Example sentences of "[was/were] carried [adv prt] at [art] " in BNC.

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1 Official attempts in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries to reform and strengthen the police duties of headmen were carried out at a time when the overall influence of headmen was on the wane .
2 Many such instances were carried out at the Chapel over the next few years .
3 In medieval times well-documented court activities were carried out at the caputs already discussed .
4 Business was carried on at a rather more sedate pace , lunches were longer and boozier and I was far , far happier .
5 But the study was carried out at a time of economic expansion and three out of four of the firms had experienced growth in the year prior to the study .
6 For these , training was a regular event and in one case was carried out at a separate meeting every alternate month .
7 His kidnapping was carried out at a time of great international tension , occurring only two days after US aircraft had conducted bombing raids on targets in Libya .
8 Much detailed work was carried out at a series of four preparatory conferences , known as " prepcoms " , the most recent of which , " Prepcom 4 " , was held in New York in April 1992 [ see p. 38890 ] .
9 Much of the detailed work on the conventions agreed at the summit was carried out at a series of four preparatory conferences , known as " prepcoms " , the most recent of which , " Prepcom 4 " , was held in New York in April [ see ED no. 58 ] .
10 The commendation reads : ‘ A difficult rescue was carried out at a high degree of risk to the crew .
11 The operation was carried out at the National Heart the next day , with the odds improving and I was then transferred to Harefield for five weeks .
12 Servicing of steam locomotive No. 90 was carried out at the Severn Valley Railway Works at Bridgenorth where a complete new firebox and boiler was made and then shipped to Galway for installation .
13 A pioneering and influential study in this field was carried out at the University of Birmingham by Sinclair and Coulthard ( 1975 ) .
14 Considerable work was carried out at the old carding mill .
15 The research reported here was carried out at the request of the Scottish Office Education Department in June and in November 1991 .
16 Further modernisation was carried out at the Imperial Grain Warehouse .
17 This initial mobilisation was carried out at the beginning of March with all staff receiving company induction , full food hygiene training and safety induction and familiarisation on board the two installations .
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