Example sentences of "[was/were] carry out [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 For example , if one were carrying out a survey of library users over six days and the analysis for the working week produced , let us say , 20 print-out sheets , then to ask also for sub-analyses for each of the six days could result in a further 120 sheets .
2 Now when you went in you were carrying out a plan with you very close behind going down to the bedroom .
3 He must have forgotten there was a wind change , in any case a great mass of sand was blown in the direction of the little Base Camp and smothered the tea swindle but , worse still , it also smothered the various Instructors who were resting whilst the pupils were carrying out a detail in the air .
4 Alan , who was won several national awards , agreed to compete against all 75 children at Hinderwell Junior School , Scarborough , who were carrying out a topic on communications .
5 It was never clear whether they were carrying out a routine sample spot check on the facilities or merely seeking a quick meal before a meeting .
6 The police , who were carrying out an operation to recover illegal arms in Muhajir-populated areas , opened fire on the crowd which included women and children , many of whom carried copies of the Quran on their heads in a traditional sign of protest .
7 Sedgwick , born in Dent in 1785 and for many years Professor of Geology at Trinity College , Cambridge , and a friend of Wordsworth and Darwin , describes the galleries of Dent vividly and delightfully in his book , A Memorial To Cowgill Chapel 1868 : ‘ The galleries were places of mirth and glee and active happy industry for there might be heard the buzz of the spinning wheel and the hum and the songs of those who were carrying out the labours of the day . ’
8 For there might be heard the buzz of the spinning wheel , and the hum and songs of those who were carrying out the labours of the day ; and the merry jests and greetings sent down to those who were passing through the streets .
9 Discuss how your analysis would have been altered if you were carrying out the analysis on behalf of a prospective shareholder .
10 The governors stuck reasonably well to their instructions on this and other matters and , while they did not always understand the new societies in which they were serving , eighteenth-century attacks on their competence were certainly on some occasions political propaganda that colonists were naturally tempted to launch against men who were carrying out the policy of a distant monarch and government .
11 Mrs. Bidwell arrived at the door as the two attendants from the mortuary van were carrying out the body .
12 The aim of the proposal was to carry out a visit of one month to France under the ESRC/CNTLS Exchange scheme for social scientists in order to pursue collaborative work on Time , the family and leisure
13 The purpose of Study 2 was to carry out a laboratory task which allowed measurement of feelings of risk and a controlled test of memory for driving situations .
14 BT 's response was to carry out an area trial , promising to keep me advised on progress .
15 True it was that the plaintiff did not undertake to do any work additional to that which he had originally undertaken to do but the terms on which he was to carry out the work were varied and , in my judgment , that variation was supported by consideration which a pragmatic approach to the true relationship between the parties readily demonstrates .
16 Its most important innovations were the provision of an annual conference of delegates , elected by the membership , and a rule that the executive committee , similarly elected , " was to carry out the business of the BDDA in accordance with the decisions of the delegates " conference " .
17 De Alwis , Dr Netasinghe , head of the veterinary team , and the park rangers and trackers had another trump card in the person of the man who was to carry out the darting .
18 The complementary experiment was carried out a decade ago in the laboratory of the influential German school working on the origin of life under Manfred Eigen .
19 Angie Mellor , a Hygiene consultant from West Hoathly , was carrying out a survey at Broadmoor when someone asked ‘ What are you doing then ? ’
20 David Quelch of Buntingford , Herefordshire , admitted using the device to remove fish at a pit in Haddenham , Cambridgeshire without consent but claimed he was carrying out a health check on behalf of the owners .
21 He was carrying out a routine inquiry when his hand was severed by a Samurai sword .
22 She had drawn the curtains at the house the previous evening and was carrying out a routine check at about 7.30 am when she saw the smashed back porch .
23 The United States Overseas Private Investment Corporation ( OPIC ) together with the US Agency for International Development ( USAID ) was carrying out a feasibility study of the project .
24 On Sept. 10 , the FRY Foreign Minister , Vladislav Jovanovic resigned , claiming that the government was carrying out a policy " against the interests of Serbia and the Serbian people " .
25 The authenticity of the film was stressed in all the publicity and much was made of the fact that not only had the trial scenes been shot at the same time as the judge was carrying out the Detroit sentences but the film actually used his own words .
26 The commission was carrying out the responsibilities laid on it by Parliament in the Broadcasting Act 1990 .
27 He refused to comment on whether his organisation was carrying out the interviewing or ‘ disclosure ’ work on the children ; , he merely reiterated that they were involved in offering their assistance in whatever way was required by the department who had contracted them .
28 The company formed to explore the sunken liner said it was carrying out the search with the French Institute for the Research and Exploitation of the Sea .
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