Example sentences of "[noun sg] carry [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 A system based solely on attendance does not take account of the range of a councillor 's duties ; leaves some councillors better off than others ( depending on their employment situation ) ; and does not adequately reflect the added responsibility carried by senior councillors .
2 One of these is the Runefang carried by all Elector Counts , and the other is the Dragon Bow of Ostland , a magic bow whose arrows are tipped with dragon horn .
3 On the return journey the headboard carried by Flying Scotsman was raffled and raised over £250 for charity .
4 ‘ Piece Of Heaven ’ follows with melodic perfection , while ‘ Carnival Of Sinners ’ features a regulation of rock bass , guitar flourishes and a melody carried by strong vocals with a faint Prefab Sprouty tinge to them .
5 Cargo carried by oil and gas tankers or in bulk vessels is much more likely to be sold afloat than is cargo carried by general cargo vessels .
6 A quality innings of 46 from Crowe ended after 135 minutes when he had to play a Lewis leg-cutter and the ball carried to second slip Hick , who lunged forward to reach and hold it .
7 Applause and mock commiseration followed : George then followed with : The conceit carried through several verses which varied in pitch and volume as George fought for air against the unaccustomed alcohol .
8 That is to say , we do not know how these patterns of variation function within the community : we do not know what social meanings the variation carries for in-group members .
9 Baker said at a press conference in Berlin on June 20 that three main problems remained to be resolved before the conclusion of a START agreement : a common definition of new types of missiles ; agreement on the number of warheads allocated to each ballistic missile ; and greater transparency of telemetric inscription ( the coded electronic information carried by strategic weapons ) .
10 TRIPS to Ireland recently have reinforced my view that the P ( probationer ) plate carried by those cars driven by people who have passed their driving test within the last year , are a good thing and should be adopted here .
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