Example sentences of "[prep] carry [adv prt] [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 But over 18 months ago , the company shocked the fleet world by announcing that , after carrying out an independent study , it was reversing its decision and switching to cars equipped with catalytic converters running on unleaded petrol .
2 More significant for domestic purposes is s10(4) ( b ) and ( c ) which give the retailer a defence provided : ( i ) that he supplied the goods , offered or agreed to supply them or , as the case may be , exposed or possessed them for supply in the course of carrying on a retail business ; and ( ii ) that , at the time he supplied the goods or offered or agreed to supply them or exposed or possessed them for supply , he neither knew nor had reasonable grounds for believing that the goods failed to comply with the general safety requirement ; or ( c ) that the terms on which he supplied the goods or agreed or offered to supply them or , in the case of goods which he exposed or possessed for supply , the terms on which he intended to supply them ( i ) indicated that the goods were not supplied or to be supplied as new goods ; and ( ii ) provided for , or contemplated , the acquisition of an interest in the goods by the persons supplied or to be supplied .
3 Thames Water Authority are in the process of carrying out a general refurbishment programme at the plant .
4 Mr Hellyer was capable of carrying out a simple crime ; he was practically incapable of taking sensible steps to avoid arrest afterwards .
5 THE teenage lover of the man accused of carrying out a vicious sex attack on a coast to coast rambler told yesterday how he asked her to give him a false alibi .
6 The previous section has brought to light some of the difficulties of carrying out a radical approach to the development of information systems in many organisations .
7 In a statement on Nov. 19 the Comoran Union for Progress ( Udzima ) announced that it was withdrawing support from its leader , President Said Mohammed Djohar , and going into opposition ; the statement accused Djohar of carrying out a political witch-hunt following an attempted coup and subsequent Cabinet reshuffle in August [ see p. 38378 ] .
8 Schools thus slipped into the danger of carrying out a new range of management tasks without the benefit of fresh definitions .
9 The Gramophone Company 's record-producer Fred Gaisberg had the idea of carrying out a recording session ‘ supervised ’ by Sir Edward Elgar , then lying upon his deathbed in Worcestershire .
10 It contains the practical experience of the members of MAS built up over a number of years of carrying out a wide variety of MAS assignments .
11 MAGISTRATES granted bail yesterday to a 19-year-old man accused of carrying out a smash-and-grab raid at an Essex jewellers .
12 Both the Belfast and the Philadelphia projects restrict access to members of the research group or scholars who are temporarily affiliated for the purpose of carrying out a specified piece of work .
13 If they relate only to markets within the Territories will contribute to the cost of carrying out the necessary work at a rate to be negotiated .
14 But , once more , the qualifications were liberally added : ‘ as long as the individual is active and capable of carrying out the required duties ’ ; and ‘ where risks to other persons are involved ( eg driving ) , then adequate checks on ability should be made . ’
15 Nizan 's systematic refusal to countenance hostile assessments of the developing Soviet state was again illustrated in 1937 when he was called upon to carry out the difficult task of responding to Andre Gide 's highly critical view of the Soviet Union articulated in the latter 's Retour de l'URSS .
16 However , much of the enjoyment of success comes from carrying out the preparatory work yourself .
17 Tasks at these levels often involve controlled processes , this appears to be clearly demonstrated by the common observation that a driver may cease a conversation before carrying out a complex manoeuvre .
18 Preincubation of neutrophils for 30–60 minutes at 37°C with colchicine ( 2.5×10 - 5 M to 2.5×10 - 4 M ) ( Sigma ) before carrying out the indirect immunohistological labelling did not affect the staining pattern .
19 The Division has worked with one school in particular , Belfield Community School , Rochdale , in carrying out a five-year project designed to increase PITR .
20 If a computer spends a significant portion of its time in carrying out a particular sequence of steps , then performance could be improved by replacing these steps by a single instruction implemented as a microprogram .
21 There may well be an important role for the LEA advisers/ inspectors assisting an institution in carrying out a full audit .
22 The Clinton administration is likely to have considerable difficulty in carrying out a proposed joint ‘ clean car ’ research and development programme with the major US car manufacturers .
23 Where an undertaking refuses to co-operate with the Commission , the Commission can not force access to the premises , but it can call for the assistance of the relevant national authorities in carrying out an active search for evidence and the national authorities must co-operate in providing such assistance .
24 These included the dismissal of the Peronist governor of the north-western Catamarca province , Ramón Saadi ; co-operation with the United States authorities in carrying out an aerial survey to detect drug trafficking activity ; and the creation of a Justice Ministry .
25 There , despite the identical name of ‘ collective agreements ’ , it is regarded not as an adversary process but rather as a means of ensuring the full cooperation of management and workers in carrying out the economic and social plans and improving the management of undertakings ( ILO , 1980 ) .
26 They did improve in carrying out the correct sequence of treatment ( assessment , open airway , check breathing , check pulse ) .
27 Langley was a Household official who had assisted Robert Passelewe in carrying out the great series of Forest Eyres and inquests south of the Trent between 1244 and 1249 .
28 Our ignorance of the methods makes if difficult to establish accurate estimates of the effort involved in carrying out the various tasks ; we may at least gain some idea of the order of magnitude of the work .
29 The sometimes insensitive and arbitrary methods employed in carrying out the regrading exercise has aroused scorn , derision and even despair from those who were led to believe that substantial pay increases were to be honoured at last .
30 ‘ this approach is in accord with the approach of the general law of principal and agent in relation to fraudulent misrepresentations made by an agent in carrying out the specific instructions of his principal .
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