Example sentences of "carrying out [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After one visit to a juvenile court where some gang members had been committed to Approved School after ‘ carrying out depredations against shopkeepers over quite a wide area ’ , Dr Bryan ‘ could not help feeling a little depressed at the thought of so much high spirit , imagination , ingenuity and daring shut up behind high walls ’ . |
| 2 | Enquiry systems , based on either internal or external databases , for carrying out investigations into the performance of departments , product lines , competitors etc . |
| 3 | Strict crop movement and hygiene controls have been imposed on the farm and MAFF plant health and seeds inspectors are carrying out investigations of the surrounding area . |
| 4 | Not so long ago , when the US Navy were carrying out exercises in the Sea of Japan an American destroyer banged into , and quite severely damaged , a Russian submarine which was monitoring things a little too closely . ’ |
| 5 | These usually involve pupils wearing historical costume and carrying out tasks of a historical nature appropriate to the site . |
| 6 | Once the new dolphin kill quota is reached , US seiners must stop carrying out sets on dolphins until the end of the year . |
| 7 | Addressing Liverpool Crown Court , Miss Coltman : ‘ He said he was carrying out operations at the hospital . |
| 8 | He then retired to a small property near Ryde on the Isle of Wight , where he spent his later years carrying out improvements to the grounds and where he died 14 February 1853 . |
| 9 | The other , Reasima Abadi , will remain open after carrying out improvements to its waste treatment . |
| 10 | A new management grant programme will make £7.5 million available to owners for carrying out improvements to the environmental and social aspects of their woods . |
| 11 | The example shows that the use of this model allows the planner to examine the consequences of changes in the system ( for example , a new train timetable , differing train lengths , greater variability in train arrival times , more road traffic ) without carrying out experiments on the real world which , in this case , would be possible but would also be very expensive and inconvenient to road and rail users . |
| 12 | He raced successfully with Sunbeam , preferring roads to track , winning three further Grands Prix , until the end of 1927 when he retired , believing that ‘ owing to the near state of perfection which the automobile has reached … the need for carrying out experiments along unorthodox lines has diminished . |
| 13 | On this occasion Crabb was carrying out experiments in which the Admiralty had a peripheral interest , but it would not be in the national interest to detail them , and unfortunately he drowned and his body was swept out to sea . |
| 14 | The client is encouraged , and initially assisted , in developing and carrying out strategies for testing thoughts and beliefs about what might happen , e.g. ‘ If I ask my boss for a raise he 'll sack me or bite my head off . ’ , |
| 15 | Indeed he appeared to hold out the offer of an alliance with the radicals , insisting that there should be no split " among the democratic , progressive forces which are dedicated to carrying out transformations in society " . |
| 16 | A team was also carrying out checks on all 250 addicts registered with the Turning Point drugs centre in Worcester , where the body of Mrs Page-Alucard , aged 41 , was found at the weekend . |
| 17 | During those two weeks Patrick deliberately kept himself busy , carrying out checks on the precautions at onshore installations , flying out to the offshore platforms . |
| 18 | In such conditions as prevailed in the last phase of the Weimar Republic , of the total discrediting of a State system based upon pluralist politics , the ‘ functional ’ leadership of the bureaucrat and the Party politician as the representatives of the impersonal ‘ rational-legal ’ form of political domination , imposing laws and carrying out functions for which they are not personally responsible and with which they are not identifiable , lost credibility . |
| 19 | Individuals often deploy enormous amounts of energy to relatively little effect because they are carrying out functions for which they have not been trained or which are inappropriate to their status . |
| 20 | Government is becoming increasingly task or product orientated , rather than directed towards carrying out functions over long periods of time in line with established routines . |
| 21 | It accused Mr Mandela of carrying out acts of sabotage on dates when he was in prison . |
| 22 | The Far Eastern Economic Review of Feb. 21 reported that Azhar 's execution was widely interpreted as a warning to those contemplating carrying out acts of terrorism in connection with the Gulf war . |
| 23 | Some of the garages are still carrying out MOTs on cars . |
| 24 | He may be mute for some minutes and have difficulty in naming objects and carrying out commands for a little while thereafter . |
| 25 | He backed it not just because he was convinced by Rueff and his advisers that it would reduce inflation and revitalize the economy through the stimulus of competition , but because he was attracted by its theatrical elements — the symbolism of a new franc to mark a new political order , the grand gesture of carrying out commitments to Europe that the Fourth Republic had given up hopes of honouring , the rhetoric of a coherent plan of renovation as opposed to a collection of policies . |
| 26 | In June Fireflies of 1771 Squadron ( Implacable ) joined in attacks on the Carolinas , and the following month saw 1772 Squadron , which had joined Indefatigable ) , carrying out strikes against Japanese home islands , including raids on airfields and the railway yards on the north coast of Honshu . |
| 27 | The firm should not normally become involved in carrying out valuations of such assets as land and buildings or plant and machinery unless this is within the scope of the firm 's expertise . |
| 28 | Many of them usually earn their living by carrying out valuations on behalf of brewery companies . |
| 29 | It is also valuable when adding new socket outlets , improving lighting , extending circuits , tracing short circuits and breaks in wiring , installing fixed appliances , and carrying out repairs on a wide range of electrical equipment , including hi-fi , doorbells , toasters , hairdryers , and decorative lights . |
| 30 | While carrying out repairs to the main London-Portsmouth road at Petersfield , a county council workman dug up a shiny yellow object which turned out to be gold crown guinea , dated 1759 , and used during the reign of King George II . |