Example sentences of "of carrying [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Beware of carrying a subtle ploy too far today or of letting a loved one get away with playing emotional games . |
| 2 | In more general heraldic usage the word is applied to the bringing together of two or more sets of arms to form quarterings — this is to say a shield divided into a number of areas , each capable of carrying a complete coat of arms as a sign of familial bonding . |
| 3 | A jump-seat capable of carrying a seventy-pound child was added as an optional extra , but Univair made only 42 aircraft in 1950 and seven in 1951 before selling the ATC to Forney Aircraft of Fort Collins , who changed the name to ‘ Aircoupe ’ , made a number of further modifications including fitting the Continental C–90 engine , built twelve , then changed the name yet again to the ‘ Fornaire ’ , 82 being made under that identification . |
| 4 | Only one of the statutes accords the title of gentleman to landowners of this magnitude , yet it is clear that a great many , if not most of them , laid claim to the style even at the risk of carrying a bigger sail than they could bear . |
| 5 | ‘ I 'm thinking of carrying a small baseball bat in the car . ’ |
| 6 | The physical explanation is that the dielectric is capable of carrying a higher flux density . |
| 7 | If the reader is invited to be suspicious , and is nudged towards a defamatory explanation which the writer " did not care or did not dare to express in direct terms " the publication will be capable of carrying a defamatory imputation . |
| 8 | ‘ People come here aged maybe 50 or 60 and their blood pressure goes down to what it was in adolescence , they are no longer constipated , digestive problems seem to disappear , their sex lives improve , their eyes are shiny and they have a feeling of optimism instead of carrying a heavy load of despondency . |
| 9 | I WISH to warn people about the danger of carrying the new £10 note around this Christmas . |
| 10 | I prefer the flexibility and independence of backpacking with a tent , but with that freedom comes the penalty of carrying the extra weight . |
| 11 | The DoE said it considered the road to be ‘ capable of carrying the existing and projected traffic volumes for the foreseeable future ’ . |
| 12 | A multi-circuit pylon capable of carrying the existing line and the new cable and therefore replacing the present line rather than adding to it could also be considered for parts of the route . |
| 13 | As third man in the party I was given the job of carrying the large FRCC guidebook of those days . |
| 14 | Give every lion wings and make every caryatid an Amazon capable of carrying the whole world on her skull . |
| 15 | Instead of carrying the miserable burden of mass unemployment , we could be investing in new technology and in new skills , training and retraining our talented people to face a fiercely competitive world : instead of our education system declining and our health service fracturing , we could be building high-quality public services which extend security and opportunity to every family in the land ; instead of a society diminished by the violence and dishonesty of crime , we could be building strong communities which provided opportunity as well as protection for every citizen . |
| 16 | He was convicted of carrying an offensive weapon and got a 28-day suspended sentence and £200 fine . |
| 17 | The commuter was prosecuted , found guilty of carrying an offensive weapon , and fined . |