Example sentences of "[was/were] carry [adv prt] [prep] the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In medieval times well-documented court activities were carried out at the caputs already discussed . |
| 2 | The great majority of thefts were carried out in the villages . |
| 3 | Our case studies of casual working were carried out in the hotels and catering industry where a large proportion of the casual labour force is to be found . |
| 4 | By Brig Scott 's account , " as far as I could see , during the next twenty four hours , all the arrangements in connection with the surrender and evacuation were carried out by the Yugoslavs speedily and efficiently " . |
| 5 | It was designed as a more effective replacement for the Police Complaints Board ( PCB ) which the public appeared to have lost faith in due to the fact that few complaints were ever substantiated , and that all investigations were carried out by the police themselves . |
| 6 | There was no limitation on the period of service overseas that a man could agree to undertake , and the crown was relieved of the burden of administration : recruiting , mustering and paying the troops were carried out by the officials of the magnates who made the contracts . |
| 7 | The House of Commons did not itself govern , but government was carried on within the confines of its guidance and approval . |
| 8 | I think it would be true to say that my two brothers and sister and I were products of the Anglican parochial system , at a time when almost all charitable work was carried on by the churches . |
| 9 | It thus seemed as if there was a significant dispute between the Realist and Behaviouralist camps , and for much of the 1950s and 1960s this dispute was carried on in the pages of the professional journals . |
| 10 | The ministry , it declared , had been for over a generation " merely the faithful executor of the intentions " of Alexander I and Nicholas I , so that " its every action was carried out under the orders and instructions of the tsars themselves " . |
| 11 | It was carried out on the orders of Salim Al-Makesh to give himself time to flee the terrorist base before Delta destroyed it . ’ |
| 12 | The Park is an important recreational resource for both the people of Edinburgh and visitors to the city , and a survey was carried out of the types of use made of the Park , the perceptions of users and the impact such users have on the site . |
| 13 | A series of tests was carried out among the prostitutes who came voluntarily to venereal-disease clinics in late 1989 . |
| 14 | At the Apollo 17 site an experiment was carried out by the astronauts which gave the seismic wave speeds down to a few kilometres depth in the vicinity of the site . |
| 15 | He in his turn was carried in by the men . |
| 16 | At its meeting on 30 October 1990 , the board received a report from Ian Wells , a senior enforcement officer , on the progress of an investigation he was carrying on into the affairs and business of the Winchester Group , an appointed representative of Norwich Union . |