Example sentences of "carried out for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Formalin fixed wax embedded sections ( 4 cm ) of the colonic tissues were dewaxed in xylene , rehydrated in alcohol and spirit ( 95% alcohol ) , each step being carried out for five minutes at room temperature , then washed in cold water .
2 Hybridisation was carried out for 18 hours at 50°C in a humid environment .
3 It has proved particularly useful for the management of high risk patients such as the medically unfit , frail and elderly in whom cholecystectomy is associated with mortality rates of 10% , or higher when carried out for acute complications .
4 This analysis was carried out for mixed schools only ( there were four single-sex schools in the sample , three boys ' and one girls ' ) .
5 A similar recognition process is carried out for static input .
6 Although stool collection in their study was only carried out for 24–48 hours , it was done at home .
7 Ensuring that the correct operation is carried out for each patient .
8 This procedure is carried out for each pair of banks .
9 Further quantitative analysis may be carried out for consonant structure , liquid confusion , lengthening , palatalisation and order of acquisition of consonants , although this requires the test to be tape recorded and can be successfully completed only by someone with a sound knowledge of phonemic analysis .
10 Similar studies have been carried out for other countries , although the methods vary , reflecting the differences in availability of data and in fiscal systems .
11 It then assumes a parliamentary intention that the steps which Parliament has enjoined or authorized for saving or minimizing tax shall not be effective if they are carried out for that purpose but are only to be effective if carried out for some other ‘ legitimate ’ business purpose .
12 Parental care is often carried out for many weeks with no harm coming to the young , but you occasionally get a pair that are very prolific and , in their need to spawn they will often eat their previous brood .
13 There are instances when a valid subsidence or heave claim is received but the Policyholder does not wish to have the repairs carried out for some reason e.g. elderly Policyholder does not wish upheaval , can not pay the policy excess .
14 Their lands , which had been seized by the crown in 1308 , by papal decree should have been transferred in 1312 to the Order of the Hospitallers , but in England this transfer was not carried out for some years , during which the king continued to profit from the estates .
15 This policy has been carried out for some time by the OECD countries , Todorovic claimed , except that there the figure is between 4 and 6 per cent .
16 The Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons described docking as ‘ an unjustified mutilation ’ unless carried out for medical reasons .
17 As it is , a large part of the caring that is carried out for older people , both those living at home and those living with relatives , is carried out by women , mostly daughters and daughters-in-law .
18 Cultivations are carried out for three reasons : to improve the soil crumb structure and so create an ideal seed-bed for the crop ; to uproot and kill weeds ; and to bury turf or crop residues where they will rot down and not compete with the ensuing crop .
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