Example sentences of "carry [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 He offered to carry the bags for her but she would n't hear of it .
2 But because of increasing restrictions over the past few years we have now bought a rack to carry the bikes on the back of a car .
3 But because of increasing restrictions over the past few years we have now bought a rack to carry the bikes on the back of a car .
4 Besides the four bridges at Newcastle and a tunnel under the river near Tynemouth , there is a new fast railway system from Tynemouth to Newcastle to carry the commuters .
5 The leader is seen to emerge in the drawing and to carry the others with him .
6 Furthermore , could not the very reproduction of the species itself be regarded as depending on a form of memory — genetic memory , the apparent capacity of the DNA , transmitted between parent and offspring , to carry the rules for the future accurate development of the new organism ?
7 Afterwards she helped to clear the table and to carry the pots through into a lean-to kitchen , the room in which they had eaten being the best parlour .
8 She got out , pulling up the hood of her waterproof , and helped him to carry the crates up the drive .
9 Matt and I will each drive a Bedford minibus , one hauling a trailer to carry the rafts and barbecue equipment home .
10 National competitions entailed special trains to carry the birds to the agreed starting points .
11 They imply also that the organization is prepared to make more mistakes , but to carry the consequences in view of the greater benefits to the organization as a whole from being action-oriented .
12 If the shooting is not up to the mark , we will need to carry the consequences . ’
13 ‘ They are saying to the council that they 've got to listen to how their employees and the public feel , and not to impose the cuts of central government on their workers and expect them to carry the consequences . ’
14 An Act of 1849 repealed the Navigation Laws , enabling foreign ships to import into British possessions in Asia , Africa and America and to carry the goods of any nation into Britain itself , though the masters and three-quarters of the crew of British vessels were to remain British and the coasting trade was to remain in British hands , at least for the time being .
15 Those poor men had a lot of problems driving in the poles to carry the lines and were obliged to use explosives on the last stretch over my land because they came across solid rock .
16 In 1954 , these groups were converted into the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority , operating outside the civil service , but still under government control and funded by the Treasury , with wide-ranging powers to carry the programmes forward .
17 The explanation is that there is no reason for them to be long — as distinct from other areas where they need to carry the wires over undulating terrain .
18 Finally in 1868 the British Government , at an eventual cost of ten million pounds , sent General Sir Robert Napier from India , with an army of sixteen thousand men including elephants to carry the guns , to release the captives .
19 Not only are they usually paid below the legal minimum — a study in 1984 showed three quarters of homeworkers in Britain were earning 1 or less an hour — but they also have to carry the overheads of heating and lighting .
20 After a short but successful amateur career he had been a steady winner of golfing titles in Europe and Africa ; had flirted with the American tour in the seventies , but without the conviction to make a real marriage of it ; and had been good enough occasionally to carry the hopes of British fans into the Open Championship .
21 Six of the Whitleys were to carry the men — thirty five paratroops of No. 2 Commando — and the other two to bomb Foggia to create a diversion .
22 More than £20 million of this would be made available to carry the measures through in Scotland , according to the Scottish Secretary , Ian Lang .
23 And it 's worth remembering to carry the nuts in a soft cloth bag and not a rustling plastic one .
24 If there is a drop in demand the informal outfit has to carry the risks and absorb the shock of fluctuations in the market .
25 You only need to carry the fags and milk .
26 You see I get the impression that , that most of you more or less are willing to except all the bad things about cars because given at this particular hundred has sixty three car er , car or vehicle owners , you 'll put up with the danger and the pollution and er , er all the various bad side effects of the motor industry because weighing things up you 've got independence , you 've got freedom , you 've got shelter , a wardrobe , some where to carry the kids , is , would that be a correct estimate , is that , that , that is a general
27 THERE was a time , I suppose , when you could expect to carry the essentials of modern technological developments in your head , and retrieve them pretty quickly and accurately .
28 By brush and pencil he conveyed in his innumerable studies of this quite ordinary girl , the fragility of an idealized beauty , and the paths of ill health , for in an enfeebled frame she seemed to carry the seeds of consumption .
29 They take ponies to carry the stags down the hill — nevertheless , it can be a long and exhausting day out .
30 Nor do the bees make the cell walls thicker than is necessary to carry the stresses they have to bear .
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