Example sentences of "be carry on [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 No doubt he himself would have difficulties : but he thought that the Conservatives , without entering into any general undertaking , would support his Government , which would not embark upon any extravagant legislation ; and in this way the King 's Government might be carried on for another Session or even longer .
2 On the one hand , the memorandum of association must qualify the company 's ability to provide surveying services , to the effect that such business must be carried on at all times in accordance with the Rules of Conduct for the time being of the RICS .
3 Failing success in negotiation , however , the struggle had to be carried on by any means possible .
4 Could a related business activity be carried on within one area of the shop by any of the family members without registering for VAT ( the turnover of this activity is expected to be low ) ?
5 Subject to the above , the related activity could be carried on within one area of the shop by any of the family .
6 She 'd been carrying on outside all morning and
7 She 'd told him his wife , young Jo , had been carrying on with other men , other women , nuns , rapists , ex-Nazi war criminals , you name it .
8 This problem has been carrying on for two months or more , and so far I have not found a successful treatment .
9 Despite these difficulties there are almost as many children now attending primary schools as there were before the invasion , and many teachers are carrying on without regular salaries .
10 The RIBA is still supporting the schooling of six black South African students , three of whom are new while the others are carrying on from last year .
11 But the Prince and Princess of Wales never let their public face slip and even on the day of the announcement were carrying on with planned engagements .
12 It is only in the states of Western Europe , in the countries of the British Commonwealth , in the United States of America , and in a few Latin-American states that government is carried on with due regard to the limitations imposed by a Constitution ; it is only in these states that truly ‘ constitutional government ’ can be said to exist …
13 The widest definition of the Crown in the cases is that of Lord Diplock in Town Investments Ltd. v. Department of Environment who said of the term that it is ‘ appropriate to embrace both collectively and individually all the Ministers of the Crown and parliamentary secretaries under whose direction the administrative work of government is carried on by civil servants in the various government departments ’ .
14 is carried on by private study under supervision .
15 The plating is carried on in eight vats , one each for silver , nickel and black nickel , two for brass plating , and three for copper plating .
16 ‘ The hospital , ’ concluded the inspector , ‘ is carrying on under extreme difficulties with a shortage of nursing and domestic staff , and with rebuilding and adaptation going on .
17 Three operations did not succeed in curing his glaucoma , and he had to give up his business in 1878 , although it was carried on for some years by his daughters , Eleanor , Elizabeth , and Catherine , as E. E. Dancer & Company .
18 After the death of old Daniel , the five year lease was carried on by old Smythe who renewed it for a further term of two years though at a lower rental .
19 Farming was carried on in open fields that had not changed basically since the thirteenth century , and beyond the arable fields and their meadows lay great tracts of common pasture , much of it covered with gorse and furze , rising in places to moorland and mountains .
20 She was carrying on with some lawyer . ’
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