Example sentences of "to carry [noun] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | It would , however , be a great mistake to dismiss the event as an act of folly without any serious consequences , for the proof of the existence of a serious candidate led to the definite rebirth of Bonapartism as a political force in France and it was this movement which was later to carry Louis-Napoleon to power . |
| 2 | Even ignoring its importance as a local employer , to say that a sector which earns 15 per cent of GDP , which finances most of the small business start-ups in Scotland , which provides capital for companies great and small , which finances pensions and insurance for thousands of Scots , as well as backing for a quarter of the UK 's institutional funds , does nothing to help the economy , is to carry ideology to the point of folly . |
| 3 | We will provide improved scope for contractors to carry mail to final delivery offices . |
| 4 | But possibly the most satisfying task for the Hercules and its crew is to carry aid to the needy . |
| 5 | Your heart beats faster to carry blood to where it 's needed . |
| 6 | The post was much too risky , so sometimes I was asked to carry funds to Parma on my bicycle . |
| 7 | There was a daily requisition to carry troops to the Rossall rifle ranges , leaving between 8–30 and 9–30 and returning at the end of the afternoon . |
| 8 | For ‘ proposing to carry lemons with us to Sky [ sic ] that he might be sure to have his lemonade ’ , Johnson ticked off Boswell — on two counts : that he , Sam , did not wish to be viewed as someone who could not do without his preferences ; and that it was ‘ very bad manners to carry provisions to any man 's house , as if he could not entertain you . |
| 9 | On a smallholding it may be more practical to carry silage to the stock in yard or cowshed . |
| 10 | I still have to carry water to her because sometimes she wo n't come out of the byre and follow her mother , which means that she is left all on her own . |
| 11 | Tunisian and Libyan officials discussed bus routes to carry passengers to Tunisian airports near the frontier , while Egypt prepared to receive travellers from Libya at a military airport in Sidi Barrani , 50 miles from the border . |
| 12 | These hammocks were used until the 1920s to carry tourists to Monte and the surrounding countryside , the pole-bearers being human taxis . |
| 13 | It is possible to make out some of the railway , built in 1900 to carry stores to the 650 feet summit , the final gradient being an incredible 1:2 . |
| 14 | Some were small colliers , to carry coal to London . |
| 15 | The original Peninsular Steam Navigation Company was founded in 1837 with the award of an Admiralty contract to carry mails to the Iberian Peninsula ; it is one of the few British companies that operate under a Royal Charter — granted in 1840 . |
| 16 | In Sheffield , householders do not have to carry refuse to the end of their drives — how do we construct league tables to reflect that ? |