Example sentences of "is carry [adv prt] [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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31 In practice most research and development is carried out in high-tax jurisdictions because it is difficult to attract skilled employees to tax haven locations , and in order to take advantage of local tax deductions .
32 Little stock revision is carried out in academic libraries , partly because it is less appropriate for research collections , and partly because few academic libraries pay close attention to the use of stock .
33 This second stage is carried out in public speech to which we have been given the decoding key , and from our privileged perspective the success of the hypocrite has unfortunate consequences for the dupe .
34 The review is designed to identify substantive points rather than minor drafting matters and it is essential that it is carried out in sufficient time to enable any major issues to be dealt with .
35 Zooming is carried out by repeating pixel values , so that zooming by a factor of four implies that each pixel value in the memory bank or banks is repeated four times , and each line of the image is also repeated four times .
36 A large proportion of car crime is carried out by young males between the ages of 12 and 22 .
37 Because disposal of industrial waste is carried out by private enterprise with the sole interest of making a profit , the temptation to dodge intricate and often expensive safety precautions is evident .
38 One per cent of the sample had puffed their first fag by the age of four , but the bulk of experimentation is carried out by 9–12 year olds .
39 [ 'Kinship defenders ' ] also feel that insufficient work is carried out by social workers on the rehabilitation of separated families , while at least some of the ‘ society-as-parent ’ school seem more aware of situations where rehabilitation is attempted inappropriately , and perhaps foisted on an unwilling parent , and feel that social workers should be discouraged from holding out unrealistic hopes of restoring the child .
40 ‘ It is very important that the audit is carried out by local people .
41 Such action becomes particularly distasteful when it is carried out by elected representatives .
42 Often , credit scoring development for British firms is carried out by American consultants ( particularly Fair , Issaacs of California ) .
43 The investigators have put forward a theory suggesting that the gross organisation of human action is carried out by different parts of the mind from the fine detailed planning and control of behaviour , and that it is governed by emotional factors to a much greater extent than people had realised .
44 The marketing role in an organization is carried out by numerous individuals .
45 So there is liable to be a very different result according to whether a recall test is carried out within 24 hours , or a week , or three months , of an ad appearing : and ‘ pre-tests ’ , based on showing an ad to consumers before it appears , and finding out what they remember of it within minutes , can be almost totally irrelevant — except as an indication of intelligibility .
46 ‘ 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 .
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