How To Use Draft In A Sentence

They are trying to rush through the draft resolution before the general election.
Slow the airplane to reduce impact forces; also, you'll likely encounter wind shear and strong downdrafts.
Falling masonry, backdrafts and explosions are all very real dangers facing a firefighter outside the training room.
You can also set bill reminders or overdraft alerts. Times, Sunday Times
A multiparty legal committee has rejected draft laws on mine ownership and is set to send other so-called "indigenization" rules back to the drawing board. Zimbabwe Lawmakers Reject ‘Indigenization’ Regulations

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Consequently a number of Navajo Indians were drafted into the US army as radiomen, and would have soldiers assigned to them to protect them and prevent them falling into enemy hands.
After first-round draft pick Sylvester Morris ended a 20-day holdout by signing a seven-year deal, the team didn't want to waste any time getting him on the field.
It is good practice to write your proposal word for word as if it were the final draft.
I answered, clutching at the hem of my oversized jersey as a cold draft blew around my exposed legs.
The obscurity of the pleading which is, if I may so with respect to the drafter of it, exceedingly clever, because the pleading is in terms always of a duty of care to do something and it is there the elision of two very separate ideas.
He joins a roll call of the great and good who have been drafted into public service to help the government fight the financial crisis. Times, Sunday Times
This is only the draft of my speech, but what do you think of it?
To ease the week's woes, it's $2 off all draft beer and well spirits and $4 for a glass of house red or white wine.
I've made a rough draft of the letter.
Shortly after Joe Haldeman received a Bachelor of Science degree in astronomy from the University of Maryland, he was drafted into the army where he served (and received a Purple Heart medal) as a combat engineer in Vietnam. MIND MELD: The Funniest Writers in the History of SF/F
What Kerry said was absolutely accurate if the draft is again reinstituted…..simply put: if you are simply a high school graduate, you’ll be first drafted….fact! Think Progress » Feingold: We Should Challenge Generals Whose ‘Assessments…Were Wrong’
She would also draft redundancy letters for the senior management on his behalf. Times, Sunday Times
It remains to be seen if the Jets make a play for a certain Packers quarterback they wanted to draft in 1991. Who got an 'A'? Summer report cards for all 32 NFL teams
At the end of the draft, the platform spells out the traditional Democratic support for fighting discrimination and protecting civil rights.
When he made that announcement, the prime minister presumably did not mean that the official would continue to do his first-class job until Wednesday evening, whereupon he would draft a truly top-hole letter of resignation.
The 40-member steering committee was mandated to formulate agreements on all outstanding issues and to draft legislation to formalize any agreements.
This has continued in times of war, rebellion, economic panic and depression, loyalty scares, riots, draft-card burnings, and similar crises. The Volokh Conspiracy » Attempts to Defeat the Kagan Nomination, and Political Hardball
So over the next year, she pored over magazines, drafted an editorial plan and put together a dummy issue from published magazine pages and pictures that she liked.
A thirteen-person steering committee was elected to draw up a draft constitution and a programme of activities.
As a fellow pantzer, I find that it usually takes me at least three drafts before I'm reasonably happy with a story -- the first is my "crapola" discover the story draft, the second is aimed at what readers would want, the third to polish and ((shiver)) copy-edit. An Interview with Allison Brennan
Draft after draft was relegated to the wastepaper basket.
Molly: Then I suggest you set up a buffet with appropriate finger food and draft beer.
And they can meet online with a Quinn Draftsperson to discuss and review drawings, markups , photographs, or anything else you may need at virtual meeting room.
Developed by software engineer Octavian "Vivi" Costache as a Gmail Labs experiment, multiple inbox will split an inbox into selected windows based on what you want to see -- such as starred or draft messages. G4TV - The Feed
The Labour party's draft document, which it did not dare to publish, refers to London policing functions.
Thus, it was clear that it had been drafted in collusion with the managements, he added.
