Example sentences of "[was/were] carry [adv prt] on [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Today Mark joined his colleagues for a training session in Armagh during which fitness tests were carried out on Mark and John Grimley , Ciaran McGurk and Gerard Houlahan . |
| 2 | Several trial runs were carried out on Anerley Hill , to test the special anti-run-back brakes , with which they were fitted , using trolleybus No. 65 , which was purposely dewired several times on the hill to make sure that the brake really worked and for the benefit of the press . |
| 3 | A major military reshuffle was carried out on Sept. 9 involving 557 senior officers down to the level of colonel . |
| 4 | It was decided to remove the guns with their powder and shot to lighten the ship ; this was carried out on Sunday 's high tide . |
| 5 | A minor Cabinet reshuffle was carried out on Feb. 19 — the first since Namibia 's independence on March 21 , 1991 [ see pp. 37296-97 ] — when two new ministries were created . |
| 6 | An underground nuclear test , the first by the Soviet Union for almost a year , was carried out on Oct. 24 on Novaya Zemlya island inside the Arctic Circle . |
| 7 | A post mortem examination was carried out on Mr Brock and South Clwyd coroner John Hughes was informed . |
| 8 | The second government reshuffle in less than six weeks was carried out on Jan. 31 . |
| 9 | A nationwide census was carried out on Nov. 27-29 during which time almost the entire population was subject to a dawn-to-dusk curfew and all cross-border activity was prohibited . |
| 10 | When finally broken down , DEC 's 1992 figures are likely to show that an even greater percentage of its workstation business was carried out on VAX/VMS than in 1991 . |
| 11 | During these years the fire engine and appliances were kept in the recreation ground behind the present Fire Station , and training was carried out on Wednesday evenings on this ground . |
| 12 | A 10 hour traffic survey was carried out on Tuesday , 28th August as a result of which a pelican crossing can not be recommended . |