Example sentences of "[noun pl] carry [adv prt] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 Legislation created a host of unemployed bureaucrats , municipal and seigniorial officials , who exhibited what liberals called ‘ passive ’ opposition to the constitution — the refusal of local authorities to carry out the administrative changes and apply the laws of the Cortes .
3 A glimpse of rough woodland carpeted with bluebells and wild garlic could be seen beyond a daisy-sprinkled lawn ; a wisp of smoke spiralled up from the trees ; voices carried on the still air .
4 I heard the sound of voices carried on the thin air .
5 The manager may take on that role but the new volunteers may find that they lack support as the manager is likely to be too busy with other duties to carry out the in-bureau training task thoroughly .
6 To count the nuclei of TE and ICM in late blastocysts carry out the following procedure .
7 To recover blastocysts carry out the following steps .
8 ‘ All those models carried on the same way the artists did .
9 To recover fertilized or unfertilized eggs carry out the following procedure :
10 They heard the horn again , the sound of hounds carried on the still air .
11 They the the leads carried out the proper procedure , what 's laid down for them .
12 For instance , accountants and solicitors would normally both enquire into the terms of any leases or major contracts held by the target , and it is obviously not in the investor 's interest to retain both these advisers to carry out the same examination .
13 Mr. Christie presented several sets of rules for Flower Shows and the meeting appointed a committee of eight members to carry out the necessary arrangements .
14 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 .
15 ACET volunteers carry out the following tasks as well as many others :
16 She worked on automatic pilot , hands carrying out the necessary movements , her brain active elsewhere .
17 Scottish police carrying out the criminal investigation on Lockerbie had earlier been authorized to interview the suspect , named as Mohamed Abu Talb , who had worked under various identities for Palestinian groups in Egypt and Lebanon , but his lawyers refused to agree to interrogation procedures .
18 LIFESPAN uses a hierarchy of Options to carry out the required tasks , each option consisting of one or more Pages .
19 Management by crisis is a favoured metaphor of managing because it implies disentangling realities and priorities in a hurry , making a decision , and executing it by getting others to carry out the appropriate actions .
20 Within each specialised task there were some miners more willing and more able than others to carry out the specialised work .
21 To remove embryos from oviducts carry out the following steps .
22 The nurses carried out the usual steam tent preparations while I gave the child one dose of aconite .
23 Once the taster has made his decisions , the lodge workmen carry out the blending process .
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