Example sentences of "be carry [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the 1980s , the tendency for political power to be concentrated at the centre has been carried a stage further by a prime minister sufficiently determined and resourceful to achieve a high level of dominance over her cabinet colleagues . |
| 2 | It is as though the programme of Galileo and Locke , which involved discarding secondary qualities ( colour , taste , etc. ) in favour of primary qualities ( the quantities of classical mechanics ) , had been carried a stage further and these primary qualities had themselves become secondary to the property of potentia in which they all lay latent . |
| 3 | The process of simplification has now been carried a stage further by section 2 of the Torts ( Interference with Goods ) Act 1977 which abolishes detinue and provides that conversion now also covers the only case that was probably formerly the exclusive province of detinue — i. e . |
| 4 | This attempt to ‘ define ’ by inclusions has been carried a stage further by the Financial Services Act which , for its purposes , employs both inclusions and exclusions . |
| 5 | I stared into the mist until my eyes hurt , ahead , off both quarters , in case we 'd been carried the other way , even astern . |
| 6 | I 've heard that wild animals wo n't harm you if you 're carrying a torch . ’ |
| 7 | Well , you might want to , but at this autumnal time of year you do n't sink down onto cold pebbles making love in the starlight , unless you 're carrying a groundsheet . |
| 8 | ‘ Well , there 's no village here and we 're carrying the barrow for you . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ You 're carrying the future of the human race here , ’ cried Chico . |
| 10 | You 're carrying the pan of three |
| 11 | About 350,000 tonnes of limestone will be carried every year . |
| 12 | About 9,000 tonnes of limestone would be carried every week . |
| 13 | It either comes from the river beds or is scraped from rock ( tufa ) higher up the mountain — either way it has to be carried a long way over steep slopes . |
| 14 | Sometimes better ( > ) for passive motion ; they want to be carried the whole time but even then they may not be quietened for long and will demand to be carried by someone else . |
| 15 | Of course the parallel between ontogeny and phylogeny can not be carried the whole way through — prehistoric human beings did not look like newborn babies — but there are various reasons why we might expect the early stages of embryonic development to have some relation to the early stages of our evolution . |
| 16 | This assumes that all the women who are found to be carrying a child with Down 's syndrome will want to terminate their pregnancies . |
| 17 | You might be carrying a baton on the side of your pants , but you 've got nothing between your legs . ’ |
| 18 | The wine waiter happened to be carrying a very rare bottle indeed . |
| 19 | But your writing does seem to be carrying a torch for the songs of the mid-'70s . |
| 20 | The brief glimpse the signalman gained of the stranger was not sufficient to give a good description except that he was male and he appeared to be carrying a bag . |
| 21 | He is believed to be carrying a hand gun and should not be approached , ’ he said . |
| 22 | This picture is complicated should one or , especially , both of the plates be carrying a continent : the two continents collide with all the subtlety of a road accident . |
| 23 | A very special bomber because it must be carrying a very special cargo . |
| 24 | We will be carrying a report in our next issue of the magazine on our AGM ( 24 October ) and on our forthcoming exhibition to be held at the 181 Gallery in Hammersmith , west London this December/January . |
| 25 | She had guessed it would look better — more disarming — not to be carrying a bag ; as if she expected to be out only for a short time . |
| 26 | Or would you like to announce to Pulvidon that we 'll be carrying a priceless but unidentified object for a God-King ? ’ |
| 27 | Back to front , cos he 'd be carrying a lot of of hay on his back and that was to stop the hay seed , going down between it shirt and his skin . |
| 28 | One of the lads seemed to be carrying a bag . |
| 29 | He was found to be carrying a letter from Filshin which endorsed a deal whereby Dove Trading International would provide a credit line of US$7,500 million to a Russian firm , The Revival of the Urals Countryside , to import consumer goods and food . |
| 30 | Behind him I could see my mum , Emily and Mrs Quigley , who appeared to be carrying a large sheaf of corn . |