Example sentences of "carrying [adv prt] the [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 As early as July 1728 Wade was able to report : ‘ I am now with all possible diligence carrying on the new road for wheel-carriages between Dunkeld and Inverness , of about 80 English measured miles [ 128 km ] ’ , but it was 1731 which saw the creation of his masterpiece , the road from Dalwhinnie to Fort Augustus , in the middle of the Great Glen .
2 In office he would prove a ruthless party politician , carrying on the Thatcherite strategy of using the powers of the British state to batter opposition and maintain Tory dominance .
3 More interested in the style than the fashion , Huggy Bear are carrying on the feminist tradition of punk bands like The Slits and X-Ray Spex with all the musicality of Pete Duel & The Shit or Alien Sex Fiend .
4 The legal model envisages the board of directors as actually carrying on the day-to-day business of the company so that there is no separate executive organ within the legal model .
5 They did improve in carrying out the correct sequence of treatment ( assessment , open airway , check breathing , check pulse ) .
6 She was flown immediately by helicopter to Hillsborough Castle in County Down where she was carrying out the only engagements of the visit , a lunch party and a garden party for 1,200 people on a day Ulster was swept by torrential rain .
7 In a comparatively short time the student is equipped with systems and a metalanguage suitable for carrying out the required tasks in a clear and specific manner .
8 ‘ this approach is in accord with the approach of the general law of principal and agent in relation to fraudulent misrepresentations made by an agent in carrying out the specific instructions of his principal .
9 made clear , this approach is in accord with the approach of the general law of principal and agent in relation to fraudulent misrepresentations made by an agent in carrying out the specific instructions of his principal .
10 They then used bogus invoices to fool Lloyd 's into covering their alleged losses , before carrying out the second stage of a ‘ double sting ’ stealing £1.2 million of the £1.8 million insurance pay-out from their company , London-based Inca Gemstones .
11 This is because enzymes ( proteins that are responsible for carrying out the chemical processes within the body ) act more quickly as the temperature is raised .
12 Lazar Kaganovich , one of Stalin 's closest aides and the man responsible for carrying out the forced collectivizations of the 1930s , died in Moscow on July 25 , aged 97 .
13 Scottish police carrying out the criminal investigation on Lockerbie had earlier been authorized to interview the suspect , named as Mohamed Abu Talb , who had worked under various identities for Palestinian groups in Egypt and Lebanon , but his lawyers refused to agree to interrogation procedures .
14 Which is why , as well as keeping the risk management team on a permanent footing , the most important appointment to it is its head , carrying out the crucial task of continually monitoring and coordinating activities across the organisation .
15 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 .
16 By the eighteenth century growing sugar and carrying out the first stages of refining it were the main economic activities on the islands .
17 Langley was a Household official who had assisted Robert Passelewe in carrying out the great series of Forest Eyres and inquests south of the Trent between 1244 and 1249 .
18 You are responsible for maximising performance by supporting and developing your people and for carrying out the full range of managerial duties and checks as prescribed .
19 The ASB also published with the Foreword an exposure draft of a foreword carrying out the same role for Urgent Issues Task Force abstracts .
20 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 .
21 The need for national qualifications for those carrying out the main functions in the assessment process has become increasingly pressing .
22 Can your council assure my company that when carrying out the proposed review under condition 2 , it will not adopt any additional or alternative access , nor curtail the use of Gillingham Gate without the agreement of my company ?
23 The model told people what to look for both when doing psychophysical studies and when carrying out the direct measurements of receptor function all those years later .
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