Example sentences of "[prep] carry the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I WISH to warn people about the danger of carrying the new £10 note around this Christmas . |
| 2 | I prefer the flexibility and independence of backpacking with a tent , but with that freedom comes the penalty of carrying the extra weight . |
| 3 | The DoE said it considered the road to be ‘ capable of carrying the existing and projected traffic volumes for the foreseeable future ’ . |
| 4 | A multi-circuit pylon capable of carrying the existing line and the new cable and therefore replacing the present line rather than adding to it could also be considered for parts of the route . |
| 5 | As third man in the party I was given the job of carrying the large FRCC guidebook of those days . |
| 6 | Give every lion wings and make every caryatid an Amazon capable of carrying the whole world on her skull . |
| 7 | Instead of carrying the miserable burden of mass unemployment , we could be investing in new technology and in new skills , training and retraining our talented people to face a fiercely competitive world : instead of our education system declining and our health service fracturing , we could be building high-quality public services which extend security and opportunity to every family in the land ; instead of a society diminished by the violence and dishonesty of crime , we could be building strong communities which provided opportunity as well as protection for every citizen . |
| 8 | Sure , the DNA was perhaps a little preoccupied with carrying the genetic memory , but could not the memories of a lifetime be readily encoded in the myriad of potential unique protein sequences ? |
| 9 | Some had leprosy and other people 's backs were crooked from carrying the heavy containers . |
| 10 | One minute he was just standing there — and the next instant he suddenly grabbed hold of Laura , quickly scooping her tall , slender body up into his arms before carrying the struggling figure of the girl towards his large limousine . |
| 11 | A major problem arises in the adoption of a signing approach , and that is its effectiveness , not from the teacher or parent ‘ s point of view but from the child 's point of view , as a device for carrying the cognitive processes . |
| 12 | Verses 1–20 : the Kohathites are responsible for carrying the sacred objects of the sanctuary after the priests have dismantled and covered them . |
| 13 | This of course leaves enough space for carrying the supplied channel change , chorus off/on footswitch , a few leads etc . |
| 14 | The quote will fit the occasion , such as the following lines from Rudyard Kipling , Dave 's favourite analogy for carrying the top player 's bags : |
| 15 | At the same time , British Rail agreed to withdraw for the next six months a proposed price increase for carrying the high quality limestone to the BS works at Redcar . |