Example sentences of "[prep] carry [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ … a fiscal and accounting entity with self-balancing set of accounts recording cash and other financial resources together with all related liabilities and residual equities or balances and changes therein which are segregated for the purpose of carrying on specific activities or attaining certain objectives in accordance with special regulations , restrictions or limitations . ’ |
| 2 | Under consideration are transactions entered into in the course of carrying on unauthorised investment business . |
| 3 | Traditional telecommunication links suffer from a restricted band width which means they are like very narrow pipes capable of carrying only limited supplies of water , even pumped at the highest possible pressures . |
| 4 | As I was a young girl no one , partisans or Germans , would suspect me of carrying very large sums of money . |
| 5 | Journalists were refused entry to the towns of Curkurca and Dargecit where the pro-Kurdish newspaper Yeni Ulke accused the army of carrying out similar operations . |
| 6 | Russian naval commanders accused the US boat of carrying out dangerous manoeuvres . |
| 7 | In replacing horses and men by machines , the practice of carrying out agricultural production in sequential steps is not disturbed , as it is in the changeover from handicraft to mechanized manufacture in industry . |
| 8 | Helpful for professional development , in that the process of carrying out systematic assessment , — recording attainment and moderating the outcomes and discussion with other teachers will provide a valuable basis for teachers to evaluate their own work and to gain access to new thinking . |
| 9 | The fundamentally most crucial function of the Bank of England is the responsibility of carrying out monetary policy operations . |
| 10 | I think that many of us would prefer to see falling rolls as a chance to reduce class size , thus giving pupils a better chance of carrying out practical work in pairs rather than in groups of three or even four . |
| 11 | Techniques are routine and detailed methods of carrying out specific tasks fast . |
| 12 | France 's continuing policy of carrying out nuclear tests in the South Pacific has been condemned by the governments of Australia , New Zealand and Papua New Guinea . |
| 13 | ‘ ) Because of their losses at Verdun , continued Knobelsdorf , the French were capable of carrying out local attacks , but no major operation . |
| 14 | This was considered generally impractical and in view of the particular difficulties of carrying out social research in Belfast , probably unattainable . |
| 15 | Human rights church groups and surviving inmates accused police of carrying out deliberate and systematic executions , blaming them for most of the deaths ( which they put at between 200 and 400 , as against an official toll of 111 inmates killed and 35 inmates and 22 police officers wounded ) . |
| 16 | EVERY LASMO site around the world will soon be armed with a new and better way of carrying out vital safety checks . |
| 17 | Guerrilla sources accused the government of carrying out indiscriminate air attacks in areas under their control . |
| 18 | To a layman , the word ‘ bureaucracy ’ has unpleasant associations ; however , the German writer , Max Weber ( 1864–1920 ) who is the organisational theorist most closely associated with the analysis of bureaucracy , was inclined to regard bureaucracy as the ideal form of organisation , which is ‘ from a purely technical point of view , capable of attaining the highest degree of efficiency and is in this sense formally the most rational means of carrying out imperative control over human beings . ’ |
| 19 | On 9 August 1991 , Erdogan Kizilkaya was examined by a physician at a Health Centre authorized by the Ministry of Health of carry out forensic examinations . |
| 20 | The joint working party 's paper correctly highlights the problem that one possible reason for non-response to hepatitis B vaccines is a pre-existing hepatitis B carrier status and suggests that non-responders should be tested for hepatitis B e antigen to identify infectious carriers and advise them against carrying out invasive procedures . |
| 21 | In fact , this figure is now nearer 20 per cent rather than 30 because salespeople are increasingly called upon to carry out ancillary work such as customer surveys , service work and merchandising . |
| 22 | Dave Bull , who many of you will know as a fanatical ‘ Stiff ’ and athlete in his own right , has been banned from carrying on shot-putt practice in the bar . |
| 23 | The debate over the political model claimed most public attention , but the draft also included a controversial anti-subversion clause , added to Article 23 which covered treason , secession and sedition ; this clause prohibited " political organizations and groups in the Hong Kong SAR from establishing contacts with foreign political organizations or groups " and also prohibited " foreign political organizations or groups from carrying out political activities in the Hong Kong SAR " . |
| 24 | Decision : the need to deter other people from carrying out similar acts outweighed the effect of the sentence on the appellant 's future prospects : the appellant 's personal position came second to the public interest in deterring others minded to act as he did . |
| 25 | In my mind I was one of them and there was no way that I was going to make a living from carrying out painful experiments on friends . |
| 26 | After all , if there is no such right of indemnity , and none may be created by order of the court , there may be a sound policy reason for it , namely that the court will not aid somebody who was knowingly involved in carrying on unauthorised investment business . |
| 27 | In such places , ditches , which have a critical job to do in carrying away flood-water , are often filled up to the top with loose soil , following a ‘ blow ’ . |
| 28 | The second is to act as the government 's agent , both as its banker and in carrying out monetary policy . |
| 29 | In October Rentokil acquired Rowland Compliance Testing Limited , a Colchester-based company specialising in carrying out regular testing of portable electrical appliances and building circuits which facilitates compliance for employers with the Electricity at Work Regulations 1989 . |
| 30 | GUARD has become a leading player in carrying out environmental impact assessments for industrial and commercial developments , all of which are now legally obliged to use the services of archaeologists . |