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 The lapels of his well-worn suit seemed to carry a permanent sheen from years of dropped ash on worsted .
7 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 .
8 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 .
9 The answer ( of course ) was Billy Ayre , now Blackpool 's manager , and Jimmy Goodfellow last seen carrying a magic sponge at Cardiff City .
10 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 .
11 You 've got to carry a little packet with you because who goes to said please can you put your condom on .
12 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 .
13 Personally I do n't mind carrying a large Stanage-size guide around , particularly if it means paying less .
14 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 .
15 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 .
16 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 .
17 She had just finished combing her hair when the housekeeper returned carrying a lightweight metal crutch , and began diffidently , ‘ Signorina , I thought perhaps … ’
18 For example , babies born carrying a particular extra chromosome are mongols , individuals with well-recognized facial characteristics , lowered intelligence , and an affectionate disposition .
19 Your Mahler performances have always seemed to carry a starker , more purely tragic message .
20 Gooch has been known to carry a long face on his sleeve and he may well appreciate the strength of Gatting .
21 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 .
22 Indeed , newly issued bills will have to carry a larger discount to match the higher market rates .
23 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 .
24 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 .
25 She had been on the verge of hysteria then ; add to that a day of travelling , with him pushing Chalon as fast as the horse could go carrying a double weight , plus the previous day 's tensions , and it was a wonder she had n't given in to it .
26 I was allowed to carry a small torch then , and had another student with me .
27 Yeah I know , I do n't want to have to carry a big one back with me though .
28 The seven charges were amongst 80 criminal and civil counts filed against Imelda Marcos which were estimated to carry a cumulative prison sentence of more than 400 years .
29 On June 28 , five days after the letterhead date , the Sunday Times did carry a major article supporting Prince Charles .
30 This seems an odd way of going about things , but the advising panels do carry a professional adviser so that talent is not merely being judged by local civil servants .
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