Example sentences of "[noun] [was/were] carried [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although there is no written evidence to substantiate this , no major repairs or maintenance were carried out on the machinery , and it is evident that it performed well from the start . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | The Mujaheddin claimed that the murder was carried out by the Iranian embassy in Switzerland on the orders of the then Iranian President Khamenei . |
| 4 | Research was carried out on the stability of such ferries , which took some time . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | A study was carried out of the behaviour of … |
| 8 | The initial study was carried out as the practical project for my MSc course in 1987 . |
| 9 | The study was carried out in the West Berkshire and the Basingstoke and North Hampshire District Health Authorities . |
| 10 | The volunteers fasted overnight , or for six hours after a light breakfast if the study was carried out in the afternoon . |
| 11 | The volunteers fasted overnight or for six hours after a light breakfast if the study was carried out in the afternoon . |
| 12 | 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 " . |
| 13 | Major petrographical studies on the rocks of various parts of Scotland were carried out by the Petrographer in London . |
| 14 | While the Supreme Soviet was not sitting , its functions were carried out by the Praesidium , a committee of Supreme Soviet officials and other members . |
| 15 | Working up trials were carried out in the Solent area and we soon found that various modifications were necessary . |
| 16 | Further extensive trials were carried out before the first Hip and Thigh Diet was published in 1988 . |
| 17 | However , as the reader will see , few operations of this type were carried out by the SBS in the Mediterranean after 1943 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | After Young 's death his work was carried on by the French Egyptologist Jean-Francois Champollion ( 1790–1832 ) . |
| 21 | Work was carried on around the lump in a fairly ordered pattern helping to keep everything in proportion . |
| 22 | Considerable work was carried out at the old carding mill . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | From the time of Laurence little work was carried out on the Palace and it was again allowed to fall into decay . |
| 25 | ‘ In 1991 , £250,000 worth of work was carried out with the help of contributions from local businesses . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ 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 . |
| 27 | The work was carried out during the period 1980–1 and the existing building construction was found to be generally in good condition . |
| 28 | Field work was carried out during the spring breeding seasons of 1987–90 . |
| 29 | The Government 's being urged to stop developers bulldozing a site where vital intelligence work was carried out during the Second World War . |
| 30 | 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 ’ . |