Example sentences of "carry [adv] [art] [n mass] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 The last possibility seems to be that our original conception of the rule amounted to the creation of a disposition to carry on the series in one way rather than another .
2 Theodore Barber of Medfield State Hospital in Massachusetts has carried out a series of experiments which suggest that there is nothing a hypnotised subject will do that a motivated non-hypnotised person will not do as well .
3 Kaimann has carried out a series of randomizing experiments , based on a file of 48 950 records .
4 Previously the Central Bank had carried out a series of devaluations of the new cruzado , which on its introduction in January 1989 had exchanged at near equity with the United States dollar .
5 Ranjan Wijeratne , the Plantations Minister and Minister of State for Defence , claimed on July 26 that the LTTE had recently carried out a series of attacks on Sinhalese villages .
6 The ULFA , a Maoist group which had risen to prominence in 1990 , controlled large tracts of upper Assam and had carried out a series of assassinations , kidnappings and bomb attacks .
7 Bomb disposal experts have carried out a series of controlled explosions on a store of Second World War weapons and ammunition .
8 Police believe he 's the so-called ’ Fishermead rapist ’ , who 's carried out a series of attacks on the Fishermead estate .
9 Police are stepping up their hunt for a man who 's carried out a series of sexual attacks on women in the last seven months .
10 Police belive he 's the so-called Fishermead rapist , who 's carried out a series of attacks on and around the Fishermead Estate .
11 It was agreed that the SAS would carry out a series of raids on these airfields in early July , leaving only a week to prepare for departure .
12 On the periphery of the Lunar landing operation itself , Armstrong was required to carry out a series of tests and experiments .
13 2.14 The Landlord shall procure that the obligations of the contractor under clause of the Building Contract are complied with within the period applicable but ( save as provided in clause 16.3 [ of this agreement and in clause [ s ] of the Lease ] the Landlord shall with effect from the Certificate Date be under no liability to the Tenant in respect of any failure to carry out the Works in accordance with clauses 2.2.1 and 2.2.3 ( save as regards matters specified in any Defects Notice which were not remedied to the Surveyor 's [ reasonable ] satisfaction ) The part of this clause commencing … but ( save as provided in clause 16.3 … to the end of the clause should be deleted , as a tenant may consider it unreasonable for a landlord to exempt itself from liability in this manner .
14 By reserving a right for the landlord to carry out the works in the event of the tenant 's default , the landlord does in fact run a slight risk pursuant to s 4(4) of the Defective Premises Act 1972 but the risk is small compared to the relative advantage of the re-entry provision .
15 Mr Justice Jowitt commenting at the trial of Ernest Coveley , accused of carrying out a series of robberies with a cucumber The escargot laying season is between June and September .
16 It was not until 1988 that they set out a detailed strategy for carrying out a series of experiments to confirm their preliminary observations that nuclear fusion may be possible at room temperature inside metals .
17 Where the assignment involves an investigation , the assessment is likely to be based on students carrying out a series of instructions correctly and drawing valid conclusions from the results .
18 Again , ministerial confirmation is required and compensation is payable , for depreciation , disturbance and expenses incurred in carrying out the works in compliance with the order .
19 This method brings library users into the actual building , where they carry out a series of practical tasks concerned with location of materials , photocopying , use of catalogues , borrowing routines and so on .
20 Legal remedies can ensure that landlords carry out the works for which they are legally responsible .
21 2.8 Subject to the provisions of clause 2.9 the Landlord shall [ use all reasonable endeavours to ] carry out the Works to such a stage as would entitle the Architect to issue a Certificate in respect of all the Works not later than the day of It is essential that there is a specific date by which the certificate is to be issued even though this may be weakened by the proviso at the beginning of this clause .
22 In the early 1960s Stanley Milgram , a research psychologist at Yale University , carried out a series of experiments on the extent to which we obey authority .
23 He quickly carried out a series of bizarre bank raids , claiming he was wired up as a ‘ human bomb ’ .
24 Thus , McConaghy and his colleagues carried out a series of experiments on what they call ‘ allusive thinking ’ , a concept similar to overinclusive thinking and actually measured by them with a clinical , thought disorder test .
25 Moving into action , it then carried out a series of bombings , the most serious of which almost destroyed the private house of the Home Secretary , Robert Carr .
26 Shultz and his associates carried out a series of studies to investigate children 's understanding of intentions .
27 Some years ago Radio Luxembourg carried out a series of presentations to agencies on the subject of ‘ visual transfer ’ — a term used in the USA for the more or less observable fact that most of the TV audience recognize TV commercials from their soundtracks , and that , therefore , using the TV soundtrack , or something close to it , on radio can greatly enhance the coverage and frequency of a TV campaign .
28 Bickford was determined to make a safer type of fuse , and although he was no scientist he carried out a series of experiments with many different combinations of materials until , having nearly despaired of ever achieving his goal , he visited a friend in his rope walk and suddenly hit on the idea of spinning a light rope or cord round a tightly packed central core of gunpowder .
29 The activities of Naxalite left-wing terrorists continued throughout the year , particularly in Andhra Pradesh , where Naxalites of the People 's War Group of the Communist Party of India ( ML ) carried out a series of kidnappings of politicians and local council leaders .
30 On Pinochet 's 74th birthday on Nov. 26 the FPMR carried out a series of attacks .
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