With the news of an adverse finding having been leaked, battle lines will be drawn ahead of the official announcement.
The deficit came down despite falling exports.Battle lines are being drawn ahead of the upcoming G20 summit.
Other than that, it is hard to know what meaningful conclusions England could have drawn ahead of Friday's opening European Championship qualifier.
He has narrowed the gap between himself and the Republicans' George W. Bush and, for the first time in months, has drawn ahead of fellow Democrat Bill Bradley in New Hampshire.In this section Looking for that perfect gift?
Greece's radical Syriza government has vowed to keep fighting pressure from its eurozone neighbours to stick to the strict terms of its bailout package as battle lines were drawn ahead of crunch debt talks next week.
Labour lost a net 18 council seats once all the votes were counted and drew ahead of the Conservatives on the projected national share of the vote by 1 percentage point – a better result than many experts predicted.
As a result, says Anand Sharma of TBM Consulting, the company drew ahead of competitors that had made swingeing staff cuts.In fact, observes Nancy Koehn of Harvard Business School, author of a new book on the history of branding, recessions act as filters, creating opportunities for deft managers.
He acknowledged (before others told him) that he was an "imperfect messenger" for such a cause.See article: Primary colourA poll in New York showed that Hillary Clinton, the Democratic candidate for the Senate, had drawn ahead of her rival, Mayor Rudolph Giuliani, for the first time.
Automobile sales domestically have drawn ahead of ours, for good.
