Example sentences of "to carry [adv] a [noun sg] of " in BNC.

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1 In 1851 , which , with symbolic appropriateness , was the year in which a hungry urban population exceeded for the first time the population of the countryside , drainage-minded landlords up from the shires were able to carry away a wealth of interesting ideas from the Great Exhibition .
2 However , recent technological advances have made possible a robot which can be programmed to carry out a range of services on command .
3 When survey data are coded and punched for analysis by computer it is all too easy to ask the computer to carry out a range of cross-tabulations of one factor by another .
4 The money helps BCE to carry out a range of initiatives , including the provision of soft loans for new businesses , managed workshops for new businesses , low-cost premises for expanding businesses , training for ex-mineworkers and job shops .
5 As part of the 1993 Business Challenge , organised by the Industrial Society , schools teamed up with companies to carry out a range of special projects .
6 In respect of the Cossacks , Robertson was simply giving authorization to Eighth Army to carry out a course of action suggested by Eighth Army and " recommended by Macmillan " .
7 It is therefore impracticable to carry out a trial of a single homoeopathic remedy versus a single orthodox drug or placebo , although this approach has been tried .
8 This study confirms the need to carry out a follow-through of all persons arrested and not look simply at discrete ‘ moments ’ in the process .
9 As the National Curriculum is implemented , it will be possible to carry out a check of the curriculum of each school .
10 Apart from putting things up , you 're bound to carry out a variety of odd fixing and repair jobs around the house .
11 The PPL recently commissioned Gallup to carry out a survey of the benefits of recorded music .
12 In 1795 Parliament voted that King George III award Elkington £1,000 to carry out a survey of his achievements .
13 GOVERNMENT health watchdogs are to carry out a survey of women working in computer microchip factories amid fears they may suffer a higher risk of miscarriage .
14 A spate of fires in disconnected homes , culminating in the deaths of children in Sunderland , prompted Southwick Neighbourhood Action Project to carry out a survey of disconnections on an interwar estate of semi-detached houses recently modernised with gas fires , back boilers and central heating .
15 Chief officers have been asked to carry out a survey of people who would like to work reduced hours for less pay if it can be done without hitting the service to the public .
16 KPMG has been appointed by the European Commission to carry out a survey of venture capitalists in the European Community .
17 So when we actually got out there , we go out to work in some capacity or another , either to carry out a survey of the logistics or perhaps to sort out and look at the way in which one can set up an immunisation programme in a refugee camp .
18 FCA of who had been found to be in breach of Investment Business Regulation 1.32 in that in Camberley between 6 October 1989 and 22 August 1991 the firm failed to carry out a review of its compliance procedures in accordance with the terms of the Regulation and having been in breach of Investment Business Regulation 2.09 in that in Camberley between 6 October 1989 and 22 August 1991 the firm failed to warn clients of the extent to which they may be exposed to risk in accordance with the terms of the Regulation and having been in breach of Investment Business Regulation 2.32 in that in Camberley between 6 October 1989 and 22 August 1991 , when the firm gave advice to clients such that , if acted upon , it would result in commission being received , it failed to inform those clients of that position in writing in accordance with the terms of the Regulation and having been in breach of Investment Business Regulation 2.47 in that in Camberley between 6 October 1989 and 22 August 1991 the firm failed to issue engagement letters in accordance with the terms of the Regulation and having been in breach of Investment Business Regulation 2.60 in that in Camberley between 6 October 1989 and 22 August 1991 the firm failed to ensure that it had adequate records in accordance with the terms of the Regulation was reprimanded , fined £500 and ordered to pay £250 by way of costs .
19 The association contracted the Fluid Processes Group to carry out a review of the nature , origins , occurrences and hazards of methane in the context of the construction industry in the United Kingdom .
20 In execution of that policy it was proposed that a circular would be issued to all local authorities asking them to carry out a review of the curriculum in their areas in consultation with their schools and to report the results within about twelve months .
21 He established territory over a cave roof in the middle of the tank and proceeded to carry out a reign of terror that had the other residents hugging the ends of the tank in various stages of nervous collapse .
22 Even in the towns , where officials were concentrated , the government had to rely right into the nineteenth century on reluctant elected townsmen to carry out a host of fiscal , economic , and general administrative functions .
23 These developments hold great promise for severely disabled people who , although dependent on a machine , can have a feeling of relative independence ; their range of control in communicating and getting an appropriate response is increased and they are less dependent on people to carry out a number of everyday living activities .
24 It is also intended to carry out a number of modifications to the current listings , and to introduce new features which will broaden the usefulness of the Directory .
25 When you come to answer an exam question , remember that it is probably asking you to carry out a number of different tasks .
26 A procedure on the other hand , is specifically intended to carry out a number of actions , some of which may affect program variables , but it does not directly return a result .
27 The aim of the proposal was to carry out a visit of one month to France under the ESRC/CNTLS Exchange scheme for social scientists in order to pursue collaborative work on Time , the family and leisure
28 No further attacks developed but five escorting destroyers of Capt. Lord Louis Mountbatten 's 5th Destroyer Flotilla were detached to carry out a bombardment of Benghazi just after midnight .
29 Will he urge the chairman to carry out a study of the economics of mining anthracite from small drift mines employing up to 75 people because many believe that mined in that way , anthracite could be extremely saleable and competitive in relation to both opencast operations and imports of Chinese coal ?
30 This project aims to carry out a study of policy thinking at the elite level in Britain and America .
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