Example sentences of "[conj] [prep] carrying [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was no question of his ever returning to the office , or of carrying on the firm . |
| 2 | They can make reasonable efforts by examining existing information or by carrying out a canvass . |
| 3 | Mr Justice Ognall said that after carrying out the killing , Green ‘ took determined and sophisticated steps in an effort to mislead the police ’ . |
| 4 | Mr Justice Ognall said that after carrying out the killing , Green ‘ took determined and sophisticated steps in an effort to mislead the police ’ . |
| 5 | Many owned coffee plantations , and not unnaturally were more concerned with the success of their investments than with carrying out government policy . |
| 6 | It contended that in carrying out their functions in April and May 1984 , the auditors owed a duty of care to investors in the form of the existing shareholders and to potential investors including Caparo . |
| 7 | Appeals will surely ensue but in the meantime we may well sympathise with those Soprintendenze who feel tempted to put all restoration work on hold in the fear that in carrying out their proper duties they may find themselves being sentenced as criminals . |
| 8 | It seems to me that it is impossible to say that in carrying out that exercise he misdirected himself or came to a conclusion to which he could not reasonably have come in the exercise of his discretion . |
| 9 | ‘ In respect of all the applicants , a declaration that in carrying out his announced policy under and in relation to section 61(1) of the Criminal Justice Act 1967 in respect of persons serving sentences of life imprisonment imposed in the discretion of the trial judge , the Secretary of State for the Home Department , in determining for how long such a person ought to be detained for punitive purposes should fix the date of the first review by the local review committee and the Parole Board strictly in accordance with a period of detention ( that is to say , the notional determinate sentence less one-third remission ) recommended by the judiciary as necessary to meet the requirements of retribution and deterrence . |
| 10 | We further believe that in carrying out these arrangements we enhance the company 's reputation , its quality of product , flexibility and responsibility within the market place , together with its personal service and image . |
| 11 | Whatever changes may occur , it is for you , the buyer or seller , to protect your interests , and there is no better way than by carrying out your own survey , whether you have a professional/mortgage survey or not . |
| 12 | Each cell is a unit : it contains genes in the form of DNA , which determine what form the cell will take ; and it contains machinery for protecting and for carrying out the ‘ instructions ’ of those genes . |
| 13 | You are responsible for maximising performance by supporting and developing your people and for carrying out the full range of managerial duties and checks as prescribed . |
| 14 | Can people who read it believe it to be objective and thorough when those who prepared it did not consult the agency that has the statutory responsibility for preparing flood prevention plans and for carrying out works to prevent flooding ? |
| 15 | The rationale for school self-evaluation is that the most effective means of improving the quality of the education provided by schools is to give them the responsibility for reviewing their own performance and for carrying out any reforms which seem necessary in consequence . |
| 16 | It will involve more members with decision making taken by those who are responsible for reporting back to the members and for carrying out the effects of such responsibilities . |
| 17 | He claimed the centre is structured to provide the necessary balance for training and for carrying out economic evaluations of medicines . |
| 18 | The court was , I think , going no further than was necessary to decide the case before it : the corporation was a private corporation formed under an Act of Parliament which was capable of holding property and of carrying on a business . |
| 19 | Furthermore , where an Act of parliament imposes a statutory duty on the defendant(s) to perform some necessary function , such as the provision of electricity or gas and public sewers , if in carrying out this statutory duty a nuisance arises by way of odours , for example , then in the absence of negligence the nuisance must be borne by the neighbours , however injurious to them or their property . |
| 20 | The verderers also co-operated with the foresters in supervising the exercise of customary rights within the forest , such as taking wood for fuel , fencing and house-repair ; in making arrangements at the swanimote for the agistment of the king 's demesne woods ; and in carrying out various inquiries in the forest into such matters as the rights of the Crown and the perquisites of the Forest officers . |
| 21 | Intellectual processes are involved in learning about maintaining a safe environment and in carrying out the many activities involved . |
| 22 | The second is to act as the government 's agent , both as its banker and in carrying out monetary policy . |