Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] carry [adv prt] [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 In 1984 the Anglian Water Authority applied for permission to carry out a land-drainage scheme on the Stour between Stratford St Mary and Flatford Mill , with the purpose of converting the riverside pasture to oil-seed rape .
2 Therefore , it was possible for subjects to carry out a certain amount of integration of information even when they did not know the theme of the passage .
3 He had called in a local firm of builders to carry out the essential brickwork , plastering and re-tiling on the roof ; after that , he took a hand in the redecoration personally , splashing on new paint and putting up wallpaper .
4 When Bishop Compton of Lichfield carried out a national survey in 1676 , it was estimated that five percent of the county 's population were ‘ sectaries ’ .
5 Towards the date for closure of Banstead , in mid-1986 , two researchers from the national offices of MIND carried out a brief study of the closure process .
6 I heard the sound of voices carried on the thin air .
7 All heads of department carried on a voluminous correspondence with this official .
8 Institutions authorised by the Bank of England to carry on a deposit-taking business in this country are required to make contributions to the Deposit Protection Fund as levied from time to time by the Deposit Protection Board .
9 They heard the horn again , the sound of hounds carried on the still air .
10 LIFESPAN uses a hierarchy of Options to carry out the required tasks , each option consisting of one or more Pages .
11 It might be possible to use an annual grant of £300 to carry out the necessary paintwork .
12 It might be possible to use an annual grant of £300 to carry out the necessary paintwork .
13 Others crouched on their haunches and kicked out their back legs behind them , like men carrying out a complex fitness programme .
14 Against this background , the Threshold Foundation provided Stephen Fulder and me with funds to carry out an 18-month survey to gather information on scientific , social , education and legal aspects of complementary medicine .
15 Henry himself marched into Anjou to carry out a similar policy and sent Geoffrey to do the same in Brittany .
16 To remove embryos from oviducts carry out the following steps .
17 In 1985 there were 791 cataloguers , two administrators and 169 photographers ; in order to carry out the current drive the number of employees has been set at 4,463 .
18 He told the King that he would prefer MacDonald to remain in office in order to carry out the necessary programme of economies ; but that if he failed to carry enough of his colleagues with him , then the best alternative would be for MacDonald to head a National Government containing members of all three parties .
19 If the new democracies are denied markets for their goods , then they will be unable to obtain the hard currency they urgently need in order to carry out the far-reaching reforms that will modernise their economies .
20 When they asked for volunteers to carry out the various tasks of such a committee , the offers came in promptly from all parts of the Hall .
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