Example sentences of "carry [adv prt] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the compensations for being unable to read or carry on a casual conversation are overwhelming . |
| 2 | He suggests a reason for this — the power of habit : " People can carry on a great tradition while proposing a philosophy which denies its premises . |
| 3 | They can carry on a normal life like going to school or work and having fun with their family and friends , but they will be infectious to other people for the rest of their lives . |
| 4 | ‘ Well , sounds can carry on a quiet evening and you do n't want your father asking why you were acting daft . |
| 5 | Then , by way of habit , if you leave the dog alone it will continue barking , and this noise may carry over a considerable distance . |
| 6 | Tomorrow Mr Westaby will carry out a substantial operation on an eighty-two year old man . |
| 7 | It will also carry out a year-long research project into pupils ' choices at 16 for Staffordshire County Council . |
| 8 | ‘ … we find it unfortunate that Upjohn failed to respond at all readily to requests made by the Licensing Authority as early as 1990 , that they should carry out a new post-marketing surveillance study ’ . |
| 9 | Britain will carry out a joint naval operation with Colombia in the Caribbean aimed at intercepting cocaine shipments . |
| 10 | Any people who doubt this can carry out a simple test devised by the great cat authority , Paul Leyhausen , the next time they visit a zoo . |
| 11 | Ideational apraxia is seen when a patient can not carry out a complex sequence of movements , even though he is capable of carrying out each movement individually . |
| 12 | Using this as his measure of , Lucas can carry out a separate regression of on and for each of the countries for which he has data , once he has solved the problem of how to measure for each country . |
| 13 | It is n't much good writing ‘ I would carry out a thorough investigation and get to the bottom of this whole business … ’ |
| 14 | For this reason we would be grateful if you would carry out a thorough investigation of the accident with a view to preparing a suitable report to support our client 's claim in negotiation and , if necessary , at trial . |
| 15 | Curiously , when you ask them how they would react to deletion of the procedure of inviting criticism of their draft reports from the regulations , their response is along the lines of : ‘ If we were not required to do it we would probably carry out a similar course of action unofficially in order to ensure that we had not missed an important point . ’ |
| 16 | The latter will carry out a small number of random spot checks to verify a company 's samples . |
| 17 | The Environmental Health Officer will however carry out a Financial Test of resources to determine how much , if anything , you are expected to pay towards the ‘ reasonable ’ costs . |
| 18 | Even if there is no suspected infestation , these firms will usually carry out a no-cost survey , often recommending a precautionary treatment ( and guarantee ) . |
| 19 | MMC also said that in preparing its business plan each of our businesses should carry out a strategic review of its options in conjunction with a product/market sector analysis . |
| 20 | My people feel that the right hon. Gentleman would have been better employed if he had rushed to comfort the bereaved rather than carry out a song-and-dance act among people in Dublin , or even watch a rugby match . |
| 21 | We find it valuable to have a checklist of potential style markers ( even though this list itself is necessarily selective ) so that a reader may carry out a linguistic survey of the text , searching for significant features . |
| 22 | In their view , the EC must be endowed with the ability to formulate and carry out a common foreign and security policy , particularly vis-a-vis the East and Central European countries ; the lack of such a policy has unfortunately prevented effective EC action in the former Yugoslavia . |
| 23 | You may need to seek the advice of wood treatment/damp treatment firms , who will carry out a free survey for you ( subject to the agreement of the vendor ) . |
| 24 | We will carry out a free survey of your electrical installations and visually check the condition of your wiring . |
| 25 | When begged to return , he relented only on condition he could carry out a remarkable experiment : the so-called oprichnina , Ivan designated something like one-third of the country , carved out of scattered towns and provinces , as his personal domain , and set up a new administration to subject it to his personal will . |
| 26 | The Commission for Racial Equality can carry out a formal investigation and issue a non-discrimination notice . |
| 27 | Those were the days of the Board 's Cruises when , traditionally , a few members of the Board of Customs would carry out a seaborne inspection of a chosen area in the United Kingdom . |
| 28 | Stroud grants that if we want to know how a third person can know the nature of reality , we might carry out a psychological investigation of his methods of information processing , and then compare the results of his reasoning with known facts . |
| 29 | Their change of mind came after the president 's aides had said that if denied a referendum he would carry out a non-binding plebiscite anyway to settle the power struggle that has paralysed his reform programme . |
| 30 | But as the French press produced one embarrassing revelation after another , including leaks from the DGSE itself , it was decided that 65-year-old civil servant Bernard Tricot should carry out a rigorous investigation and that the French government would cooperate fully with the New Zealand police . |