Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] carry [adv prt] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The government responded by carrying out mass arrests of pro-democracy activists , and by the end of February violent confrontations were taking place between demonstrators and the security forces . |
| 2 | The majority of Athenian citizens were working men who needed the meagre payment that was eventually made for carrying out public duties to compensate them for the loss of daily earnings . |
| 3 | In fact , this figure is now nearer 20 per cent rather than 30 because salespeople are increasingly called upon to carry out ancillary work such as customer surveys , service work and merchandising . |
| 4 | In October Rentokil acquired Rowland Compliance Testing Limited , a Colchester-based company specialising in carrying out regular testing of portable electrical appliances and building circuits which facilitates compliance for employers with the Electricity at Work Regulations 1989 . |
| 5 | Assist in carrying out comprehensive observation of the patient and help in assessing his care requirements . |
| 6 | Each day , throughout the day , although not always aware of it , people are engaged in carrying out numerous activities which have the specific purpose of maintaining a safe environment . |
| 7 | Dave Bull , who many of you will know as a fanatical ‘ Stiff ’ and athlete in his own right , has been banned from carrying on shot-putt practice in the bar . |
| 8 | This is one criterion for judging the value of an analysis ; unless one believes in carrying out phonological analysis for purely aesthetic reasons , the only other important criterion is whether the analysis corresponds to the representation of sounds in the human brain . |