Example sentences of "[noun pl] carry [adv prt] [prep] britain " in BNC.
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| 1 | This involves a detailed examination of patent data , as a means of assessing the strength of the innovative activity that companies carry out in Britain by comparison with other countries . |
| 2 | A series of attacks carried out in Britain and West Germany in June were presumed to be the work of the Irish Republican Army ( IRA ) . |
| 3 | In the past some of the most famous research studies carried out in Britain by means of social surveys have not been concerned with testing hypotheses . |
| 4 | Opinion polls suggest that a variety of social reforms carried out in Britain in the last few years — the abolition of capital punishment and the liberalization of the law relating to homosexuality , for example — were enacted in the face of popular opposition . |
| 5 | Kennedy and Sugden ( 1986 , p. 34 ) refer to seven recent surveys carried out in Britain and the USA that ‘ confirmed an ever-increasing acceptance of these techniques by businesses , so that utilisation rates of more than 75 per cent amongst the surveyed firms are commonplace ’ . |