but his travel plans include going to the East Coast quite a bit ; ’ Reuter 's other possible contender is Michael Armstrong , who left only last year .
29 It is easy to draw up a list of opposed attitudes and values , based on this antithesis , such as the following :
30 The party 's trade and industry spokesman , Robin Cook , has drawn up a list of 341 companies in 184 Tory constituencies which supply the yard , now in receivership , with parts .
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