Example sentences of "[noun pl] carry [adv prt] in [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Despite widespread agreement that opencast coal mining is among the most environmentally destructive activities carried out in Wales , the Government has until recently tried to increase output from this method . |
| 2 | Checks carried out in Leeds after the fire gave a dose of 0.15 rems to the thyroid with an initial ground concentration of 320 nanocuries per sq . |
| 3 | According to Kang and Wilson , the best results are achieved if leguminous species are used to create the hedge , and trials carried out in Nigeria have shown that the most promising species are Leucaena leucocephala and Gliricidia sepium which will grow successfully even on degraded land . |
| 4 | This involves a detailed examination of patent data , as a means of assessing the strength of the innovative activity that companies carry out in Britain by comparison with other countries . |
| 5 | The first government inventory of rhino horn stocks carried out in November 1990 , recorded 1,415 kg in the hands of 386 traders . |
| 6 | A series of attacks carried out in Britain and West Germany in June were presumed to be the work of the Irish Republican Army ( IRA ) . |
| 7 | Two guerrilla attacks carried out in La Paz , the capital , on Oct. 10 and early on Oct. 11 resulted respectively in an explosion at a United States Marines residence and the destruction of a monument to United States President John F. Kennedy . |
| 8 | Studies carried out in Hull , did nothing to confirm this prediction . |
| 9 | A number of independent research studies carried out in California , Massachusetts , Hawaii and London have shown that moderate drinkers have a lower mortality rate than total abstainers and are less likely to suffer from coronary disease . |
| 10 | In the past some of the most famous research studies carried out in Britain by means of social surveys have not been concerned with testing hypotheses . |
| 11 | Results of studies carried out in Great Britain and the United States serve as illustrations . |
| 12 | The number of therapeutic abortions carried out in Northern Ireland is not known because they are contained in figures for gynaecological operations . |
| 13 | Opinion polls suggest that a variety of social reforms carried out in Britain in the last few years — the abolition of capital punishment and the liberalization of the law relating to homosexuality , for example — were enacted in the face of popular opposition . |
| 14 | In the Cabinet changes carried out in August [ see p. 39067 ] Prime Minister Constantine Mitsotakis took on responsibility for the Aegean and Andreas Andrianopoulos ( hitherto Minister of Industry and Commerce ) became Minister of State , alternating as Government Spokesman with Vassilis Magginas . |
| 15 | Kennedy and Sugden ( 1986 , p. 34 ) refer to seven recent surveys carried out in Britain and the USA that ‘ confirmed an ever-increasing acceptance of these techniques by businesses , so that utilisation rates of more than 75 per cent amongst the surveyed firms are commonplace ’ . |
| 16 | The ministry confirmed high levels of dioxin in the milk following tests carried out in March , and said some of the dairy products entered the food chain but there had been no public health risk . |
| 17 | Incidentally , both Stirling and Mayne were awarded the DSO for the series of raids carried out in December 1941 . |