It is enshrined in draft legislation sponsored by Mario Segni, who championed the cause of electoral reform.
These were flat-bottomed craft with a shallow draft, and were lowered from the davits of larger troop-carrying merchantmen, like lifeboats.
We decided to abandon the first draft of the report and start over.
The first Order under this paragraph shall not be made unless a draft of the Order has been laid before and approved by resolution of each House of Parliament.
Firstly, it is anticipated that the draft Structure Plan will be available for public consultation after 13 January 1992.
He was informed that Mr. Johnson would be calling today to encash the said draft.
However, tactical considerations may dictate that some conditions and definition terms are omitted from the vendors' draft of the heads.
Before the 2010 NFL Draft, FanHouse will take a look back at the drafts of 1998 through 2007, in an effort to "redraft" based on what we now know about the players selected. CNN.com
Barnes was slain in a double murder one week before the Baltimore Ravens selected Lewis in the first round of the 1996 NFL draft.
The draft reflects a similar innocence about how the media operate, while presuming to call shots and issue admonitions and injunctions in an often condescending way.
Detroit: The rebuilding Pistons, looking for help along their front line, drafted Austin Daye, a 6-11 sophomore from Gonzaga, with the No. 15 pick — the third player selected in the first round who is the son of a former NBA player. Team-by-team analysis: T'wolves have guards covered
Therefore, they had shallow drafts and rode low in the water; while they were more seaworthy than many of the northern ironclads, their weatherly qualities were dubious.
It makes no sense to keep him on your roster in a redraft league, while keeping him on your roster may be the right decision in a keeper or dynasty league. Scott Swanay: Fantasy Football - Week 4 Preview
As drafted, neither bill would deny public elementary or secondary education to illegal immigrants, as Proposition 187 sought to do.
The new parliament's principal task would be to draft a constitution for approval by the electorate in a referendum.
At that time, General Tin Kwai asked how the draft order.
But for Red Line's money, the true definition of a sleeper is a guy who won't get selected that high but has a chance to develop into one of the better players at his position in the draft. Scouting the draft's top defensemen
When I related to them how, on one jump, I was caught in a thermal updraft and was actually going up instead of down, they laughed in disbelief.
The session approved a draft Constitution which would be circulated for nationwide discussion.
A bank cannot refuse to cash banker's draft, whereas it can refuse to cash a cheque.
They added several solid players through the draft, some of whom should make the team and provide depth.
Local people were drafted in as casual workers to clean up the contaminated factory.
Group staff perform a variety of duties, ranging from administrative routines to drafting background memos, following developments in committees and drawing up whips in plenaries.
Among those attending the meeting were all key draftsmen of the Nepad plan.
An emergency squad of 600 plumbers and electricians has been drafted in to repair the shambles. The Sun
Indeed the member will not have a draft bill.
But there was enclosed with it a further copy of the draft of the proposed order that it sought from him.
At a time when most vintage warplanes have retired to a quiet life on display in drafty museums, 65-year-old Fifi is embarking on a new mission: giving rides to paying enthusiasts and once again making the air-show rounds, which occasionally feature a simulated atomic-bomb attack. Owners of the Last B-29 Hope It Doesn
They are trying to rush through the draft resolution before the general election.
Meanwhile disagreement among the 72 deputies to the Assembly over the draft Constitution delayed its formal adoption until Feb. 9.
She had done all the research for her thesis and knew the results, but she wanted help with the final draft. Times, Sunday Times
Writers reading their own drafts are aware of audience. Exploring language (6th edn)
The motley collection of stables, houses, chandleries, and shanties near the waterfront had been drafted into service as warehouses. LAST CALL
I think drafting international players has proved to be successful for several NBA teams.
Jeremy Beckham was the Griffin shortstop and also could be a late-round pick in this year's draft as a second baseman out of Georgia Southern University. Georgia becomes prime ground for major league prospects
The Los Angeles-area animation house Film Roman creates a black-and-white draft, called an animatic, which reveals what works and what doesn't, Jean said.
