Example sentences of "[am/are] carry [adv prt] [prep] a " in BNC.

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1 These include policies of enforced separation whereby only activities that do not cause conflicts are carried on within a single entity , declining to act in situations of acute conflict , use of independence policies and Chinese walls .
2 Rocket tests are carried out at a missile centre at Shuan-ch'eng-tsu or at a nuclear test range in Lop Nor .
3 This case also often occurs in practice due to the results of cases such as grouped meter readings from customers who were at home when the meter reader called , combined with customers ' own readings carried out because they were out when the meter reader called , and a number of special checks that are carried out at a different time .
4 In the West , business agreements are carried out at a distance , say six feet or more .
5 Certain features are carried out on a large scale .
6 Professor J. P. Payne of the Department of Anaesthetics at the Royal College of Surgeons insists that a research nurse should always be present when tests are carried out on a patient .
7 Measurements are carried out on a sample clamped in a thermostat .
8 To make sure the system is working says stocktaking exercises are carried out on a regular basis and there are random checks of the collections .
9 Sensitivity at the outset far outweighs a full routine of complicated strokes if they are carried out in a mechanical and impersonal manner .
10 Current powers do not allow for searches that are based on a policeman 's hunch that someone may be carrying an illicit article , or for blanket searches that are carried out in a particular area or among particular groups .
11 The Government may be the paymaster , but the actual negotiations are carried out by a team of health authority representatives who might be industrial relations experts but usually are not .
12 While the majority are carried out by a person known to the victim , random attacks on strangers are on the increase .
13 This should not include VAT , as this is only payable when the repairs are carried out by a contractor/repairer who is VAT registered .
14 The defendant had produced a program called " Oscar " , a job scheduling program for controlling the order in which tasks are carried out by a computer .
15 Sometimes the salespeople carry out merchandising activities like building up shelf displays , providing window stickers and in-store advertising , although sometimes these duties are carried out by a separate merchandiser or team of merchandisers , particularly when some form of demonstration or product promotion is required .
16 NEW WAYS TO DIP INTO INFORMATION Document image processing can only fulfil vendors ' claims if the right analysis and preparation are carried out before a decision to buy is made
17 These three jobs are carried out within a time dimension .
18 Ministers are a bunch of desperadoes , and they are carrying on like a bunch of stoneheads .
19 Nothing in the scheme required that the training be carried out at a college — far from it — but endorsement of the scheme by local colleges is an important feature .
20 As full analysis may take several days to complete it is very important that it be carried out in a thermally regulated laboratory .
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