Example sentences of "[noun] was carry [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 At the Apollo 17 site an experiment was carried out by the astronauts which gave the seismic wave speeds down to a few kilometres depth in the vicinity of the site .
2 The Mujaheddin claimed that the murder was carried out by the Iranian embassy in Switzerland on the orders of the then Iranian President Khamenei .
3 Research was carried out on the stability of such ferries , which took some time .
4 The journal contains material of interest to historians concerned with late colonial Nigeria , and with the developments among the Nupe people and their neighbours at this time ; and material which illuminates how one body of anthropological field research was carried out against the background of colonial administration .
5 When the marriage of Henry and Constance was solemnised on 27th January 1186 , the ceremony was carried out by the Patriarch of Aquileia , who also crowned Henry as King of Italy .
6 A study was carried out of the behaviour of …
7 The initial study was carried out as the practical project for my MSc course in 1987 .
8 The study was carried out in the West Berkshire and the Basingstoke and North Hampshire District Health Authorities .
9 The volunteers fasted overnight , or for six hours after a light breakfast if the study was carried out in the afternoon .
10 The volunteers fasted overnight or for six hours after a light breakfast if the study was carried out in the afternoon .
11 The ministry , it declared , had been for over a generation " merely the faithful executor of the intentions " of Alexander I and Nicholas I , so that " its every action was carried out under the orders and instructions of the tsars themselves " .
12 The coach work was carried on in the trimming shop which was in Friary Lane but , from then on , Farr 's business was on a downward path , finally closing in 1929 .
13 I think it would be true to say that my two brothers and sister and I were products of the Anglican parochial system , at a time when almost all charitable work was carried on by the churches .
14 After Young 's death his work was carried on by the French Egyptologist Jean-Francois Champollion ( 1790–1832 ) .
15 Work was carried on around the lump in a fairly ordered pattern helping to keep everything in proportion .
16 Considerable work was carried out at the old carding mill .
17 As the twenty-two by thirty-two foot painting was too large to move , restoration work was carried out on the spot behind tarpaulins fitted with transparent panels to allow visitors — most of them drawn to the Salle des Fetes by the ‘ Mona Lisa ’ — to watch work in progress .
18 From the time of Laurence little work was carried out on the Palace and it was again allowed to fall into decay .
19 ‘ In 1991 , £250,000 worth of work was carried out with the help of contributions from local businesses . ’
20 ‘ A great deal of time and effort has gone into ensuring that all materials and finishes co-ordinate effectively and that the work was carried out to the highest possible standards , befitting a grand old Bank , ’ said Tony Caroli , Property Project Manager .
21 The work was carried out during the period 1980–1 and the existing building construction was found to be generally in good condition .
22 Field work was carried out during the spring breeding seasons of 1987–90 .
23 The Government 's being urged to stop developers bulldozing a site where vital intelligence work was carried out during the Second World War .
24 Work was carried out by the Scottish Conservation Projects Trust , working on behalf of Sustrans , the cycling charity which campaigns for ‘ sustainable transport in our cities ’ .
25 Allied to the recommendations contained in the Seabrook Report extensive work was carried out by the Legal Aid and Fees Committee for the substantial extension of standard fees .
26 The repair work was carried out by the substitute , Neil Murray , who had replaced Gough .
27 Minor work was carried out inside the church which included the removal of the false chancel arch made out of timber , lath and plaster , and the matchboard ceiling in the chancel , because of extensive damage caused by furniture beetle .
28 The assay was carried out in the presence of 1 µl of pre-immune rabbit serum ( track 1 ) or 0.5 µl ( track 2 ) or 1 µl ( track 3 ) of polyclonal rabbit antibody to Oct-1 .
29 They heard the siren and were at the entrance ready to take over as soon as the boy was carried out of the ambulance .
30 When I originally found the frame I thought how pretty it would look if the green of the surround was carried through to the mount and the colour of the picture .
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