Example sentences of "carry [adv prt] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They may argue as a point of fact that , to carry on a taxable ‘ business ’ ( or ‘ economic activity ’ — the terminology in the EC 's Sixth Directive , Art 4(1) and ( 2 ) ) and so use the partial exemption rules , the person must do more than just sell a mere , say , £5 worth of food , drink , tobacco , matches , magazines , books , postcards , camera films , audio or video tapes , cassettes , compact discs , records , sunglasses or combs each year . |
| 2 | No conscious effort is required , and it is sometimes possible to carry on a non-relevant activity , e.g. holding a conversation , whilst performing the activity . |
| 3 | In addition to those covenants mentioned by Scott LJ above examples of those which have been deemed to touch and concern the land include : a covenant for quiet enjoyment ; a covenant by the landlord agreeing to supply a housekeeper to clean a block of flats ; a covenant in which a landlord agreed not to open a public house within half a mile of the tenanted premises ; a covenant placing an obligation on the tenant to repair ; and a covenant in which the tenant agreed not to carry on a particular trade at the premises . |
| 4 | Institutions authorised by the Bank of England to carry on a deposit-taking business in this country are required to make contributions to the Deposit Protection Fund as levied from time to time by the Deposit Protection Board . |
| 5 | She did not want to carry on a lengthy conversation with this garrulous dumb woman ; she wanted to go to bed and hug Edward Bear . |
| 6 | The tenant will not wish to restrict himself to too narrow a use , for while this might be satisfactory in the short term , if the lease is for 25 years much can happen to the tenant 's business , eg expansion or contraction resulting in the necessity for the tenant to assign or sublet the premises , in which case the assignee or subtenant may wish to carry on a different use . |
| 7 | She had to carry along a spare one which belongs to her mum yesterday , in case the one she has had since 1984 became damaged . |
| 8 | By the early nineteenth century three ‘ large carrying establishments ’ had made their headquarters here , of which Sutton & Co. carried on a great trade with Hull and Gainsborough , Liverpool and Manchester , the Cheshire salt works and the Potteries , and with Birmingham , Dudley and the Black Country . |
| 9 | In the intervals between his military activities Karadjordje had carried on a successful business as a livestock trader , selling pigs across the border into Austria , and he had acquired a modest level of prosperity . |
| 10 | The coffin was carried on a horse-drawn cart because it was a long time before a motor hearse became available . |
| 11 | A vote was taken on this and was carried on a decisive majority . |
| 12 | Managing Director Stuart Hyslop said the posters with slogans on issues including the poll tax , crime , health and employment are carried on a commercial cash basis and no other party has approached the company to book space . |
| 13 | On July 3 the security forces successfully carried out a daring mission to remove wounded soldiers from the Fort in Jaffna town , under siege since mid-June . |
| 14 | Stemberger ( 1984 ) has carried out a recent study of lexical errors produced by normal adult native speakers of English in natural speech settings . |
| 15 | Ask if they have carried out a similar job for someone else and whether you can contact the customer to check if the job was satisfactory . |
| 16 | ‘ Nuclear Electric have carried out a similar study , which also showed Deferred Safestore as the best option . |
| 17 | The writer had used 4 oz in 80 oz of 32 index fluid and , although I would have carried out a similar treatment as that ten years ago using saline , I consider this type of case nowadays has to be treated in a different manner , with up-to-date fluids and up-to-date knowledge — there are many first class fluids on the market today . |
| 18 | It has carried out a five-year study which it says shows no significant increase in radiation is reaching the earth 's surface . |
| 19 | Since then , Robert and his wife Nicola have carried out a thorough and sympathetic restoration . |
| 20 | While all this had been going on , Steve had carried out a thorough inspection of the locomotive , had oiled up the axle boxes and attended to the brake gear . |
| 21 | The Royal Brompton has carried out a mere four heart-lung transplants this year . |
| 22 | And in this particular county one has only got to look to Ryedale who s I so far as I know is the only authority to have carried out a comprehensive survey of local housing needs . |
| 23 | Retired fire officer Terry Cooper has carried out a comprehensive survey of all the war memorials within a ten mile radius of York . |
| 24 | If it is suggested that you are not sufficiently flexible to adapt to the reshaped structure that is envisaged , you may be able to challenge that view if your past record shows a steady upward progression and if you have carried out a wide range of tasks without serious mishaps . |
| 25 | carried out a reasonable investigation ; |
| 26 | Does not that show that , despite all the promises and pledges , in the past five years the Government have carried out a sorry and tragic charade and have connived at every stage with Black Bob Scholey to sell off the Scottish steel industry ? |
| 27 | Serbia had carried out a partial mobilization of the JNA reserve in Serbia on Sept. 28 . |
| 28 | The Girls and Mathematics Unit has carried out a substantial number of project on girls ' classroom performance in Mathematics , spanning nursery to secondary schools . |
| 29 | Its authors are well qualified : Robin Callander was specialist adviser to the Agriculture Select Committee and is partner in a small estate near Braemar , while Neil MacKenzie has carried out a major preview of Scotland 's native woodlands . |
| 30 | All the same , museum curators will have carried out a critical task in selecting the exhibition , in some instances having fended off proposals for inclusions with a political or a particular cultural bias . |