Example sentences of "[noun] [to-vb] [adv prt] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A library , like any other organisation , has a limited amount of manpower and money to carry out the activities required and expected of it ; training is just one way of ensuring that these resources are used in the most effective possible manner . |
| 2 | ‘ If a rusty water pipe bursts it takes an enormous amount of time to find the money to carry out the repairs . |
| 3 | It took me two hours to paint out the damage that Sweetman had caused to our hull . |
| 4 | He had called in a local firm of builders to carry out the essential brickwork , plastering and re-tiling on the roof ; after that , he took a hand in the redecoration personally , splashing on new paint and putting up wallpaper . |
| 5 | The sketch for the Upper Pond , part of Brown 's great natural parkland at Petworth , was discovered in the Petworth archives some years ago but the backlog of work on the estate and the disastrous storm of 1987 which destroyed thousands of trees delayed plans to carry out the design . |
| 6 | In 1971 an agreement was signed with the British Channel Tunnel Company Ltd and the Société Française du Tunnel Sous la Manche to carry out the project on the basis of a mixture of risk capital and government guaranteed loans . |
| 7 | It means that there are holes in the DLV's willingness to connect up the evidence and enforce the conclusions it generates . |
| 8 | As a matter of fact , directly after today 's game I will be going into frank discussions with the chairman to search out the real dead wood . |
| 9 | On occasion it was vital in a really bad case to carry out a tracheostomy — that is , to put a small tube into the trachea or windpipe , below the level of the swelling which is causing the breathing difficulty — but this was only rarely required . |
| 10 | In the case of the simple penal code , the essential reason it is in the interest of a firm in this case to carry out the threat of punishment is that it believes that if it does not it itself will be punished . |
| 11 | As for clothes , fashion consultant Barbara Thomas decided Norma had the poise and presence to carry off a sophisticated designer label . |
| 12 | Their original term was to be twenty-one years , though extension was usual , and few restrictions were imposed on the trusts ' powers of raising capital on the security of the tolls , on their use of it , or on the appointment of toll gatherers , nor on the freedom to contract out the tolls at auction . |
| 13 | Efforts to secure a ceasefire have so far failed to halt the clashes , which began when Serb nationalists launched an offensive to carve out a separate state which would be attached to a truncated Yugoslavia after Bosnia won international recognition . |
| 14 | provide an opportunity to carry out a few simple tests ( such as checking your blood pressure ) : |
| 15 | Those attending were given the opportunity to carry out the mock validation of a course which was defended by a very experienced course team . |
| 16 | ‘ The Territorial Army are using the opportunity to carry out an exercise in — ah — conditions where large numbers of civilians are present . |
| 17 | It points out that legislation designed to protect under-16s is not being monitored or enforced and argues that the draft directive presents an opportunity to carry out an urgent review of provision . |
| 18 | Legislation created a host of unemployed bureaucrats , municipal and seigniorial officials , who exhibited what liberals called ‘ passive ’ opposition to the constitution — the refusal of local authorities to carry out the administrative changes and apply the laws of the Cortes . |
| 19 | II , p. 258 ) — in other words mothers should have the wherewithal to carry out a household chore . |
| 20 | They do not have the wherewithal to carry out the administration and paperwork or to watch over them and ensure that they learn on the job and produce an effective piece of craftsmanship . |
| 21 | Campaigners have welcomed Cleveland County Council 's decision to carry out a road safety study taking in Sappers Corner and Truro Drive on the A689 on the outskirts of Hartlepool . |
| 22 | A SENIOR consultant admitted yesterday that the decision to carry out a Caesarian section on an expectant mother was left too late . |
| 23 | The decision to carry out a Caesarian section should perhaps have been taken after the 4.30pm examination when the heartbeat was known to have decelerated , he said . |
| 24 | And were your involvement the decision to carry out the search or was your involvement the operational search ? |
| 25 | The cost of checking that a loss has been reported to the Police , Hotel or Courier and the time taken to do so must affect the decision to carry out an investigation . |
| 26 | Although there are plans to scale down the additional pension , this will not affect anyone retiring before 1998 and will only marginally affect those retiring by 2009 . |
| 27 | Both the bid for Channel Five and plans for the new Teleport to be operated at South Gyle , carrying signals for both Television and Telecommunications via satellite , cable and fibre optic lines , are well advanced and require the continued integration of technologies to carry on the task of promoting Edinburgh as a centre of excellence in the new media . |
| 28 | GRAHAM NEARN , MANAGING DIRECTOR , CATERHAM CARS LTD Life in the Lotus position General Motors ' decision to kill off the Lotus Elan shocked many British car enthusiasts . |
| 29 | His running tore QPR to shreds and he took a Waddle ball after 30 minutes to go down the left and set up Bright for a virtual tap in , his eighth goal in 14 games . |
| 30 | Will he urge the chairman to carry out a study of the economics of mining anthracite from small drift mines employing up to 75 people because many believe that mined in that way , anthracite could be extremely saleable and competitive in relation to both opencast operations and imports of Chinese coal ? |