There are no negatives to print another photo, no printed first drafts to retype an essay.
When written agreement is received from the client fax the draft advertisement to the agency.
About five or fix leagues to the fouth of this place, there is a great range of both laree and fmall iilands, and many fhoals alfo, that are not laid down in our drafts; which made it extremely troublefome for us to get through. Voyages and TRavels in All Parts of the World
The latest draft agreement was unduly complicated and legalistic.
Amid the impasse, Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) on Tuesday introduced draft legislation that seeks to reform laws governing how broadcasters and cable/satellite providers conduct negotiations over fees to retransmit television signals. No deal on Cablevision-Fox; Sen. Kerry introduces draft bill to reform TV fees rules
Ruddock said the States and Territories were aiming to have draft provisions ready for the attorneys-general meeting in March.
LOS ANGELES Yi Jianlian (pronounced yee chon-len), the likely top-10 NBA draft pick from China, is billed as the next Yao Ming, but don't be fooled. China's Yi brings wow factor to NBA draft
There was £699 paid to extra staff that had to be drafted in such as pages, footmen, cellar assistants and glass and silver pantry assistants.
I should also note that he did a fine job of stuffing the ballot box with phony phone calls to Smith to make him look he supported the draft.
The Department of Health had not anticipated any problems with the letter, but it is now working on a redraft (Times Higher Education Supplement 29 June).
Plus, you have to watch for possible explosions, gas leaks, backdrafts, and flash fires, and so you can't just point your firefighters at fires and let them work on their own.
And specialist zoo staff were drafted in to advise and potentially tranquillise the wild animal. The Sun
During the Vietnam war, he moved to Canada to dodge the draft.
The rear part of the storm is where tornadoes are likely to spawn as the downdraft in the flanking line meets the rotating updraft.
At least one top NBA scout has been telling college underclassmen who might be borderline first-round picks this June that it's better to wait for the 2005 draft.
To date, 35 state legislatures have drafted bills addressing offshoring and 161 state laws restricting or banning offshoring have been proposed.
I'll prepare a draft of sole agency agreement for you to go over.
Drafts bearing the clause Drawn under documentary credit No.19181117 of Bank of China, Dubai Branch.
It is no accident that Boehner has put two up-and-coming second-term congressmen, Kevin McCarthy (Calif.) and Peter Roskam (lll.), in charge of drafting the new agenda for governing. Republicans divided on the importance of an agenda for midterm elections
Israeli courts interpreted these statutes to mean that all laws were subject to these rights, although whether this was the original intent of the drafters is under dispute. Constitutional Lessons from an Israeli Supreme Court Justice : Law is Cool
The draft code will require auditors of big banks to liaise more closely with regulators and to raise the alarm if problems are discovered. Times, Sunday Times
Much maligned for much of the season, the Nigerian coped well when drafted into a central defensive role. Times, Sunday Times
The booklet was criticised during its draft stages for including details of accommodation such a long distance away.
As a youth he had no intention of pursuing a military career, but he was drafted into the revolutionary army in 1793.
Sometimes the pieces resemble the tentative first draft of what might one day become a more challenging suite. Times, Sunday Times
Various different temperatures and wind interactions at different altitudes can cause a rotating updraft called a mesocyclone.
In May the Government announced plans to publish a draft Bill on corporate manslaughter with the timetable for legislation, plus further details, to be announced this autumn.
The draft report suggests the 26 ft open-deck fishing boat was unseaworthy, overloaded and unstable.
Eventually saturation occurs and precipitation falls and downdrafts occur.
Military police are looking into the claim, which surfaced in the draft of one of two books that he is involved with. Times, Sunday Times
I know you're camera-shy, but it's the only photograph I have of this procedure—so you're drafted.
Instead of staying indoors, healthily watching a black and white screen – Grandstand, Hancock, Terry and June – they were out canvassing, attending ward meetings, collecting ministers' autographs, drafting position papers and generally behaving in a way unbefitting to young persons. The Ed Balls roadshow: enough to make you weep
The legislation is still in draft form.
