Example sentences of "carry [adv prt] on [noun prp] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Surgery carried out on Sept. 11 revealed that he had prostate cancer , but when he left hospital on Sept. 16 he declared that he saw no reason to retire early . |
| 2 | The Sri Lankan army carried out on Sept. 2-25 a further successful offensive against the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam ( LTTE ) in the northern jungle area around Mullaittivu [ see p. 38392 for major government victory at Elephant Pass in August ] , admitting a death toll of only 73 soldiers but claiming to have killed over 600 guerrillas . |
| 3 | A major military reshuffle was carried out on Sept. 9 involving 557 senior officers down to the level of colonel . |
| 4 | His abrupt departure from positions of influence in Senegalese politics had been signalled in an extensive Cabinet reshuffle carried out on March 27 , when he was dropped from the post of Secretary-General to the Presidency and Minister of State , a post he had held since January 1981 . |
| 5 | Key changes in a Cabinet reshuffle carried out on July 12 , 1990 , were the appointments of Gazana and Nzabahimana in place of Anastase Nteziryayo and Juvénal Uwilingiyimana [ for a full Cabinet list as of May 1990 see p. 37554 ; for February 1991 Cabinet reshuffle see p. 37993 ] . |
| 6 | An underground nuclear test , the first by the Soviet Union for almost a year , was carried out on Oct. 24 on Novaya Zemlya island inside the Arctic Circle . |
| 7 | A major Cabinet reshuffle carried out on Aug. 26 by Prime Minister Maj.-Gen. |
| 8 | Nigerian President Ibrahim Babangida carried out on Aug. 30 an extensive Cabinet reshuffle , involving the departure of nine ministers . |
| 9 | Nigerian President Ibrahim Babangida carried out on Aug. 30 an extensive Cabinet reshuffle , involving the departure of nine ministers . |
| 10 | A minor Cabinet reshuffle was carried out on Feb. 19 — the first since Namibia 's independence on March 21 , 1991 [ see pp. 37296-97 ] — when two new ministries were created . |
| 11 | A Cabinet reshuffle carried out on Jan. 20 , 1991 , by the head of state and Prime Minister , Lt.-Gen. |
| 12 | The second government reshuffle in less than six weeks was carried out on Jan. 31 . |
| 13 | A nationwide census was carried out on Nov. 27-29 during which time almost the entire population was subject to a dawn-to-dusk curfew and all cross-border activity was prohibited . |