Example sentences of "an [noun sg] carry [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 It is fair to add that Leeds does not seem to have been unique in this respect : reporting on an inspection carried out in ‘ ethnically diverse areas within three LEAs ’ ( including five Leeds Phase 1 PNP schools ) in March 1988 , HMI remarked that ‘ none of the three LEAs had specific policies for parent school liaison ’ ( DES 1988a ) .
2 In an experiment carried out at Palmer Station on the Antarctic Peninsula in 1989 , microscopic floating ocean plants ( phytoplankton ) were taken from the nearby bay and brought into the laboratory , where they were subjected to levels of ultra-violet radiation estimated to be equivalent to the amount of ultra-violet being transmitted through the ozone hole which has been developing in Antarctica each spring in recent years .
3 Recently some attention has been paid to the differences in degree results of men and women and an experiment carried out at University College , Cardiff shows that women 's degree classes improve when a system of anonymous marking is used .
4 According to an experiment carried out in 1897 , light always travels at the same constant velocity .
5 In an experiment carried out by Anthony Arak , a zoologist from Cambridge University , the large calling male was removed from ten groups ; in eight cases the other group members dispersed .
6 ’ Do n't talk to strangers ’ — it 's a message drummed into children from an early age , but an experiment carried out by Police indicates that the message is n't getting through .
7 ‘ I 'm not anti-drink , I 'm anti the abuse of drink and the hassle that it causes , ’ he told me during an interview carried out in one of the three plush hotels he owns .
8 An act carried out by a partner in the usual course of the business of the firm will be binding on the firm notwithstanding that the partner concerned lacked the necessary authority unless the third party knew of the limitation to that partner 's authority or did not know or believe him to be a partner .
9 So long as agriculture is an enterprise carried out in the open air , crops ( and therefore working capital ) will always be at risk .
10 Like accoutred knights charging towards each other in a formal tournament , an argument carried out within the formal confines of opposing doctrines becomes simple power play .
11 I consider that , for the provision of a service within the meaning of article 59 to be involved in the sea-fishing sector , there must be an operation carried out by a national established in one member state for a recipient established in another member state by means of a fishing vessel registered in the first state .
12 This was to be the first time in history that aircraft were used for ground attack , as an integral part of an operation carried out by ground and air forces .
13 At Holborough " Knob " in 1954 an excavation carried out by the Ministry of Works uncovered many Roman remains , principally a lead coffin which contained the skeleton of a young child , including interestingly a Patch of flaxen hair .
14 Criminal damage itself is an offence carrying up to ten years ' imprisonment , but this is a more serious offence — more of an offence against the person .
15 However , the results of an autopsy carried out by an Israeli and a US pathologist on Feb. 7 indicated that whilst Akawi had been beaten he had died as a result of a " cardiac insufficiency " brought on by a serious heart condition .
16 16 and 17 , that an activity carried out on a permanent basis or , in any event , without a foreseeable limit to its duration , does not fall within the Commmunity provisions concerning the provision of services , but falls within the scope of articles 48 to 51 or articles 52 to 58 of the E.E.C .
17 For instance , the basic activity in ( 2 ) is painting the general ; but the sentence tells us more specifically that it is an activity carried out in a way that envisages the general as seated .
18 It also implies that marketing is an activity carried out by numerous people in the organization , and not just by those called marketing/sales personnel .
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