Some linebackers are available in the draft, but they must be unusually speedy to play in this system.
Please find enclosed a copy of the draft document.
We send home that first rough draft of history. Times, Sunday Times
The individual terms included in that list can then be arranged in a logical order before beginning to draft.
We also have to make out a Sight Draft , drawn on AmBank for thirty thousand dollars.
Half of unarranged overdraft charges in 2016 were on only 2 per cent of current accounts. Times, Sunday Times
Draft after draft was relegated to the wastepaper basket.
If this wasn't what she meant, then her speech was badly drafted. Times, Sunday Times
She asked me to check the draft of her proposal.
You seem to have erred in characterizing as solipsistic those solons who dangled a participle in drafting the law controlling the National Endowment for the Arts. No Uncertain Terms
For some years he had worked in the advertising field as a mechanical draftsman, and he had learned, among other techniques, the use of the airbrush.
Probably no one was happier to see David Carr back in the huddle than the team's top draft pick.
Cushing, a first-round draft pick out of Southern California, was a runaway winner for the rookie award in balloting by a nationwide panel of 50 sports writers and broadcasters who cover the league. AP: Texans' Brian Cushing tested positive for HCG
How exciting to be invited to come to the White House, see 'the garden' (new meaning to the term pea-green with envy) as the fabulous first lady drafted us all into the service of our country's children to ensure their healthy future. Liz Neumark: Food Activist Goes to Washington
Undrafted rookie FB Vonta Leach was re-signed after being let go on the final cutdown and will play a lot.
It suggests senior teachers took classes, staff were drafted in from other schools and disruptive children were being taken out of lessons.
The cause is the implosion of the Niners' salary cap, and the detonation may not yet be over, if the league, as rumored, penalizes San Francisco for past contract shenanigans by revoking future draft picks.
Aidan woke, blinking up into the gray of predawn, confusion at his whereabouts making him question the heavy oaken beams above his head, the draft from a rattling set of windows, and the dampness in the smelly blankets covering him. Earl of Durkness
Hartnell is easily the class of the entire 2000 draft crop in a few very important categories: grit, character, leadership, and competitiveness. Red Line Report by Kyle Woodlief
I propose a time draft for US $ 80000 covering the first partial shipment.
But though Sheridan's view of his subject was clearly somewhat rose-tinted, it was not his hand that drafted the really flowery finishing touches to the Guerin character.
It is best to prepare the system before starting to draft, rather than making it up as sub-divisions arise during the drafting.
Nevertheless, we will, of course, require your assistance in drafting the non-financial section of the memorandum.
We have drafted numerous commercial agreements ranging from partnership to agency and franchise agreements, from loan to money transfer agreements.
Downing Street denied there had been a hurried overnight redrafting of the text.
Leadership of an army conscripted through the draft called for junior officers of the highest quality. Times, Sunday Times
And we want to refresh ourselves over some beer. Do you have draft beer?
‘Hailstorms usually happen in spring and summer afternoons when updrafts and downdrafts interact strongly,’ You said.
Most give you a year or two to clear your interest-free overdraft before making a monthly charge. Times, Sunday Times
Nothing a writer says surprises me anymore, not even if Jeff VanderMeer told me he did his first drafts while dangling naked upside from a coconut palm, writing in squid ink through the hollowed fingerbone of William S. Burroughs. MIND MELD: Behind the Scenes...How the Hottest Short Fiction Anthologies Are Created (Part 1)
Powell's florid story and Makinen's elegant draftsmanship create a vision of Dracula more satisfyingly cinematic than many of the movies, and they give both him and Holmes a super-villain and - hero look, which seems appropriate. 3 books about Dracula
Maybe it needs another draft to fulfil its promise. Times, Sunday Times
In such a case, a patentee cannot be in a better position than a patentee who properly instructs the draftsman.
