Example sentences of "[verb] carry a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With the ardour of his age Dick agrees to carry a vital message across the frontier into Flavonia : delighting in unexpected action , he is afraid only of being late and failing in his mission and it is the free resourcefulness of a boy that ensures that in spite of accidents the message does get through . |
| 2 | The BBC 's International Role : The charter should be amended to carry a specific guarantee of editorial independence from Government . |
| 3 | In spite of government protestations to the contrary , privatisation lies at the heart of the proposals : commercial and voluntary sector provision will be expanded , local authority provision will contract and informal carers will be expected to carry a bigger load . |
| 4 | Its weakness was its technical conservatism ; although in 1880 the Admiralty agreed to reintroduce breechloading guns on heavy ships , the armoured cruisers Impérieuse and Warspite , which were laid down in the same year , were still designed to carry a full spread of sail . |
| 5 | Gummer having been summarily dismissed , a lugubrious George Gardiner tapped on the door and entered carrying a large parcel , marked ‘ urgent ’ , upon which Lady Thatcher fell with cries of pleasure . |
| 6 | Finn dashed through the work-room and out of the door , returning carrying an elaborate gilded throne made of cardboard . |
| 7 | The lapels of his well-worn suit seemed to carry a permanent sheen from years of dropped ash on worsted . |
| 8 | It was in the next stage , when writing came to carry an increasing proportion of law , learning , religion and history , previously carried in oral forms , that very marked cultural divisions , already socially present in preliterate societies , became , as it were , technically stabilized . |
| 9 | And at this point when a range of established values were under scrutiny , the body was made to carry a new symbolic load which reflected the change from the social conformity of the previous decades . |
| 10 | Aside from the fact that I 'm not normally given to physical violence , I 'm quite well known locally , and I did n't particularly want to be seen carrying a half-naked woman ashore — which is what you threatened me with . |
| 11 | The answer ( of course ) was Billy Ayre , now Blackpool 's manager , and Jimmy Goodfellow last seen carrying a magic sponge at Cardiff City . |
| 12 | Sometimes the coercion and oppression is felt directly in the paintings : for example , in images of Saint Isidore , a rather obscure Spanish saint vastly amplified in the New World as the patron of labourers , who is shown to carry a small bag of coca leaves as the Indian peasants and miners did , and do , to chew to combat hunger and fatigue . |
| 13 | You 've got to carry a little packet with you because who goes to said please can you put your condom on . |
| 14 | Briefly , two ES clones were produced carrying a genomic deletion of 15 kilobases ( kb ) that encompasses the TCR- β locus from D β1.3 to downstream of C β2 . |
| 15 | Personally I do n't mind carrying a large Stanage-size guide around , particularly if it means paying less . |
| 16 | It describes these as " possibly the most outrageous piece of environmental trickery relating to beaches " , which were " simply a tool by which a flag of sorts will fly at those UK resorts with borderline water quality — the same resorts which the Department of Environment 's own research shows carry an unacceptable risk to health " . |
| 17 | Any procedure in which unsterilised piercing equipment is used carries a small risk of HIV and other blood-borne infections being transmitted e.g. tattooing , ear-piercing and acupuncture . |
| 18 | When they arrived they would briefly and passionately mate , for the first and only time , and from that fiery union new turtles would be born to carry a new pattern of worlds . |
| 19 | Doone pondered , made up his mind , went out to his car and returned carrying a five-foot plank which he laid across the kitchen table . |
| 20 | She had just finished combing her hair when the housekeeper returned carrying a lightweight metal crutch , and began diffidently , ‘ Signorina , I thought perhaps … ’ |
| 21 | For example , babies born carrying a particular extra chromosome are mongols , individuals with well-recognized facial characteristics , lowered intelligence , and an affectionate disposition . |
| 22 | Your Mahler performances have always seemed to carry a starker , more purely tragic message . |
| 23 | Gooch has been known to carry a long face on his sleeve and he may well appreciate the strength of Gatting . |
| 24 | You may have to carry a spare set if you are going out for a full day 's detecting as charge life can be as low as five hours , and ni-cads should not be recharged until they are spent . |
| 25 | Indeed , newly issued bills will have to carry a larger discount to match the higher market rates . |
| 26 | That ‘ agnostic ’ , which sounded fair enough to Mr Kantor , could have carried an explosive charge across the oceans . |
| 27 | Now and again a heron will fail to survive the rigours of winter , and occasionally dead birds have been found carrying a numbered metal ring on their leg . |
| 28 | SINGER Harry Connick Jr faces up to a year in jail after being found carrying an unlicensed gun as he tried to board a plane . |
| 29 | In fact , as I recall , I was up on the step-ladder dusting the portrait of Viscount Wetherby when my employer had entered carrying a few volumes which he presumably wished returned to the shelves . |
| 30 | CFS carry an extensive store of spares and is able to supply most needs from stock . |