Example sentences of "[verb] to carry [adv prt] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Mr Wade said : ‘ Quite clearly , the ambulance service needs to carry out a full investigation . ’ |
| 5 | This situation — where one man , eminent as he is , nevertheless has to carry out a huge amount of work effectively on his own , mirrors the two previous demutualisations — is a situation many believe should not have been repeated . |
| 6 | The Rangers Service has to carry out a fine balancing act — too many visitors could destroy the very habitat the rangers are trying to conserve . |
| 7 | Poor bus services have already been identified by new town bosses who want to carry out a full traffic survey with interested bodies , including Lothian Regional Council . |
| 8 | The Australian company plans to carry out a Hanson-style break-up of ARC America . |
| 9 | At the meeting it was decided to carry out a detailed analysis of the needs of each church 128 in all , of which fifty or so are of prime artistic interest and to calculate precisely the costs involved . |
| 10 | In addition to the methods mentioned above , which were used specifically to evaluate the undergraduate information retrieval course , an attempt was made to carry out a long-term study on the use of the library with regard to reasons for use , materials used , success in carrying out literature searches etc . |
| 11 | By creating what it calls a ’ socialist parliamentary democracy ’ , the party hopes to win back both its authority and enough support to carry out a painful reform of the Polish economy . |
| 12 | Fewer digits were repeated when the right rather than the left hand was used to carry out a tracking task . |
| 13 | The feedback from college staff , subject assessors and Field Officers will be used to carry out a detailed evaluation of the model . |
| 14 | The ministers also agreed to carry out a joint study of the rights of Mercosur countries , under national and international law , vis-à-vis those of foreign companies and investors , with a view to harmonising legislation in the run-up to the creation of the planned trading bloc . |
| 15 | Ministers have agreed to carry out a fundamental review of the way dentists are paid in order to avoid a repeat of the crisis . |
| 16 | Sometimes this may come from a reduction in the number of people needed to carry out a particular task . |
| 17 | The NRPB intends to carry out a second analysis in the next two years with a larger population and longer follow-up . |
| 18 | Consultants will be invited to carry out a major study into the former steel plant , which closed last June with the loss of 1,200 jobs . |
| 19 | The tenant will not wish to restrict himself to too narrow a use , for while this might be satisfactory in the short term , if the lease is for 25 years much can happen to the tenant 's business , eg expansion or contraction resulting in the necessity for the tenant to assign or sublet the premises , in which case the assignee or subtenant may wish to carry on a different use . |
| 20 | You may wish to carry out a full post-production assemble edit . |
| 21 | The first year of my research made up my pilot study and from that I decided to carry out a full scale research project . |
| 22 | Further impetus to the work in the coalfields was given by a wartime committee which once again found the maps of these areas out of date and recommended that the staff should be increased to carry out a satisfactory revision . |
| 23 | We did , however , manage to carry out a certain amount of court observation and also to interview solicitors who dealt with some of the cases . |
| 24 | On the subject of home improvements , why is it that whenever I attempt to carry out a simple repair job at home it always seems to cause big problems ? |
| 25 | She had to carry along a spare one which belongs to her mum yesterday , in case the one she has had since 1984 became damaged . |
| 26 | She is also claiming compensation because doctors had to carry out a lifesaving hysterectomy . |
| 27 | The court found that Papandreou 's government had failed to carry out a 1987 EC request that investigations be made into ITCO 's activities . |