Interestingly, Harbaugh notes that the existence of the manual was mentioned in Willamette Week, when Attorney General John Kroger pointed to it as requiring him to release the drafts of the investigation report in the Sam Adams-Beau Breedlove teen sex case. Here we go again with copyright and Oregon public records (Jack Bog's Blog)
He was educated at elementary and technical schools, becoming a toolmaker and engineering draftsman. Times, Sunday Times
There is potential to repower by drafting big forwards back from injury. Times, Sunday Times
But our haimish breed of armchair soldiers hasn't been confronted with the draft, rationing, or the bill for our foreign adventures; these homespun hawks haven't had to cut back on resources, food, or any comfort, however slight, as part of the war effort. Ben Tripp: It's Time to Grow Up
Since godson is only seven and a half, his draftsmanship and lettering have room to improve, so I've recreated the script to make sure the story's clear. Robin the Half-Bat Superhero
The four-member commission's report is still being drafted and its final conclusions are not yet definite.
Each year, potential draftees enter specialized training programs to prepare for the combine, college pro days, and other pre-draft workouts.
Rove sr. is a chickenhawk draft-dodger for Vietnam, he should have his ass in Iraq NOW. Think Progress » Rove heckled.
Having established the color of the first man by a draft on Scripture narrative, etymology and mental philosophy, I shall, in another chapter, establish the color of the first woman by the same means, perhaps using the argument of two or three affinitive sciences in addition thereto. Afro-American Encyclopaedia; or, The Thoughts, Doings, and Sayings of the Race, Embracing Addresses, Lectures, Biographical Sketches, Sermons, Poems, Names of Universities, Colleges, Seminaries, Newspapers, Books, and a History of the Denominations, Givin
Those documents were generally drafted later and reflect social democratic ideas arising in the 19th century.
Translation into local languages of report and draft Constitution to elicit public responses.
For the third or final draft, the author should pay careful attention to detailed requirements presented in the journal's author guidelines.
Since October 1998, the SEC has required that the prospectus be drafted in "plain English" pursuant to the provisions of Rule 421 of the SEC's General Rules and Regulations. Recently Uploaded Slideshows
At the same time, enlisted personnel slots should be manned by conscripts - that is to say, draftees, not contract servicemen.
If that MP can be prevailed upon to contact a minister of state and request a reply, the response will be referred to and drafted by the relevant civil servants.
A month later union leaders were drafted in following fears the firm's wood mill was facing imminent closure, with more finished products being shipped in from abroad.
Re-reading the draft of this report, I was tempted to excise this disquisition from the text as being irrelevant. DOUBTFUL MOTIVES
He takes us through his 46 drafts of one to suggest otherwise. Times, Sunday Times
So much for the strategic plan and the visionaries who drafted it, not to mention subsequent strategic plans whose piffle is somewhat more restrained, but no more helpful.
Included in this list should be an element to repay the overdraft. Times, Sunday Times
In March, the department announced that Japanese-Americans would no longer be eligible for the draft.
Tim the Rev had picked up on the notion that the codification is intended to put a political gag on charities, and Peter said that the draft legislation had no such intent.
The draft constitution was voted yesterday by the overall majority of the Iraqi people.
Baldwin was horrified by these draft documents.
Instead, court testimony revealed that Jerry Garcia asked her to draft a divorce settlement, which he signed.
For the next two decades, the draft remained a successful and relatively uncontroversial fixture of American life. Millions of young men, from farmhands to Harvard students, put in their two years of service.
This is not because girls were not encouraged to trot to the sandlot along with their kid brothers, or because coaches think they will do better in a beauty pageant than the pro draft.
For example, it's a universally available process repository where one business user can create a draft process and a colleague in another location can modify that process.
We'll draw on you by documentary draft at sight on collection basis.
Realistically speaking, there is no way that Congress will vote to reinstitute the draft.
