Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] [adv prt] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is also intended to carry out a number of modifications to the current listings , and to introduce new features which will broaden the usefulness of the Directory . |
| 2 | A procedure on the other hand , is specifically intended to carry out a number of actions , some of which may affect program variables , but it does not directly return a result . |
| 3 | Furthermore even in a fused profession , the barristers in chambers in the Inns of Court and elsewhere would undoubtedly enter into partnership as specialist trial advocates and do agency work for other solicitors , whose own staff were unable to act as advocates in every case or where the complexity of the case justified bringing in a specialist advocate . |
| 4 | In return for the group 's agreement to purchase and write off $4 million worth of Mexican debt from foreign creditors , the government has undertaken to carry out a $2.6 million programme of support for forest conservation efforts , with a particular focus on the Selva Lacandona , which is the largest remaining tropical rainforest in North America . |
| 5 | She did not want to carry on a lengthy conversation with this garrulous dumb woman ; she wanted to go to bed and hug Edward Bear . |
| 6 | Sometimes the hospital will want to carry out a post mortem , and the hospital will need consent from the nearest relative . |
| 7 | Your doctor may want to carry out an MSU ( mid-stream urine ) test , to find out whether bacteria are present in your bladder , and if so , which kind . |
| 8 | Your doctor may want to carry out an internal examination to check the size and position of your womb , which will help indicate how far along you are , or this may be done at your hospital appointment . |
| 9 | True to his belief in the efficacy of competition , he avoided building up an extensive chain of outlets , and preferred to thrive by vigorous marketing . |
| 10 | FCA of who had been found to be in breach of Investment Business Regulation 1.32 in that in Camberley between 6 October 1989 and 22 August 1991 the firm failed to carry out a review of its compliance procedures in accordance with the terms of the Regulation and having been in breach of Investment Business Regulation 2.09 in that in Camberley between 6 October 1989 and 22 August 1991 the firm failed to warn clients of the extent to which they may be exposed to risk in accordance with the terms of the Regulation and having been in breach of Investment Business Regulation 2.32 in that in Camberley between 6 October 1989 and 22 August 1991 , when the firm gave advice to clients such that , if acted upon , it would result in commission being received , it failed to inform those clients of that position in writing in accordance with the terms of the Regulation and having been in breach of Investment Business Regulation 2.47 in that in Camberley between 6 October 1989 and 22 August 1991 the firm failed to issue engagement letters in accordance with the terms of the Regulation and having been in breach of Investment Business Regulation 2.60 in that in Camberley between 6 October 1989 and 22 August 1991 the firm failed to ensure that it had adequate records in accordance with the terms of the Regulation was reprimanded , fined £500 and ordered to pay £250 by way of costs . |
| 11 | For some reason we do not think in such simplistic terms and did not dismiss the Director of Licensing at the CAA from office when the pilot of a Vanguard trying to land in a snowstorm at Basle failed to carry out a successful instrument approach and killed all those poor housewives out on a day shopping trip . |
| 12 | If I get home at 12.30 I probably wo n't want to go down a club , but I 'll pull a beer out of the fridge , sit down and have a laugh at everybody else making pillocks of themselves , including the prat who calls him self the Hitman . |
| 13 | We 'd want to go back a bit before that . |
| 14 | Even among those who stated their overall dissatisfaction , when asked to indicate their reasons , less than a quarter cited high charges as the reason ( service or errors made racked up a much higher 38 per cent ) . |
| 15 | If machines could be taught to plan over a chessboard , maybe they could do it in a factory as well . |
| 16 | This is because section 12(1) of the Supply of Goods and Services Act 1982 states that a " contract for the supply of a service " means : … a contract under which a person ( " the supplier " ) agrees to carry out a service . |
| 17 | In the Countess 's childhood , before the Revolution , and before Belgium had been liberated from Austrian rule by the French , women had been taught to glide along a floor , their feet hidden by wide skirts and their slippers barely leaving the polished boards . |
| 18 | It is , however , something to keep in the back of your mind on a shoot , and if you intend to carry out a post-production edit , pace can be a major factor in determining how you organise the assembly of your shots . |
| 19 | Leaders on Capitol Hill virtually put all other business on hold as it sought to hammer out a debt ceiling increase . |
| 20 | They might prefer to work out a general letter and simply insert the details such as where they saw the job advertised and the name given to the vacancy advertised . |
| 21 | She sit down on the chair but she 'll want to stand up a little bit cause we got bins underneath and she wants to put her feet on the bins |
| 22 | ‘ So you got to try out a few of these nice new cars yourself . ’ |
| 23 | Poles apart MANSELL and team boss Frank Williams failed to hammer out a deal |
| 24 | THE body of a 26-year-old man who was apparently buried alive while trying to rescue one of his terriers when it became trapped down a hole , has been found on a Welsh mountainside . |
| 25 | " Other candidates tend to write out a plan which is lengthy in the extreme , only to write out in sentence form the plan as an answer . " |
| 26 | The West Coast line is currently struggling to shake off a ‘ poor relation ’ tag . |
| 27 | But he has now lost four central defenders in Wright , Pallister , Curle and Parker , while Leeds 's Tony Dorigo is struggling to shake off a knee problem . |
| 28 | I got to work up a good sweat . |
| 29 | The Economy Ministers of Argentina , Brazil , Paraguay and Uruguay met on July 20 in the Uruguayan capital , Montevideo , and agreed to work out a joint set of rules to combat the dumping and sale of subsidised goods by non-members of their prospective common market agreed under the Mercosur Treaty of March 1991 [ see p. 38096 ] . |
| 30 | Such information was not highly ‘ theoretical ’ but it helped build up an objective picture of the people who went to the theatres I studied and gave me a useful corrective to people who made sweeping generalizations such as ‘ the theatre is for everyone . ’ |