Example sentences of "carried [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As flagship of the quartet , N185 carried aboard the then Secretary of State for Air , Sir Samuel Hoare . |
| 2 | The hammock , which was slung from a long pole carried on the shoulders of two men , was used for transporting the sick and infirm across rough country terrain and , in and around Funchal , for the rich and for the tourists who were carried through the dirty , and sometimes muddy , streets . |
| 3 | I was horn in March 1947 , at the peak of the Bulge : more babies horn that month than ever before or after , and carried through the terrible winter of 1946–47 . |
| 4 | During 1917 the proletariat detached the mass of the petty bourgeoisie from their earlier allegiance to the Mensheviks , SRs , and bourgeois nationalist movements of the minority nationalities , and in October , in alliance with the poorest peasantry , carried through the epoch-making socialist revolution . |
| 5 | The unusual theme was carried through the entire wedding , with vodka and schnapps served at the back of the church . |
| 6 | The district general hospital ( DGH ) units carried through the first stage of devolution of services . |
| 7 | The oral hygiene index carried about the same level of increased risk for total mortality as for the incidence of coronary heart disease . |
| 8 | To nine patients out of ten she was the first hospital sister with whom they had been confronted , and the great majority , when they walked , were pushed , or were carried for the first time through the double doors of our main entrance , were very apprehensive and trying to hide the fact . |
| 9 | You will now appreciate the load I have carried for the greater part of my life . |
| 10 | Edward I also became involved with the Scots by claiming the right of arbitration between the rivals for the Scottish throne , at the end of 1290 , and he installed a puppet government in the lowlands of Scotland and carried off the traditional coronation stone from Scone , transporting it to Westminster . |
| 11 | Coal for the mill 's steam engine was carried up the steep hill on donkeys . |
| 12 | Fifteen ships of the line , caught by the flood-tide , were carried into the unprotected bays of Cherbourg and La Hogue , where , on Sunday 22 May , Russell at last caught up with them . |
| 13 | Hayboxes were being carried into the principal rooms by the Mess staff , direct from the cooks back in the château . |
| 14 | Apply woodworking adhesive to both hole rim and dowel end so adhesive is carried into the joint |
| 15 | ‘ It was all cooked together , Inspector , but that for the high table was placed there , ’ Auguste explained , pointing to a corner table , ‘ and the rest was carried into the other kitchen , which is usually used for the preparation of food and storage . |
| 16 | The aldermanic principle was carried into the new county councils , and there were other indications that power would not easily be dispersed : ‘ the provisions for decentralisation … were whittled away , and in the end very little was left of the grand scheme of devolution ’ ( Redlich and Hirst 1958:207 ) . |
| 17 | This same feeling should be carried into the first welcome meeting which should set the tone in the way that gospel singer George Beverly Shea did for Billy Graham . |
| 18 | This combination of class and status was carried into the twentieth century . |
| 19 | As this conception of medical activity was carried into the nineteenth century , so did the changing medical model in some way foster the quest for truth in bodies . |
| 20 | During autumn he puts out his invisible lines that can only be seen under the microscope of the sun beams , and he is carried into the deep ocean , a balloonist travelling to an unknown destination . |
| 21 | unc The numerator carried into the tenths column leaves a remainder which is carried into the hundredths column . |
| 22 | unc The numerator carried into the tenths column leaves a remainder which is carried into the hundredths column . |
| 23 | The murmur of chanting voices carried above the far-distant thunder of the Grand Trunk Road , the old Mughal highway linking the farms of the Punjab with the bazaars of Delhi . |
| 24 | The " messages " from the brain are carried via the central nervous system : the brain itself and the thick bundle of nerve fibres which runs from it ( strictly , as an elongation of the brain ) through and along the spinal column . |
| 25 | Developed from a vast influx of sand that was carried onto the low rock basement by a rising sea level over the last seven or eight thousand years ( Ritchie , 1985 ) , machair with its essentially base-rich , alkaline , free-draining soils has provided a distinctive landscape element . |
| 26 | The glider circled the escarpment and was carried with the warm air currents into the upper atmosphere . |
| 27 | A large deep bunker has to be carried with the second , and there are three more bunkers on the way to the green . ’ |
| 28 | Three swords and two sceptres were carried before the English king at his coronation in 1189 : the sceptre with the cross probably signifying power and justice , the sceptre with the dove , equity and mercy , while the three swords may have been associated singly with authority , mercy and justice . |
| 29 | The danger of serious conflict occurring on the border was anticipated in a motion proposed by the United States and carried in the General Assembly in 1949 authorising UNCOK to observe developments on the border and to report back on clashes that could give rise to war . |
| 30 | In answer to the problem I set myself ( reports of which were carried in the provincial press in 1980 ) , a certain Mr A. Hatton of Birmingham wrote : ‘ If you visit some of the pubs , clubs and places of enquiry , you will get the solution to your enquiry … just speak to the majority of working people , blacks do not have the intellect or inclination for academics ’ ( personal communication , 12 June 1980 ) . |