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

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1 First , do we really accept that a man in the act of undressing suddenly decides halfway through that he will hang himself and goes up to the garret without his boots on to carry out the terrible act ?
2 Her successor , Margaret Moore , successfully carried on the established pattern .
3 On July 3 the security forces successfully carried out a daring mission to remove wounded soldiers from the Fort in Jaffna town , under siege since mid-June .
4 If a client has successfully carried out a difficult homework task the group can reinforce this success more powerfully than a therapist alone .
5 WHEN it comes to munching mince pies , there is only one expert in the world robust enough to carry out the definitive taste test — Father Christmas .
6 It is essentially a melodic instrument and , though holding-notes in music of light calibre are charming in effect ( especially from or thereabouts with the exception — save in the hands of first-class players — of C ) it can not efface itself sufficiently to carry out the menial task of ‘ filling in notes of the harmony ’ in block writing .
7 On the other hand , it can be argued that real believers are incapable of distancing themselves sufficiently to carry out an objective study of their own ( or perhaps even of someone else 's ) religion .
8 Whereas a traditional craftsman would decide what should be done , how it should be done , when it should be done , and to what level of quality , as well as actually executing the task itself , modern management within capitalism takes on all these former conceptual functions , leaving labour merely to carry out the mechanical aspects of performing the manual task .
9 Better carry off an embarrassing situation with as much panache as she could muster .
10 Were they not merely carrying out a required social service ?
11 Thus the same researcher not only carries out the basic work on a new product but — equally important — is out in the market-place looking for and trying to solve customer problems .
12 Another issue , which commentators are keen to see debated widely , is the question of whether the Institute can effectively carry out the dual roles of protecting the interests of both the public and its members .
13 In addition to those covenants mentioned by Scott LJ above examples of those which have been deemed to touch and concern the land include : a covenant for quiet enjoyment ; a covenant by the landlord agreeing to supply a housekeeper to clean a block of flats ; a covenant in which a landlord agreed not to open a public house within half a mile of the tenanted premises ; a covenant placing an obligation on the tenant to repair ; and a covenant in which the tenant agreed not to carry on a particular trade at the premises .
14 From every point of view , therefore , the Crabb affair was a classic example of how not to carry out a dangerous covert operation .
15 The object of the following analysis is not to carry out a Stalinist witch-hunt of the text in order to pillory a deviant , existential , petty-bourgeois discourse ensconced illegitimately at the centre of Nizan 's literary production .
16 There is also an interesting account of the excavations carried out by Wright which caused Sir Mortimer Wheeler years later to use it as an illustration of how not to carry out an archaeological dig .
17 This , implicitly at least , demands the use of major computer systems , otherwise it would not be possible easily to carry out the necessary regular checks as to whether the various procedures have been undertaken within the prescribed time period .
18 Although HP has already carried out the main task of porting Unicenter to a RISC platform , the Sun port involves the move from a Berkeley-based operating system over to V.4 , as well as the work involved in supporting Solaris value-add .
19 Today , in east London , the public are cheering the Environment Commissioner of the European Community , Carlo Ripa di Meana , for issuing a directive that no work should be undertaken on the channel tunnel rail link because the Government have not carried out an environmental assessment .
20 Ideational apraxia is seen when a patient can not carry out a complex sequence of movements , even though he is capable of carrying out each movement individually .
21 and this that and the other but people must have heard what went on and and you know the next morning they 'd see a black eye and just carry out a normal conversation as though
22 Probably publicans were just carrying on an old tradition of involvement in popular sports .
23 This certificate normally carries on the reverse side a form of renunciation .
24 Where the adjuster feels there is likely to be a valid subsidence claim he should appoint a Consulting Engineer promptly to carry out the necessary investigations .
25 Sure Style spokesman Andrew Lincoln said : ‘ We have acted quickly to carry out an initial investigation into the activities of personnel at our Middlesbrough branch one of 15 remote locations in the UK . ’
26 These are replacements but are still carried on the original pendentives .
27 Even if there is no suspected infestation , these firms will usually carry out a no-cost survey , often recommending a precautionary treatment ( and guarantee ) .
28 Yet , as Samuel warns : ‘ even if nation is expelled from the class-room , it will still carry on an underground existence in the corridors and playground and an altogether more uninhibited one on television and the football terraces .
29 In the twenties , Mr. Cripps , described by A.G. Street as the ‘ prince of grocers ’ , was still carrying on the old established business .
30 In deciding whether to make a reference to the MMC the Secretary of State may ask for advice from the Director General of Fair Trading , as the OFT usually carries out a preliminary examination of the merger .
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