Example sentences of "a [noun] draw [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was a boat drawn up on the shore , dark oak painted white to the water line , the prow a swan 's head . |
| 2 | This is n't just a figure drawn out of the air unlike councillor , I can actually back it up because I 've got the detail of that budget . |
| 3 | The USSR Supreme Soviet on June 13 ordered major revisions to a programme drawn up by the government to introduce a market economy . |
| 4 | According to December reports in the Bolivian press , the number of public employees would be reduced over the next five years by over 35 per cent under a programme drawn up by the government with the World Bank . |
| 5 | It was just before midnight and she was out on the terrace , staring out only half seeingly at the star-spangled horizon , when she heard the sound of a car drawing up at the front of the house . |
| 6 | He could hear a car drawing up on the drive outside . |
| 7 | It occurred to him that being on foot was probably an advantage ; a car drawing up on the gravel would be heard from the house . |
| 8 | As he reached for Steen 's hand , he heard a car drawing up outside the gates . |
| 9 | Outside , the bad dog recommenced barking rather savagely as a car drew up in the yard . |
| 10 | As we spoke , a car drew up in the carport ( which incidentally was still just as I 'd built it 15 years ago ! ) and to our astonishment ( because the ownership had changed since we sold it ) the lady recognised us ( she 'd been given our Edinburgh address by a mutual friend and had actually called on us once , which we 'd totally forgotten ! ) . |
| 11 | Then a car drew up in the courtyard and at the same time the telephone rang . |
| 12 | The " Wildlife Enhancement Scheme " , which is to be trialled in the Culm Measures of Devon and the Pevensey Levels of Sussex , will offer annual management payments in return for agreement from landowners/occupiers to manage the land for conservation , on the basis of a plan drawn up with the local English Nature officer . |
| 13 | The aid was part of a package drawn up by the responsible EC Commissioner , Abel Matutes Juan , as part of the EC 's contribution to economic development in the region ( in particular by creating jobs and thus reducing emigration pressures ) and of its efforts to stimulate the political dialogue with Arab countries and Israel . |
| 14 | A few moments later , however , a taxi drew up to the kerb and he thrust his golden head out of the window . |
| 15 | The council of the Association of University Teachers backed a claim drawn up by the union 's executive for a 27 per cent pay rise from next April . |
| 16 | A memorandum drawn up by the Kuwaiti Foreign Ministry on July 18 , and sent to the Arab League the next day , stated that the Iraqi charges had " no factual basis " . |
| 17 | A bus drew up at the lights and the driver , an excitable Puerto Rican , climbed down from his cab to see what all the fuss was about . |
| 18 | The accusation came after Mr John Gummer , the Agriculture Minister — under fierce Labour and consumer group pressure — produced a list drawn up by the manufacturers on the 70 microwave oven models tested by Government scientists . |
| 19 | ‘ I only know that the Meeting Notice was sent out according to a list drawn up by the Prime Minister . ’ |
| 20 | The existing LFA boundaries are based largely on a line drawn up in the 1940s and hardly modified since . |
| 21 | The following statement is the conclusion of a report drawn up for the debenture holders of the Bishop 's Castle Railway by Mr. Fraser , now the auditor of the Cambrian , in which he shows that it would pay to make this line independently of any other . |
| 22 | The tribunals consisted of a chairman appointed by the Minister of Labour , a workpeople 's representative appointed by the Unemployment Assistance Board from a panel drawn up by the Minister and a third member representing the Unemployment Assistance Board ( Lynes , 1976 ) . |
| 23 | The chairman was invariably a lawyer , though there was no formal requirement to this effect , appointed by the Secretary of State from a panel drawn up by the Lord Chancellor . |
| 24 | A set of principles of ‘ functional ’ town planning was established , enshrined in a document drawn up at the fourth congress held aboard a liner cruising between Marseilles and Athens : hence the Athens Charter , 1933 . |
| 25 | As far as the passengers were concerned , the unscheduled stop and the sight of an ambulance drawn up on the quayside lent an element of excitement to spirits which were beginning to flag slightly as the end of the cruise loomed closer . |
| 26 | The " full recovery plan " would set aside 5.4 million acres , at a cost of 32,000 jobs in the timber industry : an alternative drawn up on the instructions of Interior Secretary Manual Lujan would protect 2.8 million acres but result in the loss of 15,000 logging jobs . |
| 27 | ‘ New to them , ’ said Mahmoud , urging Owen towards an arabeah drawn up beside the pavement . |
| 28 | This is confirmed by the only formal record of their relationship : an indenture drawn up between the two men in 1474 , but embodying an agreement made in the previous year before the king and his council . |
| 29 | This is confirmed by the only formal record of their relationship : an indenture drawn up between the two men in 1474 , but embodying an agreement made in the previous year before the king and his council . |