Example sentences of "carry [adv prt] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was n't the same corridor : it was narrower than the one they 'd been carried along on the transporter . |
| 2 | Angelica 's thinking that a bag of garbage has probably been carried along on the night swell and has become caught up amongst the pillars and the metal cross-tics ; there will always be somebody who 'll think that a couple of heavy stones and a drop out over the deepest part of the lake are an adequate way of disposing of all their empty cans and peelings and plate-scrapings . |
| 3 | The October revolution had been carried through on the assumption that Russia , although a relatively backward country and hardly ‘ ripe ’ for revolution in a Marxist sense , could help to bring about a European and later a worldwide transition to a communist social order . |
| 4 | Tug felt the call to join her , to leap to his feet and let himself be carried up on the tide , into a high and heroic world . |
| 5 | It was carried back on the blowing sand , but it moved unhurriedly forward . |
| 6 | An incomplete or sloppy check carried out on the canopy can be lethal , because if it comes off it is a matter of luck whether it hits or misses the tail . |
| 7 | Did you realise that 43 per cent of all sociological surveys are carried out on the M1 , M4 and M6 ? |
| 8 | Although there is no written evidence to substantiate this , no major repairs or maintenance were carried out on the machinery , and it is evident that it performed well from the start . |
| 9 | As you will appreciate , we hope to be collecting feedback on any research carried out on the tape within the next 4 to 6 months . |
| 10 | Staff training : this should be carried out on the day of commencement or the day immediately preceding . |
| 11 | Most interviews , including radio , can be carried out on the telephone , with the reporter asking a few prepared questions . |
| 12 | In 1985 a land-drainage scheme was carried out on the river Erewash near Eastwood in Nottinghamshire . |
| 13 | The term ‘ stock-taking ’ refers to a physical check carried out on the bookstock to ensure that the library still actually has all of the items listed in its catalogue or shelf register . |
| 14 | In his work Book availability and the library users , Buckland reports on a study carried out on the short loan collection at Lancaster University , in which he relates both the loan period and the library 's duplication policy to demand for individual titles . |
| 15 | Tests carried out on the prototype car 208 , showed that the car should accelerate to a speed of 30.5 m.p.h. in 17 seconds , against 23 seconds for a bus . |
| 16 | Strengthening and repair operations have been carried out on the bridge from time to time , including the addition of steel cables to assist the original chains . |
| 17 | Lighting , heating , ventilation have all been carried out on the most approved modern principles . |
| 18 | On structural grounds alone , a new building was needed as it was now so weak that it probably would not be able to withstand building operations being carried out on the surrounding land . |
| 19 | But numerous patronymics of later formation have lasted — Johnson , Jackson , Peterson , Lawson , FitzPayne — perhaps to a total of more than a hundred and fifty , and to this day there are useful studies to be carried out on the distribution patterns of such rarities as Mattimoe = relative of Matthew . |
| 20 | shortlisting should be carried out on the basis of a previously agreed person specification detailing the qualifications , experience and skills necessary to do the job ; |
| 21 | Using a word processor , all corrections are carried out on the screen before a document is printed . |
| 22 | Further expansion was carried out on the same basis , progressively moving through the model until more specific activities started to emerge , such as those that could be associated with component 8.7 , ie reduce costs : |
| 23 | SPAR 's behaviour seems better if two conditions apply : that the reasoner is known to be less reliable than the linguistic part of the system , as it might be if the texts processed describe a relatively open domain ; and that , as for example , in a machine translation task , no further non-linguistic processing will be carried out on the reading accepted . |
| 24 | Detailed observations were carried out on the behaviour of the students during the actual course , and both students and teachers were interviewed as to their feelings in participating in this form of instruction . |
| 25 | Much of the field work is being carried out on the Upper Livulezi in Malawi . |
| 26 | In more anthropomorphic terms , it is as if one of the particles ‘ knows ’ what measurement is being carried out on the other and adjusts its state accordingly . |
| 27 | But video films of fires carried out on the test rig suggest that alarms will sound too late . |
| 28 | Radiocarbon analysis and dating carried out on the yellow , red and white paintings of Australian aboriginal cave artists 23 000 years ago , indicate that the pigments were mixed with human blood . |
| 29 | Despite the increased difficulties , trials have been carried out on the effects of homoeopathy in a chronic condition — rheumatoid arthritis . |
| 30 | There , the team 's entire assembly assignment would be carried out on the stationary vehicle . |