Example sentences of "carry [adv prt] on [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Sri Lankan army carried out on Sept. 2-25 a further successful offensive against the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam ( LTTE ) in the northern jungle area around Mullaittivu [ see p. 38392 for major government victory at Elephant Pass in August ] , admitting a death toll of only 73 soldiers but claiming to have killed over 600 guerrillas . |
| 2 | Surgery carried out on Sept. 11 revealed that he had prostate cancer , but when he left hospital on Sept. 16 he declared that he saw no reason to retire early . |
| 3 | A major military reshuffle was carried out on Sept. 9 involving 557 senior officers down to the level of colonel . |
| 4 | He sounded people out and found the responses favourable , so he set about to prepare the finest survey to have been carried out on Manchester up to that time and indeed up to the time of Charles Roeder 's article , late in the 19th century . |
| 5 | Several trial runs were carried out on Anerley Hill , to test the special anti-run-back brakes , with which they were fitted , using trolleybus No. 65 , which was purposely dewired several times on the hill to make sure that the brake really worked and for the benefit of the press . |
| 6 | Today Mark joined his colleagues for a training session in Armagh during which fitness tests were carried out on Mark and John Grimley , Ciaran McGurk and Gerard Houlahan . |
| 7 | His abrupt departure from positions of influence in Senegalese politics had been signalled in an extensive Cabinet reshuffle carried out on March 27 , when he was dropped from the post of Secretary-General to the Presidency and Minister of State , a post he had held since January 1981 . |
| 8 | Key changes in a Cabinet reshuffle carried out on July 12 , 1990 , were the appointments of Gazana and Nzabahimana in place of Anastase Nteziryayo and Juvénal Uwilingiyimana [ for a full Cabinet list as of May 1990 see p. 37554 ; for February 1991 Cabinet reshuffle see p. 37993 ] . |
| 9 | An underground nuclear test , the first by the Soviet Union for almost a year , was carried out on Oct. 24 on Novaya Zemlya island inside the Arctic Circle . |
| 10 | Nigerian President Ibrahim Babangida carried out on Aug. 30 an extensive Cabinet reshuffle , involving the departure of nine ministers . |
| 11 | Nigerian President Ibrahim Babangida carried out on Aug. 30 an extensive Cabinet reshuffle , involving the departure of nine ministers . |
| 12 | A major Cabinet reshuffle carried out on Aug. 26 by Prime Minister Maj.-Gen. |
| 13 | A minor Cabinet reshuffle was carried out on Feb. 19 — the first since Namibia 's independence on March 21 , 1991 [ see pp. 37296-97 ] — when two new ministries were created . |
| 14 | A MAJOR environmental scheme is to be carried out on Cookstown 's main street — the longest and widest in Ireland . |
| 15 | It was decided to remove the guns with their powder and shot to lighten the ship ; this was carried out on Sunday 's high tide . |
| 16 | The hospital 's chief executive Len Fenwick immediately said the operation could be carried out on Tyneside . |
| 17 | A Cabinet reshuffle carried out on Jan. 20 , 1991 , by the head of state and Prime Minister , Lt.-Gen. |
| 18 | The second government reshuffle in less than six weeks was carried out on Jan. 31 . |
| 19 | WE LEARN of some interesting cosmetic dentistry carried out on Jack Nicholson for his title role in the £25 million film Hoffa , a gritty saga about Sixties Teamsters boss Jimmy . |
| 20 | Because so little work had been carried out on Hector 's dolphin before Slooten and Dawson began their studies , it is impossible to even guess at the number of dolphins which had been annually killed before 1984 . |
| 21 | When finally broken down , DEC 's 1992 figures are likely to show that an even greater percentage of its workstation business was carried out on VAX/VMS than in 1991 . |
| 22 | A post mortem examination was carried out on Mr Brock and South Clwyd coroner John Hughes was informed . |
| 23 | A subsidiary raid would be carried out on Bagoush airfield to create as much of a diversion as possible . |
| 24 | GADP co-ordinates all the work being carried out on SCOTVEC 's group awards comprising National Awards ( including Scottish Vocational Qualifications , ( SVQs ) ) and tailored awards devised to meet the needs of particular organisations and employers . |
| 25 | A 10 hour traffic survey was carried out on Tuesday , 28th August as a result of which a pelican crossing can not be recommended . |
| 26 | In December 1990 , Iran 's spiritual leader Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei had reaffirmed the late Ayatollah Khomeini 's February 1989 call for a death sentence to be carried out on Rushdie [ see pp. 36450-51 ; 37266 ; 37549 ; 37929 ] . |
| 27 | A nationwide census was carried out on Nov. 27-29 during which time almost the entire population was subject to a dawn-to-dusk curfew and all cross-border activity was prohibited . |
| 28 | During these years the fire engine and appliances were kept in the recreation ground behind the present Fire Station , and training was carried out on Wednesday evenings on this ground . |
| 29 | At Equity & Law , marketing manager Taylor says that the references and character checks carried out on Stephen Wright gave no hint of what was to come . |
| 30 | Meanwhile further tests are being carried out on Tania Probyn 's body … to solve the mystery of exactly how she died . |