Example sentences of "carry [adv prt] [art] family " in BNC.

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1 Born in Venice in 1751 , Tim 's paternal ancestor Zaccaria died in London at the age of 76 , leaving his eldest son Joseph to carry on the family name .
2 He seems to have been trained , along with his three brothers , to carry on the family business , which also included bookselling .
3 To carry on the family tradition and blackmail Corosini . ’
4 ‘ And needed someone to carry on the family name and the title , to stop any distant relative from — ’
5 None of their three sons Roy , Robert and Clive have decided to carry on the family tradition .
6 By 1942 Greenly was in ill health but still carried on the family model-engineering business .
7 ‘ Well , ’ she said hurriedly , ‘ I did n't carry on the family business .
8 Like his father , Isaac became the leading figure in the Jewish community of Norwich , carrying on a family tradition of financial support for rabbinical study which earned Eliab , Isaac , and Isaac 's own sons Moses and Samuel the honorific title , HaNadib , ‘ the generous ’ .
9 A number of cases have dealt with the valuation of fittings attached to or used in connection with land , whether freehold or leasehold , and associated products and machinery , whether in farms , public houses or factories : see : ( 1 ) for a farming example , Leeds v Burrows ( 1810 ) 12 East 1 , where the value of the outgoing tenant 's hay and a " spike-roll " had to be assessed ; ( 2 ) for a public house , Smith v Peters ( 1875 ) 2O LR Eq 511 , where the household furniture , fixtures and other effects were to be valued ; and ( 3 ) for a factory , Jones ( M ) v Jones ( R R ) [ 1971 ] 1 WLR 840 , where there was a small company carrying on a family business of manufacturing and retailing woollen goods , and there needed to be a valuation of the premises and the machinery .
10 Most people want many sons because they carry on the family line and that means our clan can claim more land .
11 Some carried on the family business , as had been typical in the past .
12 They had two sons , Thomas , who died at Leghorn , and Edward ( c .1681–1734 ) , who carried on the family business , becoming free of the Masons ' Company in 1702 and master in 1719 .
13 He is survived by his wife , Betty , and his son Stuart ‘ Tiger ’ Surridge , who carries on the family firm .
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