Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] carry [adv prt] a [adj] " in BNC.

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1 In the intervals between his military activities Karadjordje had carried on a successful business as a livestock trader , selling pigs across the border into Austria , and he had acquired a modest level of prosperity .
2 ‘ Nuclear Electric have carried out a similar study , which also showed Deferred Safestore as the best option .
3 In May 1978 the County Council began carrying out a technical feasibility study on a section of state forest in the Boggeragh Mountains between Rylane and Nadd , in the townland of Annagannihy .
4 Colorado-based Miniscribe filed for bankruptcy protection in January 1990 when it emerged that its senior management had carried out a massive fraud .
5 Retired fire officer Terry Cooper has carried out a comprehensive survey of all the war memorials within a ten mile radius of York .
6 This group has carried out a large multicentre study on glucose tolerance in normal pregnancy .
7 For some reason we do not think in such simplistic terms and did not dismiss the Director of Licensing at the CAA from office when the pilot of a Vanguard trying to land in a snowstorm at Basle failed to carry out a successful instrument approach and killed all those poor housewives out on a day shopping trip .
8 Mr Wade said : ‘ Quite clearly , the ambulance service needs to carry out a full investigation . ’
9 The Rangers Service has to carry out a fine balancing act — too many visitors could destroy the very habitat the rangers are trying to conserve .
10 Since then , Robert and his wife Nicola have carried out a thorough and sympathetic restoration .
11 FENASTRAS has carried out a huge campaign to try and get her released and produce almost weekly protests against her disappearance in the main newspapers of San Salvador .
12 Sometimes this may come from a reduction in the number of people needed to carry out a particular task .
13 And in this particular county one has only got to look to Ryedale who s I so far as I know is the only authority to have carried out a comprehensive survey of local housing needs .
14 The auditors had carried out a specific investigation of the Gimco bills and with regard to recoverability , they had no more than an assurance from Gimco , an Abu Dhabi entity , that the bills would be honoured ‘ within three to four months or earlier when able ’ and an unsupported statement by G that he believed Gimco would pay .
15 The Politis editor , Mr Jean-Paul Besset , said his magazine had carried out a long investigation into dangerous waste dumping , including the discovery in 1983 of barrels of earth impregnated with dioxin from Seveso that were illegally shipped to northern France by an independent contractor .
16 Its authors are well qualified : Robin Callander was specialist adviser to the Agriculture Select Committee and is partner in a small estate near Braemar , while Neil MacKenzie has carried out a major preview of Scotland 's native woodlands .
17 ( Piaget did carry out an oral version of the task , but he does not report details of the results . )
18 While all this had been going on , Steve had carried out a thorough inspection of the locomotive , had oiled up the axle boxes and attended to the brake gear .
19 She is also claiming compensation because doctors had to carry out a lifesaving hysterectomy .
20 Does not that show that , despite all the promises and pledges , in the past five years the Government have carried out a sorry and tragic charade and have connived at every stage with Black Bob Scholey to sell off the Scottish steel industry ?
21 Poachers have carried out a sustained assault on tigers in the Indian reserve of Ranthambhor , 140 miles south of Delhi .
22 Responsibility for the bomb has been claimed by the IRA and the police have carried out a full investigation .
23 It was then that Chuck had carried out a quick examination of the unconscious Grant , to ascertain the extent of his injuries .
24 The Girls and Mathematics Unit has carried out a substantial number of project on girls ' classroom performance in Mathematics , spanning nursery to secondary schools .
25 The Australian company plans to carry out a Hanson-style break-up of ARC America .
26 The NRPB intends to carry out a second analysis in the next two years with a larger population and longer follow-up .
27 Grollet said a laboratory in Utrecht had carried out a second test on 14 September and that , too , had been positive .
28 Serbia had carried out a partial mobilization of the JNA reserve in Serbia on Sept. 28 .
29 Since then NMW has carried out a heavy rationalisation programme and the return to profits has come despite a fall in turnover from £5.92m to £4.66m .
30 The Royal Brompton has carried out a mere four heart-lung transplants this year .
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