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

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1 Work was carried on around the lump in a fairly ordered pattern helping to keep everything in proportion .
2 The coach work was carried on in the trimming shop which was in Friary Lane but , from then on , Farr 's business was on a downward path , finally closing in 1929 .
3 I think it would be true to say that my two brothers and sister and I were products of the Anglican parochial system , at a time when almost all charitable work was carried on by the churches .
4 After Young 's death his work was carried on by the French Egyptologist Jean-Francois Champollion ( 1790–1832 ) .
5 The work was carried out during the period 1980–1 and the existing building construction was found to be generally in good condition .
6 All the work was carried out on their computers .
7 In fact , Mendel 's work was carried out before Weismann 's , but it did not become part of the corpus of biology until later , so Weismann 's ideas will be discussed first .
8 Almost all the stock work was carried out by wives and up to 60% of all work on some farms was probably carried out by wives .
9 After this initial rebuild , further work was carried out by several resident archbishops , most particularly San Carlo Borromeo who used his favourite architect Pelligrino Tibaldi ( Il Pellegrini ) .
10 Within a short time , extensive building work was carried out .
11 The man behind the remodelling was the architect Josef Mocker and the work was carried out by official artists such as Čermák , František Sequens and Antonín Lhota .
12 The work was carried out in 1843 and again Salvin was architect .
13 There the work was carried out until the L & B Railway had amalgamated with and leased a number of small lines , notably the Birmingham and Manchester , Liverpool and Manchester , and the South Staffordshire Railways .
14 Architects for the conversion were Cecil Denny Highton and Partners and the work was carried out in two phases , the contractors for the first being Newman and Kerry of Aldershot , and J. Edwards and Sons of Waterlooville for the second .
15 As the twenty-two by thirty-two foot painting was too large to move , restoration work was carried out on the spot behind tarpaulins fitted with transparent panels to allow visitors — most of them drawn to the Salle des Fetes by the ‘ Mona Lisa ’ — to watch work in progress .
16 From December 1991 to June 1992 work was carried out on ‘ DRD by Red Lake Seaplane Service along with local volunteers , who together logged a total of over 1,700 man hours of restorative work on the veteran floatplane .
17 Work was carried out by the Scottish Conservation Projects Trust , working on behalf of Sustrans , the cycling charity which campaigns for ‘ sustainable transport in our cities ’ .
18 All work was carried out using remote-controlled equipment and monitored on closed-circuit television screens .
19 A complementary body of work was carried out at this time by Flavell and his colleagues ( 1981 ) .
20 Field work was carried out during the spring breeding seasons of 1987–90 .
21 The work was carried out in ordinary classrooms with the full involvement of teachers .
22 In all cases , translation work was carried out speedily and efficiently , using , as necessary , teams of outside freelance translators .
23 The work was carried out between 1698 and 1704 , and during the course of it Francis settled in the town , with which , as ‘ Smith of Warwick ’ , he is particularly associated .
24 ‘ A great deal of time and effort has gone into ensuring that all materials and finishes co-ordinate effectively and that the work was carried out to the highest possible standards , befitting a grand old Bank , ’ said Tony Caroli , Property Project Manager .
25 Work was carried out in 1958 which included the rebuilding of the shrine in Cell-y-bedd .
26 Minor work was carried out inside the church which included the removal of the false chancel arch made out of timber , lath and plaster , and the matchboard ceiling in the chancel , because of extensive damage caused by furniture beetle .
27 The building work was carried out by Antur Tanat Cain ( an employment training agency ) using local instructors and trainees , and also by local building contractor David Tunstill .
28 From the time of Laurence little work was carried out on the Palace and it was again allowed to fall into decay .
29 No work was carried out on Sundays , though a watchman was appointed to keep an eye on things , being paid 1/ the day .
30 Considerable work was carried out at the old carding mill .
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