Example sentences of "be carry [adv prt] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | He nodded towards a statue of the Virgin Mary which was being carried on high . |
| 32 | They started by working on a property while they were carrying on other employment , and then turning that property into hotel accommodation . |
| 33 | He discovered , for example , that laboratory technicians at Fawley were carrying out chemical tests without really understanding what it was they were doing . |
| 34 | The rape and murder of four US churchwomen who were carrying out humanitarian work with the displaced in December 1980 has received the most detailed international press coverage , but it is by no means an isolated case . |
| 35 | States of ‘ socialist orientation ’ , in the Soviet view , were those that were carrying out major social transformations such as the nationalisation of foreign monopolies , redistribution of land and industrialisation , and which were taking steps to further public education and to reduce poverty and unemployment . |
| 36 | The men were carrying out top-secret research into radar , and until now the incident has been shrouded in mystery . |
| 37 | They were carrying out top secret radar research . |
| 38 | Staff at the complex will shortly embark on training in disability awareness and Derry City Council is to carry out extensive renovations to the complex to improve access and comfort for people with disabilities . |
| 39 | Each section of the deck of the road is carried on sliding bearings , to allow for expansion of the sections . |
| 40 | Of the three windows , the large central one is carried on carved figures , an unusual design , which has much in common with the façade at Spoleto Cathedral , of similar date , but with a later porch in front . |
| 41 | Currently , much of the archival work reconstructing the administrative framework of the deposited documents is carried out retrospective to their creation . |
| 42 | Such consent is required , however , for alterations to redundant churches but not if demolition is carried out pursuant to a scheme under the Pastoral Measure . |
| 43 | On her visit Diana took France by storm and she has shown the world how happy she is carrying out official engagements on her own — in contrast to the Korean trip which she shared with her husband and which exposed their coldness towards each other when they spent most days unsmiling and glum . |
| 44 | Overseas , Wimpey Construction Management is carrying out fee-based technical and management services for the £200 million Colombo Centre project for Sonae Group in Lisbon , Portugal and will vigorously attempt to develop further this market in 1993 , a market which will also provide opportunities for the consultancy arm of GROVE PROJECTS . |
| 45 | Mexico 's state oil consortium , Pemex , is carrying out exploratory drilling in the vicinity of Ococingo and El Cantil , in the expectation of substantial finds . |
| 46 | Certain work that was carried out involved noisy operations and the programme was carefully coordinated with the hotel administration to minimise disruption and inconvenience . |
| 47 | Ship interiors were specially insulated to combat the problem and an operation similar to degaussing was carried out prior to docking with other vessels . |
| 48 | In addition to the normal diversion of public utility services in Lasswade Road and Gilmerton Road involving the Water and Drainage Department , SSEB and British Telecom , a major diversion of overhead power lines was carried out prior to the start of the roadworks contract . |
| 49 | A bibliographical search was carried out previous to the award being granted in the period Jan/March 1989 . |
| 50 | This was carried out on-line , although a similar method has been employed in an off-line study ( Bozinovic and Srihari , 1989 ) . |
| 51 | Meanwhile , another personality with whom Mickie would be later associated , was carrying out parallel research in autogyro design . |
| 52 | In the 1920s , when von Frisch was carrying out similar experiments on honeybees to those he had done with fish , he noticed that although initially a lone bee came to his food dish , soon afterwards many bees came . |
| 53 | In an interview with Pravda in March 1979 , the Iranian Minister of Information and Propaganda drew attention to measures such as ‘ the establishment of control over bases from which the Pentagon was carrying out electronic intelligence observations of the territory of the Soviet Union , the termination of the services of American military advisers in the armed forces , and a sharp cutback in the military budget ’ . |