Example sentences of "be carrying [adv prt] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The evidence from today 's inquest proved nothing conclusive about the locks , and BR have already said they 're carrying out a review . |
| 2 | Mr Woodbine 's hardly going to be carrying around a vegetable in his pocket , now is he ? ’ |
| 3 | An EEIG may be formed by persons , firms or companies ( or indeed other bodies , whether incorporated or not ) in the EC , but not by non-EC bodies ; individuals must be carrying on a trading or service activity ( including the provision of professional services ) and bodies may be public or quasi-public . |
| 4 | They are also enlisting the support of Chester MP Gyles Brandreth and will be carrying out a traffic count . |
| 5 | He should have been carrying out a test run but refused because the machine is blacked by the NCU . |
| 6 | I have , for the last ten years , been carrying out a research programme about organizational conditions for creativity and innovation , covering both soft aspects like values , climate and leadership styles as well as harder qualities of the organization like structure , strategies and special systems for innovation . |
| 7 | To find out what effect all this burning may be having on the upper atmosphere , particularly upon global warming , the Brazilian space institute , in collaboration with NASA from the United States , has been carrying out a research programme . |
| 8 | Moreover I can reveal that the findings of the Committee were certainly not those indicated in this letter ; we found that Derry Corporation had for many years been carrying out a policy of anti-Rome Catholic discrimination in employment and rigid segregation in housing . |
| 9 | You are carrying on a business if you sell or barter any of the livestock or their produce . |
| 10 | If dealt with in this order the opening gambit would be ( 1 ) ‘ I am an interviewer from the North Midlands Institute for Social Research and ( 2 ) we are carrying out a survey of the working-day of housewives . |
| 11 | If you are carrying out a VOR DME , or ILS DME the distances to required positions indicated on the chart will be accurately shown on the DME . |
| 12 | We are carrying out a study now and we shall seek to resolve that uncertainty as soon as we can . |
| 13 | A spokeswoman for Marks & Spencer said : ‘ We are carrying out a number of initiatives to improve the situation . ’ |
| 14 | A spokeswoman for Marks & Spencer said : ‘ We are concerned to learn of the poor perception people have of us but we are carrying out a number of ongoing initiatives to improve the situation . ’ |
| 15 | A spokeswoman for Marks & Spencer said : ‘ We are concerned to learn of the poor perception people have of us but we are carrying out a number of ongoing initiatives to improve the situation . ’ |
| 16 | Radio Cameroon said that two people were killed , many injured and 219 arrested ; it also alleged that " certain foreign radio stations " were carrying on a disinformation campaign against Cameroon . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Now when you went in you were carrying out a plan with you very close behind going down to the bedroom . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | Where Newco is carrying on a trade and incurs capital expenditure after 9 March 1992 in acquiring user rights to computer software , plant and machinery , capital allowances are available for such expenditure ( see s67A Capital Allowances Act 1990 ) . |
| 23 | The argument is that if Target is acting as agent for Newco , then Newco is carrying on a trade as principal through the agency of Target . |
| 24 | All you 're doing is carrying out a sentence that the courts no longer have the power to impose . |
| 25 | The present government is carrying out a review of navigation authorities , the results of which are unlikely to be known before the election . |
| 26 | The Minister should get his oar in with the Minister for Health who is carrying out a review in conjunction with the mental health tribunal . |
| 27 | In addition , being termed ‘ skilled ’ often simply means that the worker is carrying out a job traditionally performed by someone who has undertaken an apprenticeship and is therefore a craft worker by training . |
| 28 | And a Teesside Development Corporation spokeswoman said the UDC is carrying out a traffic study of the problematical Hartington Road interchange . |
| 29 | The project will also donate funds to Cambridge University , which is carrying out a study into ways of protecting the flora and fauna of the Indonesian rain forests . |
| 30 | To help tackle the problem , the park authority is carrying out a research study . |