Example sentences of "carrying on [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | HEAVEN is my witness that I do not want to be unfair to British Telecom , so I must , with frank and honest gaze , report that I have had several letters saying that I am up the pole in carrying on about the method of charging recently mentioned in this column . |
| 2 | Ayrton Senna is always carrying on about the intellectual and spiritual fascination of discovering his own limits in a racing car . |
| 3 | At its meeting on 30 October 1990 , the board received a report from Ian Wells , a senior enforcement officer , on the progress of an investigation he was carrying on into the affairs and business of the Winchester Group , an appointed representative of Norwich Union . |
| 4 | ‘ He 's in there and you 're out here , carrying on for the children 's sake . |
| 5 | She dumped the bouquets she was still carrying on to the passenger-seat . |
| 6 | ‘ I do n't have a specific target of carrying on to the age of 40 and then retiring . |
| 7 | It was fortunate that they 'd both driven back to the farmhouse after leaving the nightclub , before carrying on to the forest in Adam 's car , so her own vehicle was parked outside in the courtyard . |
| 8 | It authorises the carrying on of the licence-holder 's business temporarily in other premises , whilst the premises to which his licence applies are being reconstructed . |
| 9 | Persons who have knowingly been parties to the carrying on of the company 's business to defraud creditors . |
| 10 | Changes in the carrying on of the trade after completion could , however , be relevant for VAT purposes ( see art 5 VAT ( Special Provisions ) Order 1992 ) . |
| 11 | On 30 April 1991 , the applicant , the chairman and managing director of a company , was charged that between 1 January 1985 and 29 April 1991 he had knowingly been a party to the carrying on of the business of the company with intent to defraud its creditors , contrary to section 458 of the Companies Act 1985 . |
| 12 | ‘ between 1 January 1985 and 29 April 1991 in the City of London and elsewhere was knowingly a party to the carrying on of the business of a company called Wallace Smith Trust Co . |
| 13 | Before this Board the commissioner advanced two main submissions , namely : ( 1 ) that the business of the bank was one and indivisible since all the profit earning operations were directed from Hong Kong by staff therein employed , no overseas branch of the bank was involved and the funds employed in the purchase of the certificates of deposit arose from the carrying on of the business in Hong Kong ; and ( 2 ) that in any event , even if the sale and purchase of certificates of deposit failed to be treated as separate operations , nevertheless the profits from these operations arose in Hong Kong . |
| 14 | ( 3 ) In this Act references to the rules of a self-regulating organisation are references to the rules ( whether or not laid down by the organisation itself ) which the organisation has power to enforce in relation to the carrying on of the business in question or which relate to the admission and expulsion of members of the organisation or otherwise to its constitution . |
| 15 | Provision similar to those in a share sale for the carrying on of the business in the period between signing and completion . |
| 16 | Although the precise information sought by Newco 's solicitors will depend on all the circumstances and on the roles taken by other advisers , Newco or its solicitors will generally request its accountants to obtain information and copies of documents in relation to the target business ( or if appropriate , in relation to each group company ) in the following areas : ( a ) constitution : memorandum and Articles of Association and other constitutional documents ; reports and audited accounts for the past three years and subsequent unaudited management accounts ; shareholders ' resolutions required to be filed ; ( b ) borrowings : details of all borrowings , bank accounts and facilities ; copies of all guarantees and indemnities and details of any intra-group arrangements ; ( c ) litigation : particulars of any pending or threatened legal proceedings ; ( d ) employees : terms of employment of and fees paid to all directors and senior executives and information about other employees ' standard terms and conditions of employment ; details of any trade union or collective agreements and codes of conduct or practice ; details of any current or proposed pension , death or disability benefit schemes and any recent actuarial reports ; ( e ) licences : details of all licences and consents necessary for the carrying on of the business ; ( f ) tax : details of all tax and VAT Returns made ; particulars of any PAYE , VAT or other audits ; details of any matters under discussion with the Inland Revenue ; details of any stamp duty exemptions , tax clearances or Treasury Consents ; details of any group asset transfers or arrangements for transfer ; details of any bonus issues , reductions of capital or other capital reorganisations ; group relief ; ( g ) arrangements with the vendor : details of any loans , agreements or contracts between the vendor and any connected persons ; ( h ) title to the assets : details of any encumbrances on property , any factoring agreements , hire purchase , leasing agreements ; list of debtors and details of standard discount and credit terms ; ( i ) contracts : details of material capital commitments , major agreements with suppliers and customers , contracts entered into otherwise than in the ordinary course of business . |
| 17 | Obviously , if there are many short-leasehold properties and none is significant for the carrying on of the business , as in the case of a large chain of small retail outlets , then no investigation would normally be made . |
| 18 | All these years he had been carrying on on the side and now here was actual proof of it . |
| 19 | Both you and the Council can ask the Committee to adjourn and fix a later date for carrying on with the rest of the proceedings . |
| 20 | ‘ We are carrying on with the wedding as planned . ’ |
| 21 | It may be that money worries are behind the disappearnce , but there 's no firm evidence to support that and police are carrying on with the investigation because there may yet be another explanation . |
| 22 | Carrying on down the ridge , he felled half a dozen pines across the track at the bottom of the dip . |
| 23 | And the mono thing worked ; we found it was a format we could really use well , so for the time being we 're carrying on down the path . |
| 24 | It seemed that the sad little snipe were the victims of a blood lust still carrying on from the heyday of Victorian game hunting . |