Example sentences of "[noun pl] be carry [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Viruses are carried in the seawater from sewage outfalls , and while some may only cause minor stomach upsets , others , including coxsachie and echo viruses , could lead to hepatitis , meningitis and quasi-paralytic disorders .
2 He asked for a little restorative brandy , then saw a baker 's tray of delicious cakes being carried into the inn 's side-door .
3 More specifically , we can ask what implications are carried by the sentences about the contexts in which they are being used .
4 Under the codename Operation ‘ Dunlop ’ twenty-four Hurricanes and twenty-six pilots were carried towards the island on ‘ Ark Royal ’ .
5 We had a great sense of family responsibilities being carried into the work place .
6 And the boards were carried onto the drop plate and knocked out .
7 The changes were carried into the Companies Act 1989 and are now known as the ‘ New Settlement ’ .
8 It is found in the intermuscular connective tissue of the thorax and back , the eggs being carried in the bloodstream to the lungs , where they hatch and are coughed up and swallowed .
9 The RSPCA has always been in favour of whips being carried for the reasons outlined by Luhnenschloss , but its assistant chief veterinary officer , Alastair Mews , said : ‘ Future decisions can no longer be left to tradition , habit , or hearsay but must be based on good science .
10 Proposals were carried for the creation of " broad committees " , " Leagues of Young Chartists " and similar groups to attract those " who will not go all the way with the Minority Movement " .
11 The eggs and larvae are carried in the jaws of workers .
12 An alternative is that the pipes were carried across the valleys from higher ground on the far side by means of high ( and now completely vanished ) aqueducts .
13 The Republican tradition lasted into the Empire : ancestor portraits were carried at the funerals of early imperial princes and notables , and both the imperial family and the surviving nobility continued to stress , and indeed enhance , their origins and virtues .
14 Seven infantrymen are carried in the back , forming the dismounting element .
15 There may well have been others on other parts of the island , but unfortunately the heavy curtain of dust and fumes being carried by the wind prevented him getting right round .
16 He saw the hearse arrive and watched the two coffins being carried into the church .
17 The small town came to a standstill as the two coffins were carried from the family home on Markethill Road .
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