Example sentences of "it [was/were] carry [adv prt] " in BNC.

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1 They may , for example , be an adjunct to the use of Taylorism , where fragmented work leads t o the use of particular types of organisation structure , whereas co-ordination of the same overall task , if it were carried out by craft workers on an integrated basis , might be carried out by means of a much simpler organisation structure .
2 Where the activity involved is one which would not give rise to insuperable planning objections if it were carried out somewhere else , then the planning authority should do all it can to help in finding suitable alternative premises before initiating enforcement action .
3 Eamon Wilson , The Beeches , Portadown , is alleged to have conspired with a person or persons unknown to make a threat to Sean McIvor , making him fear that if it were carried out he would be killed .
4 And for 1,500 miles it was carried on the current without power , navigational gear or a radio transmitter .
5 Probably much of his success as a teacher sprang from this , for the young greatly enjoyed his moments of iconoclasm , even when it was carried on to the cricket field where he had no knowledge of and certainly no respect for the laws of the game , as a current Member of Parliament may remember .
6 Three operations did not succeed in curing his glaucoma , and he had to give up his business in 1878 , although it was carried on for some years by his daughters , Eleanor , Elizabeth , and Catherine , as E. E. Dancer & Company .
7 It was carried on well underneath Levers Water but an alteration of the country rock into a " clayey character " led to impoverishment of the vein .
8 It was carried back on the blowing sand , but it moved unhurriedly forward .
9 It was carried back outside and loaded into a waiting getaway car .
10 Where large scale production existed it was carried out by slaves , as was the case with gold mining in the Asante kingdom .
11 He also dismissed suggestions that the operation had been conducted under a blanket of secrecy when live television pictures were being screened worldwide as it was carried out .
12 Of course the low percentage achievement does in part reflect the very high targets that were set as the plan was revised upwards during the course of the period , and it was carried out under the slogan of ‘ the five year plan in four years ’ .
13 It was carried out with commando-like accuracy , ’ said a bank spokesman .
14 Workers in all the groups in all the areas were of the opinion that work and the organization through which it was carried out was inevitable and little could be done to alter it .
15 The students felt it was another infringement of their already limited freedom and disliked the highhanded manner in which it was carried out .
16 Prior to this it was carried out by the Directorship-general of Fine Arts , Academies and Libraries , part of the Ministry of Education .
17 It was carried out on the orders of Salim Al-Makesh to give himself time to flee the terrorist base before Delta destroyed it . ’
18 Mr Reynolds was kept warm and each procedure was quietly explained to him before it was carried out .
19 The massive amount of activity by developer builders after the mid-1960s , which continues to this day , can not be described as unplanned , given that it was carried out in relation to land-use planning and the provision of infrastructure .
20 Since it was carried out over a four-month summer period ( May-August ) , the practices of these industries with summer peaks will have been better captured than the practices of those with peaks at other times of the year .
21 What I 'd like to say is I think erm certainly in Scotland and in Strathclyde area that four years ago , erm the first women in transport survey was actually carried out , erm and it was carried out elsewhere in Britain and er this was as I say the first study that had been done and the results were very surprising .
22 As a result the magistrates , never very happy with the Act , were quick to criticize the way it was carried out .
23 They were angry because it was carried out unofficially — without the prior approval of the Party .
24 If this was a dramatic act it was carried out quietly .
25 Legislation requiring the registration of houses taking children for adoption followed , but respectable working class women resented this inspection , especially when it was carried out by the Poor Law Relieving Officer .
26 Rather it was carried out smoothly and efficiently by a part-time ‘ Glasgow housewife ’ .
27 The report said that £20.2m was spent unlawfully on highways maintenance since 1988 as it was carried out by Lambeth Direct Labour Organisation ( DLO ) without being put out to competitive tender .
28 The PKK had denied responsibility for a bomb which caused one death in Istanbul on Jan. 25 , claiming that it was carried out as a provocative act by a " counter-guerrilla " force .
29 In the past a private sector proposal had to demonstrate that funding costs would be less than if it was carried out by the Government .
30 It was carried out under general anaesthesia or local anaesthesia with intravenous sedation .
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