Example sentences of "was [adv] carried out [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 Opposition critics claimed that since the practice of making people " disappear " was mostly carried out by the military , the new law effectively granted it immunity from future prosecution and the power to abduct anyone with impunity .
2 The nuclear industry asked why all this was necessary when monitoring was already carried out by the CEGB itself , as well as by government departments .
3 Consequently exchange rate adjustment to long-run changes in a country 's competitive position was not carried out in the manner visualized by the founding fathers of the system .
4 In addition , cardiac surgery was not carried out in the two districts studied .
5 Finally , it is no use trying to escape by saying that ancient trade was not carried out by the nationals of ancient states but by non-citizens , so the Megarian decree can not have injured Megarian trade : the generalization about ancient trade should be corrected to read ‘ ancient Athenian trade ’ , which is what nearly all our information is about .
6 Owing to shortage of medical staff , the post-mortem was not carried out until the following morning .
7 A 61-year-old man was also carried out of the block of bedsits in Fort Street , New Brighton , after being overcome by smoke .
8 Further work was also carried out on the International City Project , a long-term perspective for the development of Glasgow which has attracted interest from the highest levels in Government .
9 Experimental work on pupil-created data files was also carried out in the 1983-4 session in a small research project .
10 In brief , requisitioning was unpopular , not least since it was often carried out in the period between spring and autumn when trading and fishing conditions might normally be expected to be better than at other times of the year .
11 But at the end of the thirteenth century Pope Boniface VIII tried to condemn the practice , especially as it was sometimes carried out in the side chapels of churches , which were deemed appropriate ‘ kitchens ’ .
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