Example sentences of "[noun sg] carried on the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I could just barely hear her yells and shouts , a thin wailing carried on the wind . |
| 2 | The hammock , which was slung from a long pole carried on the shoulders of two men , was used for transporting the sick and infirm across rough country terrain and , in and around Funchal , for the rich and for the tourists who were carried through the dirty , and sometimes muddy , streets . |
| 3 | The present lord carried on the tradition , helping to raise money for the work with a big concert at which the Queen Mother was a special guest . |
| 4 | The other is a slim footbridge carried on the piers of what looks like a former railway viaduct . |
| 5 | As an infection carried on the air and in milk , diphtheria was not much affected by changes in living standards . |
| 6 | Not only does this force encourage the board to capsize , but the weight of the sailor carried on the boom is transmitted through the mastfoot ( M ) . |
| 7 | Well we 've fortunately been able to track them down to the waxes which er occur on land so what we 're seeing here is a , an input from the land carried on the dusts which are blown in the winds from the Sahara and other regions out into the Atlantic Ocean . |
| 8 | In Re A Company 's Application [ 1989 ] 3 WLR 265 the plaintiff company carried on the business of providing financial advice and was subject to the regulatory scheme imposed by FIMBRA pursuant to the provisions of the Financial Services Act 1986 . |
| 9 | At the same time , the proportion of freight carried on the railways between 1980 and 1990 dropped from 9% to 7% , while the proportion using road transport rose to 83% . |
| 10 | Mother carried on the tradition in our house and she was a talented musician . |