Example sentences of "carried [adv prt] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The white man 's burden had to be carried on strong backs . |
| 2 | The number of passengers carried on international flights quadrupled between 1960 and 1970 , and quadrupled again ( to 4.2 million ) between 1970 and 1988 . |
| 3 | But Japan Air Lines ( JAL ) experienced only a 3.5% drop in the number of passengers carried on international routes in the year to March 31st . |
| 4 | Each section of the deck of the road is carried on sliding bearings , to allow for expansion of the sections . |
| 5 | Contemporary with the alterations to the main east-west road , at least one or perhaps two possible public buildings were constructed immediately to the south on Sites 1 and 2 , each with a frontage carried on four columns and set so close to the road that the new roadside drains had to be diverted . |
| 6 | Each tank was carried on four pairs of tracks , making a total of 16 points of support to each vehicle . |
| 7 | They were carried on four pairs , of which the two middle ones were fixed , whereas to move sideways in a radial direction when going round a curve , though normally they were held in a straight line with the fixed wheels by a pair of springs in compression . |
| 8 | The blooms are carried on long stalks and are over an inch across . |
| 9 | A 45m or 50m rope should be carried on all climbs , even though only short sections are used when moving together . |
| 10 | Of the three windows , the large central one is carried on carved figures , an unusual design , which has much in common with the façade at Spoleto Cathedral , of similar date , but with a later porch in front . |
| 11 | The Church of S. Luke has a central dome carried on 12 piers with squinches to transform the square into an octagon while higher up are small pendentives which convert the octagon to a circle . |
| 12 | Solid silver is extremely heavy , so these were carried on ceremonial occasions by huge men from a special clan on the Indian side of the border . |
| 13 | When we came to a final stop we were carried up many flights of stairs , taken into an apartment and dumped on the floor . |
| 14 | For the past two years , a cross-party section of politicians , mountaineers , hillwalkers and fishermen has lobbied the Ministry of Defence to retain the unit at Leuchars , which since its inception in 1955 has carried out 2,731 rescues . |
| 15 | THE AUTHOR , Salman Rushdie , yesterday condemned the death edict against him as a ‘ terrorist threat ’ after Iran renewed its call for the sentence to be carried out four years after it was imposed . |
| 16 | In a report on the fighting on April 10 , Lao National Radio stated that government forces had recently carried out two campaigns against " bad and vandalistic " elements in the north-western province of Bolikhamsai . |
| 17 | A man who 's carried out two rapes and six indecent assaults in Milton Keynes , is believed to have struck again . |
| 18 | Assessment was carried out two days after the application of the dressing to ensure no adverse reaction had occurred , and then continued weekly . |
| 19 | Until 1764 , Josiah had concentrated successfully upon the manufacture of what he called ‘ useful wares ’ , but he had carried out many experiments to improve the rather crude ‘ Egyptian black ’ wares already made by a number of Staffordshire potters . |
| 20 | He pointed out that although they would automatically have carried out such precautions , water would always be found in the deeper parts of the mine . |
| 21 | Having carried out such interviews ( and no set limit to them can be laid down ) researchers may then make a start on their topic headings and detailed questions . |
| 22 | The operation was carried out 10 years ago at Huntingdon County Hospital , Cambs , when the couple decided their family was complete with daughter Samantha , now 15 . |
| 23 | The ministry of agriculture has carried out successful trials on the new tests but says the government has yet to make a final decision on wether to fully adopt the new system . |
| 24 | He indicated that a vigorous recovery programme was being carried out 90,000 reminders had been issued and thousands of summonses sent . |
| 25 | Dunn ( 1983 ; 1984 ) in Cambridge has carried out extensive observations of sibling relationships and the effects of general family functioning of the arrival of a new baby . |
| 26 | Drummond also carried out extensive tests to improve the efficiency of his locomotives . |
| 27 | Syrian radio reported on Dec. 17 that Assad had pardoned 2,864 persons who had " carried out anti-state acts " . |
| 28 | In December 1973 , Mr John Morris MP asked how many judges had carried out non-judicial duties in the form of inquiries , commissions and reports , or similar tasks , during the previous twenty years . |
| 29 | The father , Mr P , also an English incomer to Orkney , had carried out various forms of abuse over a long period of time . |
| 30 | It is a necessity because it provides the opportunity for reflection on how well you have carried out various tasks and whether there are better ways of doing things . |