Example sentences of "was carry [adv prt] on [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A major military reshuffle was carried out on Sept. 9 involving 557 senior officers down to the level of colonel . |
| 2 | It was decided to remove the guns with their powder and shot to lighten the ship ; this was carried out on Sunday 's high tide . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | The vast majority of the biomedical research that made this possible was carried out on animals . |
| 6 | The study was carried out on trees of greater than 30 cm girth at breast height and it was suggested that the differences between the sites were due to the soils , the podzols of Sepilok being less fertile than those at Kuala Lompat . |
| 7 | No work was carried out on Sundays , though a watchman was appointed to keep an eye on things , being paid 1/ the day . |
| 8 | A post mortem examination was carried out on Mr Brock and South Clwyd coroner John Hughes was informed . |
| 9 | Immunocytochemistry was carried out on paraffin embedded tissue sections , using the following antibodies : ( a ) a rabbit antihuman lysozyme antiserum ( DAKO ) and ( b ) a mouse antihuman monoclonal antibody KP1 ( kindly provided by Dr D Y Mason ) , detecting a formalin resistant epitope of the CD68 cluster , a highly glycosylated intracellular protein expressed by most tissue macrophages . |
| 10 | The second government reshuffle in less than six weeks was carried out on Jan. 31 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | The survey was carried out on behalf of Chosen Heritage by the independent research organisation Third Age International . |
| 13 | This study was carried out on behalf of the Norwich and Norfolk Co-operative Development Agency . |
| 14 | When finally broken down , DEC 's 1992 figures are likely to show that an even greater percentage of its workstation business was carried out on VAX/VMS than in 1991 . |
| 15 | During these years the fire engine and appliances were kept in the recreation ground behind the present Fire Station , and training was carried out on Wednesday evenings on this ground . |
| 16 | Landslip and rockfall problems in Kent and Yorkshire have been investigated , and specialised laboratory testing was carried out on material from onshore and offshore sites . |
| 17 | A 10 hour traffic survey was carried out on Tuesday , 28th August as a result of which a pelican crossing can not be recommended . |