Example sentences of "of carry [adv] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Three joined together can form a ferry capable of carrying the Challenger tank , or they can be coupled to form a bridge capable of carrying even the heaviest Army loads .
2 More significant for domestic purposes is s10(4) ( b ) and ( c ) which give the retailer a defence provided : ( i ) that he supplied the goods , offered or agreed to supply them or , as the case may be , exposed or possessed them for supply in the course of carrying on a retail business ; and ( ii ) that , at the time he supplied the goods or offered or agreed to supply them or exposed or possessed them for supply , he neither knew nor had reasonable grounds for believing that the goods failed to comply with the general safety requirement ; or ( c ) that the terms on which he supplied the goods or agreed or offered to supply them or , in the case of goods which he exposed or possessed for supply , the terms on which he intended to supply them ( i ) indicated that the goods were not supplied or to be supplied as new goods ; and ( ii ) provided for , or contemplated , the acquisition of an interest in the goods by the persons supplied or to be supplied .
3 Thames Water Authority are in the process of carrying out a general refurbishment programme at the plant .
4 Mr Hellyer was capable of carrying out a simple crime ; he was practically incapable of taking sensible steps to avoid arrest afterwards .
5 THE teenage lover of the man accused of carrying out a vicious sex attack on a coast to coast rambler told yesterday how he asked her to give him a false alibi .
6 The previous section has brought to light some of the difficulties of carrying out a radical approach to the development of information systems in many organisations .
7 In a statement on Nov. 19 the Comoran Union for Progress ( Udzima ) announced that it was withdrawing support from its leader , President Said Mohammed Djohar , and going into opposition ; the statement accused Djohar of carrying out a political witch-hunt following an attempted coup and subsequent Cabinet reshuffle in August [ see p. 38378 ] .
8 Schools thus slipped into the danger of carrying out a new range of management tasks without the benefit of fresh definitions .
9 The Gramophone Company 's record-producer Fred Gaisberg had the idea of carrying out a recording session ‘ supervised ’ by Sir Edward Elgar , then lying upon his deathbed in Worcestershire .
10 It contains the practical experience of the members of MAS built up over a number of years of carrying out a wide variety of MAS assignments .
11 MAGISTRATES granted bail yesterday to a 19-year-old man accused of carrying out a smash-and-grab raid at an Essex jewellers .
12 Both the Belfast and the Philadelphia projects restrict access to members of the research group or scholars who are temporarily affiliated for the purpose of carrying out a specified piece of work .
13 If they relate only to markets within the Territories will contribute to the cost of carrying out the necessary work at a rate to be negotiated .
14 Rejecting the UN Security Council resolution imposing sanctions on Libya unless it hands over two men accused of carrying out the 1989 Lockerbie airliner bombing , Gaddafi said he would never surrender to demands by the United States and Britain .
15 But , once more , the qualifications were liberally added : ‘ as long as the individual is active and capable of carrying out the required duties ’ ; and ‘ where risks to other persons are involved ( eg driving ) , then adequate checks on ability should be made . ’
16 She was quite sure she had surprised them in the act of carrying out the next stage of the deception concerning the Jourdain-Durance paintings .
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