Example sentences of "to carry an [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It supplements the Prevention of Crime Act 1953 , which makes it an offence to carry an offensive weapon in public without lawful authority or reasonable excuse . |
| 2 | You should be able to carry an unreefed main up to 30 knots of true wind , but it will have to be trimmed quite flat . |
| 3 | While one argument against expecting schools to carry an additional load of knowledge is that such knowledge , particularly in the vocational field , rapidly becomes out of date , two arguments from the other side have some lasting weight . |
| 4 | The new Foxhound fighter , a development of the famous MiG-25 Foxbat , is the first Russian aircraft to carry an advanced radar that can detect cruise missiles flying at low levels . |
| 5 | If it can be proved that the pillion passenger knew the driver was only a learner the passenger would most likely commit the offence of aiding and abetting the learner to carry an unlicensed passenger . |
| 6 | It was in the next stage , when writing came to carry an increasing proportion of law , learning , religion and history , previously carried in oral forms , that very marked cultural divisions , already socially present in preliterate societies , became , as it were , technically stabilized . |
| 7 | Would they have asked you , without training , without experience , to carry an important package ? |
| 8 | Again some policyholders have been underinsuring themselves , leaving everyone else to carry an unfair burden . |