| He could drum up the support of the municipal council for the trailblazing idea. |
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| Two Swindon musicians have decided to drum up business doing what they do best. |
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| Maybe it was really an effort to drum up business among our fellow northerners. |
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| A village sub-postmaster is hoping to enjoy the sweet taste of success by branching out with a new venture designed to drum up extra trade. |
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| There's nothing like going after the entertainment biz to drum up some headlines. |
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| Anyone can drum up 250 objections simply by photocopying the standard objection letter. |
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| The government introduced the visa-on-arrival facility in 1993 to drum up tourist arrivals. |
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| Over the next few days he will travel up north to drum up support among music fans in Donegal, Cavan and Roscommon. |
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| We're not going to have the Government use shoddy, tawdry little tricks to drum up the notion of fear and then fail on competence. |
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| A pantomime horse will be gracing the winners' enclosure at York Races on Saunday to drum up support for Marie Curie Cancer Care. |
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| Now he found himself travelling around the world trying to drum up support for the Biafran cause. |
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| At first I thought Steve had conjured up the entire brouhaha to drum up publicity, but no. |
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| All it takes is a little brain bending and creativity to drum up an endless list of affordable dates. |
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| Marty flails about on stage for a while, desperately trying to drum up some enthusiasm and energy for what is a dull, dry performance. |
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| If he's trying to pick a fight to drum up some publicity, he's sorely overestimating the number of people who read this blog. |
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| Next month he is going to Canada to try to drum up a bit of investment among homesick Scottish Canadians. |
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| Anthony is a controversial figure and has a habit of saying things just to drum up a bit of publicity. |
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| Critics say the federal alcohol agents are exaggerating the problem to drum up publicity and financial backing. |
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| They preview the upcoming films, trying to drum up excitement and anticipation. |
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| Earlier this year, Microsoft founder Bill Gates barnstormed five engineering schools to drum up interest. |
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| The company lost its place in the FTSE 100 last month despite its chairman going on a last-minute roadshow to drum up City support. |
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| The Friends will also be at the Dounby show to drum up some more support. |
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| Those behind the find are now reported to be planning to drum up finance for a major salvage operation this summer to raise the 85 ft long, 112 ft wide craft. |
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| Gratuitous slow-motion shots drum up the tension for no apparent reason. |
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| A troupe of talented dancers, storytellers and musicians will take centre stage in Killarney this week in order to drum up support for needy communities in Venezuela. |
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| Councillor Brett will be chairing a fringe meeting at the Lib Dems' conference in Bournemouth in order to drum up more national support for the local campaign. |
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| The group will be looking at ways and means to drum up support for the marathon and also organising things for next autumn when the group will reassemble. |
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| When we rationalize we drum up a reason to justify whatever we do or think. |
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| You know, I don't want to go round begging to appear on TV because I've just put out an album and I want to drum up a few sales! |
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| It is incumbent on us to take our moral commitment, go back to our communities, drive the dialogue, and drum up support. |
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| In such dilemmas, it is considerably easier to drum up fears than to envisage future results which have not yet been achieved. |
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| However, an outside perspective is sometimes necessary to drum up insights that can help improve your operations. |
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| Do not be shy of making contact with those responsible for running funding programmes in order to drum up support. |
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| They equally decided to drum up support for African officials bidding for important offices in international bodies. |
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| I get all the support I need from in-house staff, leaving me free to drum up business. |
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| He will take to the airwaves this morning to drum up support for Clarke. |
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| At the turn of the century, zoos displaying so-called primitive cultures were used to drum up public support for colonialism. |
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| One hundred years ago, Senegalese natives were put on display in Norway to drum up support for colonialism. |
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| Putin also hoped to drum up some patriotic pride with a big circus to serve with thick black bread. |
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| Meanwhile, Thompson continued to do all he could to drum up the black vote. |
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| Mistakenly live mic, or intentional gimmick to drum up excitement for the show? |
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| Cheered on by spunky chorine Gracie and inspired by the faith of lovely society lady Linda Lee, Cole and Monty drum up the funds to put on a show. |
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| Therefore, I want to reassure Canadians, in spite of the overblown, overheated partisan rhetoric they will hear from the Liberals today, that there is not the cause for worry that the Liberals would like to drum up. |
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| Ontario farmers are hitting the road this summer to drum up support for a risk management system they've created to address chronically depressed grain and oilseed prices. |
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| I hope, Commissioner, that this will give you a reason to drum up support from the Commission for a reshaping of the Convention's proposals on this subject. |
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| If the molasses is too thick, warm the drum up over a small fire. |
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| We must deliver effective action at a global level, but we must also drum up wide support for our proposed action among countries and civil society. |
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| The first one has been solicited by the hon. member for Yorkton-Melville in his effort to drum up opposition to government Bill C-33 to amend the human rights act. |
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| For the next year, Shadd took to the lecture circuit to drum up subscriptions and interest in her paper-a necessary practice she continued even after the paper was established. |
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| I was accompanied by a high-level delegation of representatives from the nuclear sector, so I had a good opportunity to drum up interest in our nuclear-energy production capacity. |
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| The Union issued a press release to drum up support for Action Week. |
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| The E-9 Initiative, an education drive launched in Delhi in 1993, aims to drum up support for the EFA challenge within the countries whose performance strongly affects global EFA trends. |
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| She tried, desperately, to drum up business. |
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| It was clearly intended to drum up support for the applicants' associations and, no doubt to that end, concluded with an invitation to readers to write to those associations. |
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| The couple, dubbed Speidi, even confessed their break-ups were staged to drum up publicity. |
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| Not only was this an effective management strategy, it was also used as a mechanism to drum up support at start-up, gather advice and research the market. |
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| A paired male may drum up to 200 times a day and an unpaired male, as many as 600 times a day and each drumming can contain up to 40 strikes per second. |
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