Example sentences of "run [prep] [noun] by " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now they are run off computers by the crisply-produced hundred . |
| 2 | Certain themes run through pronouncements by all members of the family — interest in national unity ; worries about the environment , from Prince Charles 's confrontations with modern architects to Prince Philip 's affection for the giant panda ; concern about family life , at home in the Inner Cities or overseas through the Save the Children Fund . |
| 3 | Set back from the main road , the Hotel Gabbiano is personally run with pride by the Mirandola family . |
| 4 | Surrounded by farmland just south of the Scottish border , this house , reputedly the oldest in North Northumberland , is run with panache by Jamie and Lynne — he was a restaurateur , she a singer and actress . |
| 5 | We witnessed a magnificent Olympic example in the women 's 400 metres hurdles when American fashion plates Sandra Farmer-Patrick and Janeene Vickers , fingers painted , outfits slashed at the midriff and bobs in their hair like French maids , were run into oblivion by Britain 's plain Sally Gunnell . |
| 6 | The move brings to completion one of three major projects being run in parallel by IOSCO and international accountancy bodies . |
| 7 | The two mills were thus run in tandem by Marling and Co from 1883 to 1920 , when they eventually sold out to P.C. Evans and Sons Ltd . |
| 8 | The BAAS was on the surface a democratic and provincial body , run in fact by a small group of professionals , a Cambridge network of gentlemen of science . |
| 9 | The capital growth and income trust , which is run from Edinburgh by Baillie Gifford , invests internationally in smaller companies and saw its pre-tax revenue drop from £313,946 six months before to £288,562 , while earnings per share fell from 4.14p to 4p . |
| 10 | DIGIT , run from Edinburgh by Dunedin Fund Managers , has experienced a fair few dividend cuts from companies held in its largely blue-chip portfolio . |
| 11 | The other simplification is to treat this as a war of Serb expansion run from Belgrade by ex-communists and their army against the new democracies of Bosnia , Croatia and Slovenia . |
| 12 | Despite a few celebrated deserters including former England captain Tony Greig , cricket has resisted being incorporated into a private television circus run from Australia by Kerry Packer . |
| 13 | The £304 million fund , run from Glasgow by Murray Johnstone , recorded a total return on net assets of 22.3 per cent — ahead of both the FT Actuaries World Index , at 17.2 per cent , and the FT-A All Share Index , at 20.5 per cent . |