I actually caught the error and corrected it in the draft, but unfortunately, the uncorrected version was sent out.
a preliminary draft
Fed purchase extension: Some of the downdraft is a result of the Federal Reserve's recent decision to extend by three months its program of buying up debt and mortgage-backed securities from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. U.S. News
Likewise, avoid things - such as fans, doors, drafty windows - which might draw smoke away from the unit.
In addition, the report presents a preliminary draft of the human amniotic fluid metabolome from women with PTL that shows biochemical intermediates of human metabolism as well as xenobiotics such as salicylamide and bacterial products can be measured in human amniotic fluid. Business Wire Travel News
The cold rushes in at every crack of door and window, apparently signaled by the flame to invade the house and fill it with chilly drafts and sarcasms on what we call the temperate zone. Backlog Studies
Historical monuments, sites and buildings also came under the scrutinising eye of the engineers preparing the draft plan.
‘Hailstorms usually happen in spring and summer afternoons when updrafts and downdrafts interact strongly,’ You said.
This clearly proves that instating a draft has negative results, and only leads to more soldiers coming home in body bags.
Extra staff were drafted in to deal with the Christmas rush.
The draft regulations also provide details of the proposed minimum content of summary financial statements for banks.
Labor leaders and social progressives were among the most outspoken opponents of the World War I draft.
The special planning section of the Department of the Environment has been beefed up, with planners being drafted in from local authorities as the consultation phase of the spatial plan enters the home stretch.
All authors contributed to writing and redrafting the article.
There are very few options for small businesses as we rely so much on our overdrafts. Times, Sunday Times
A downdraft over the stack is causing the sewer gas to be more noticeable.
Ms Radley said the draft plan requires rezoning of certain tracts of land within the existing 13-acre site.
It was hoped that the negotiations would produce a preliminary drafting of a conclusive peace agreement.
The study was still undergoing substantive editing in order to incorporate the suggestions of the lawyers and public policy analysts who reviewed its preliminary drafts.
It will be difficult for any bank to provide an overdraft facility with your lack of trading history. Times, Sunday Times
He drafted a standard letter to the editors.
Do you know how much watery draft lager a hockey fan like me can suck down in the course of a goddamn 80-hour game?
In our submission, your Honour, there are no adverse consequences because the draftsperson in New South Wales has effectively been ignoring the majority decision in Wynyard for a very long time.
She leaned against a rough, damp wall, feeling an icy draft on her ankles.
This is a document which we sent to the Court after the draft was circularised.
This draft guidance isn't about quick fixes, it is about ensuring lifestyle weight management services support people in the long term. Times, Sunday Times
Regarding the myth that "corporativism" represented rule by corporations: "The programme of the Fascists, as drafted in 1919, was vehemently anti-capitalistic," wrote Ludwig von Mises. Conservapedia - Recent changes [en]
Many will also have incurred overdrafts and credit card loans, which are not included in the figures. Times, Sunday Times
The sole exception is if a younger player is drafted by an NBA team and later cut.
While the chopper hovered above Coire Na Ciste, bouncing violently in the downdrafts, we looked on as the body was hooked to a cable by rescuers and reeled up into the aircraft.
The application was accompanied by a draft case stated.
The Giants also couldn't have gone wrong at this spot in the backdraft with UCLA's Chris Horton, the safety who eventually went to Washington in the seventh round and provided the best bang for the buck of any player in the 2008 draft. Backdraft: Joe Flacco among changing parts in '08 re-draft
The jokes were funny - I chortled and snickered - but the plot was all over the place and lacked drive and, well, to me it read like a first draft.
Generally considered the best defenceman in the draft because of his size. Globe and Mail
They drafted him to serve as their delegate.
One of the major differences of super cells compared to that of single-cell and multi-cells storms is that, the super cell contains a viscous rotating updraft, this rotational updraft is known as a mesocyclone.
It gave a higher priority to shipbuilding, food production and the manufacture of tanks and aircraft than to supplying drafts to the army. The British way in Warfare - 1688-2000

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