Example sentences of "had [been] carry [adv prt] in the " in BNC.

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1 The work on the atomic bomb , which had been carried on in the British Isles , was transferred , in 1943 , to the United States of America , and became known as the ‘ Manhattan Project ’ .
2 Here had been the baroque brothels , where wenching had been carried on in the grand manner .
3 The West German Finance Minister , Mr Theo Waigel , ruled out a common German currency until economic reforms had been carried out in the East .
4 In a somewhat terse paper — it being considered that the more substantial analysis of principles had been carried out in the HMI document A View of the Curriculum — it was maintained that throughout the period of compulsory schooling , from 5–16 , all pupils should undertake study in English , mathematics , science , religious education , and physical education .
5 Language tests had been carried out in the breach rather than the observance .
6 Of course , much survey and exploratory work on the North Sea Oil fields had been carried out in the years previous to our patrols .
7 Addressing a special session of the Cortes ( parliament ) on Feb. 1 , Alfonso Guerra , who at no time condoned his brother 's alleged activities , acknowledged that Juan had used the government office but said that this was because he was helping him as deputy secretary of the PSOE , and he denied that private activities had been carried out in the office in his presence or with his knowledge .
8 Ms Capaldi said a considerable amount of work on data had been carried out in the five months since the report was published .
9 The mouth of the river seemed ten times its normal width , while about half a mile out to sea hundreds of trees stood upright , supported by their enormous roots , just as they had been carried down in the flood .
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