Example sentences of "runs along " in BNC.

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1 In such a situation , action becomes more easily defined if it runs along well-known lines , following precepts which have status and acceptability .
2 Sweden is a larger country than Norway with a compact Arctic region dominated by a mountain chain that runs along its western edge , near the border with Norway .
3 In some places the eight-foot line runs along halfway up a hill , and if a valley floor is narrow , it can significantly double the supposed area of benefit .
4 Geologically , the most critical zone is the junction between the two plates , which is defined by two major physical features ; the extreme depths of the Chile-Peru Trench , which runs along just off-shore of the continent , and the extreme heights of the Andes mountains , the crest line of which runs parallel to and 350 kilometres east of the Trench [ see Fig. 3 ] .
5 In its humped posture it runs along in a zigzag path , quivering its wings and stopping every so often to make sure that it is being followed .
6 No stone rolled down the cliff that morning , and I left Euclid still snoozing on the old redwood step at about 10.50am and headed off over the bridge to Lighthouse Road , which runs along for two or three miles south of the river , through to the mouth of the Mattole and the northern tip of the King range .
7 That 's because he has worked closely with Micky Stewart and now Keith Fletcher to make sure the team runs along his lines .
8 The Dorset coast path runs along a spectacular rugged cliffline from Poole Harbour to Lyme Regis , taking you to great beaches through some extraordinary landscapes .
9 It also runs along an old railway trackbed , in this instance that of the East Norfolk Railway .
10 Instead it has one long ribbon-like fin that runs along its underside from close to its stumpy tail to its head .
11 It may be to enable a moving vehicle to draw electric power while it runs along rails , the innovation that made possible the electric streetcar .
12 At Ellon , where the modern road forks right over the bridge on the A92 , and a pretty walk runs along by the river Ythan , the landlady of an inn where they breakfasted wished she had remembered to show to this great doctor ( of whom they had heard ) a child of hers with a chronic lump in his throat .
13 Walker 's symbolism runs along Swedenborgian lines to a certain extent .
14 Speed runs to the touchline/crowd and runs along … nearly always spitting just after scoring .
15 but that was the world of yesterday … today its a world that runs along making money and giving pleasure to millions …
16 According to a report by George Chree , Kincardine 's director of planning , a third of the route near Aberdeen runs along public roads and is still in use .
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