Example sentences of "[coord] [prep] carry [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 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 .
4 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 .
5 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 ?
6 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 .
7 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 .
8 He claimed the centre is structured to provide the necessary balance for training and for carrying out economic evaluations of medicines .
9 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 .
10 We are all in the business of making people laugh — and in Carry On films there is only one way to do that — good old slapstick humour . ’
11 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 .
12 Intellectual processes are involved in learning about maintaining a safe environment and in carrying out the many activities involved .
13 The second is to act as the government 's agent , both as its banker and in carrying out monetary policy .
14 Ken did n't have to put on drag in Carry On Screaming , the first of three 1966 releases , but in Carry On — Do n't Lose Your Head , he did get to wear a woman 's frilly corset which did n't go all that badly with the curled wig he wore as Citizen Camembert , the ‘ big cheese ’ of the French Revolutionary secret police .
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