Example sentences of "[noun sg] to carry [adv prt] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As for clothes , fashion consultant Barbara Thomas decided Norma had the poise and presence to carry off a sophisticated designer label . |
| 2 | Those attending were given the opportunity to carry out the mock validation of a course which was defended by a very experienced course team . |
| 3 | It points out that legislation designed to protect under-16s is not being monitored or enforced and argues that the draft directive presents an opportunity to carry out an urgent review of provision . |
| 4 | In 1984 the Anglian Water Authority applied for permission to carry out a land-drainage scheme on the Stour between Stratford St Mary and Flatford Mill , with the purpose of converting the riverside pasture to oil-seed rape . |
| 5 | The inability to carry out an agreed suggestion may indicate that neither the follower nor the leader had really understood the problem when the objective was set . |
| 6 | Whatever the shortcomings of the assumptions made about cause and effect in the relationship between man and the environment ( and man with man ) the model shows how the use of a computer to carry out the vast number of calculations necessary to realize the model can allow the consideration of a very complex situation on lines not previously possible . |
| 7 | If it were possible to store all the different types of primary data in computer-readable form then it would become feasible to use the speed of the computer to carry out the required searches , comparisons , overlays and numerical modelling . |
| 8 | It also feared that a coalition with the anti-fascist forces might create similar problems to those which the Labour government of 1929–3 I faced when relying upon Liberal support to carry out a legislative programme . |
| 9 | Elijah heard a divine message sending him back to troubled Israel , with intuition as to definite things to do , one of which was to find a successor to carry on the prophetic ministry . |
| 10 | If I signed a contract to carry out a complete refurbishment of the interior of your house I have an obligation to fulfil that contract . |
| 11 | Illuminative evaluation An attempt to carry out an illuminative evaluation of the undergraduate information retrieval course was also made . |
| 12 | A manager can order an employee to carry out a specific task . |
| 13 | It expected that Scott would produce a building to vie with his great designs abroad and concluded with the hope that ‘ the recent discussions in which so much misapprehension has been exhibited will not shake your determination to carry out the selected design ’ . |
| 14 | That is why I directed Gwent county council to carry out a statutory inquiry into the organisation of the Ty Mawr home . |
| 15 | Often customs do not have sufficient manpower to carry out a proper inspection . |
| 16 | In-house personnel are being utilized on a full-time basis to carry out the above activities and as a consequence , internal data collection capabilities have increased . |
| 17 | Besides her undoubted love for Prince Charles , her sense of duty and her deep desire to carry out a useful role in life were factors in her fateful decision . |
| 18 | For example , detaining a child would be false imprisonment but for the fact that the law permits a teacher to carry out a reasonable punishment . |
| 19 | Following this storm over the Coroner 's remarks , the RHA asked an academic to carry out a short inquiry into the problem of suicides in Torbay . |
| 20 | Where there exists such a reluctance to carry out the correct diagnostic procedures or , as is often the case , there is simply a dearth of properly trained specialists , the natural result is treatment without diagnosis , the haphazard use of antibiotics ( such as penicillin for all urethral discharges ) , and an increase in antibiotic resistance of the gonococci coupled with an infuriating denial of the problem , ‘ Just look at our figures . |
| 21 | He said the decision was " quite independent " of the European Commission 's threat to take the government to court for its failure to carry out a full environmental impact assessment of the scheme , but warned that a new river crossing was still necessary and the government would bring forward new proposals . |
| 22 | The European Commissioner for the environment has said that he believes that there has been a failure to carry out a proper environmental impact assessment . |
| 23 | This can be the outcome of ( a ) a process which selects only those facts which prove a given case , and omits others — an intentional distortion of evidence ; or ( b ) an unwitting omission , a failure to carry out the exhaustive search for evidence which should characterise historical study . |
| 24 | The /U tells MS-DOS to carry out an unconditional format , and this reduces the amount of time taken to do the format . |
| 25 | One or more levels were put in from the side of Levers Water to carry out a shallow sub-surface investigation of veins which appeared to be untried , or suspected to be covered at outcrop . |
| 26 | Mr Toubon has denied the rumour which circulated in Paris after the March General Election that he was going to shut down the trouble-torn Bastille Opera to carry out a complete technical and financial inventory . |
| 27 | You 're being asked erm you told us you rang up the Assistant Chief Constable who gave you the authority to carry out the armed operation . |
| 28 | Until recently it was not uncommon for a librarian in a public or academic library to carry out an annual check of the entire stock in this way . |
| 29 | Meanwhile , at the UN Commission on Human Rights in Geneva , Portugal , the former colonial ruler of East Timor , called on Feb. 12 for a UN-sponsored international delegation to be allowed into the occupied territory to carry out an independent assessment of the situation there . |
| 30 | These claims should be investigated very closely as it may be possible for a local glazing firm to carry out a satisfactory replacement of the glass or glazing unit without replacing the window frame or door . |