Example sentences of "[was/were] carry [adv prt] [prep] [noun prp] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Two national surveys of District General Managers ( DGMs ) were carried out in November 1990 and January 1992 , paralleled by surveys of all acute providers in the West Midlands Region with more intensive study of four case study districts in the same region ( Appleby et al. |
| 2 | A fruitless correspondence between Paton and Henderson was carried on throughout July 1931 . |
| 3 | This prospective study was carried out between January 1985 and December 1990 . |
| 4 | A major military reshuffle was carried out on Sept. 9 involving 557 senior officers down to the level of colonel . |
| 5 | A minor Cabinet reshuffle was carried out on Feb. 19 — the first since Namibia 's independence on March 21 , 1991 [ see pp. 37296-97 ] — when two new ministries were created . |
| 6 | An underground nuclear test , the first by the Soviet Union for almost a year , was carried out on Oct. 24 on Novaya Zemlya island inside the Arctic Circle . |
| 7 | The second government reshuffle in less than six weeks was carried out on Jan. 31 . |
| 8 | A nationwide census was carried out on Nov. 27-29 during which time almost the entire population was subject to a dawn-to-dusk curfew and all cross-border activity was prohibited . |
| 9 | The report said that £20.2m was spent unlawfully on highways maintenance since 1988 as it was carried out by Lambeth Direct Labour Organisation ( DLO ) without being put out to competitive tender . |
| 10 | Unfortunately , except for the separation of the Saar from Germany , which was carried out in December 1946 , none of the French aims proved acceptable to the other Allies . |
| 11 | An independent survey on willingness of workers to move with their job was carried out in January 1983 by communications specialists , Milne and Stewart Consultancy . |
| 12 | William 's attempt to achieve a pacification of the Highlands turned into a disastrous tragedy , when the dreadful massacre at Glencoe was carried out in February 1692 because MacDonald of Glencoe accidentally missed the deadline imposed by the government for swearing the oath of allegiance to William by five days . |
| 13 | A reorganization of the Council of Ministers was carried out in April 1990 [ see p. 37375 ] . |
| 14 | Robert 's parents , Garry and Thelma , both 26 , paid for the second operation which was carried out in November 1991 and it has proved successful . |