Example sentences of "[noun] run the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Though not strictly a member of the cabinet , Mr Ozawa has given the prime minister considerable support and has in effect run the government 's day-to-day business . |
| 2 | His big brothers run the firm . |
| 3 | Nobody but Connery could make Le Figaro run the headline : VIVE L'ECOSSE LIBRE ! |
| 4 | Wild water buffaloes come to drink at the villus , where their calves run the risk of being snatched by the jaws of a large mugger , the marsh crocodile of the Far East . |
| 5 | A Touche Ross spokeswoman later confessed that , although some of the team had managed a practice run the week before , ‘ when it came to the day , a lot of people on the boat had never rowed before ’ . |
| 6 | If the attacking side run the ball and simply contrive to touch it against the body of an opponent may they then drop for a goal ? |
| 7 | With Liverpool thwarting the West forwards ' thrusts , the visitors switched tactics to run the ball and there were tries for Jon Wrigley ( 2 ) , flanker Alan Brown and Stabler , who added two conversions . |
| 8 | The intention to run the jack of hearts on the second round was well thought out as it would have allowed declarer to retain control of the trump suit , even if the second trump trick had been lost . |
| 9 | It has to do partly with the feeling , particularly powerful in the 19th century , that the proper role of education , at least at the top end , was to equip gentlemen to run the Empire ; and it seemed reasonable at the time to concentrate not upon mechanics , but upon grand ideals , and the classics were studied as if they were a form of theology , a way of revealing fundamental and lasting human truths This , perhaps , is why anti-science is strongest in Britain , because we took Empire most seriously . |
| 10 | This lack of organization was compounded by the fact that many trades councils set themselves up as councils of action to run the dispute it the local level . |
| 11 | I 'll think what I can do about that ; I do n't want to go back to Security or through Six … when you come down to it how do we know some of the Old Guard in those places are n't involved in this bloody attempt to run the country from the shadows ? |
| 12 | In order to counteract the General Strike , the government called for volunteers and received support in large numbers resulting in amateur drivers running the tram , buses and food lorries , which ran in convoys to defeat the picketing strikers . |
| 13 | This ends with a robust attack on the Labour Party , saying that what 's happening ‘ in local government is a clear indication of the total unfitness of HM 's Official Opposition to run the government ’ . |
| 14 | Marsh Jones , Border , Moody and Mark Waugh seemed fazed by the fact that they could no longer employ the speed of the normal opposition of medium-pacers to run the ball behind the wicket . |
| 15 | Branfoot has been inviting Holland manager Dick Advocaat to run the rule over Chelsea reject Monkou all season but Shearer , for one , will be happy if the Dutch continue to ignore him . |
| 16 | You 'd be given free rein to run the show how you wanted it . |
| 17 | His point is that he is in effect running the equivalent of a small assessment unit but he is not actually getting paid for running the equivalent of a small assessment unit . |
| 18 | is that you have to be accepted by the Home Office as well as the erm you know particular institution running the course . |
| 19 | The ethical distinction between allowing one poor and needy citizen to run the risk of brain damage and to deny another the right to sell a kidney may prove hard to define . |
| 20 | The Stanley family held it , son Richard running the mill , whilst his father , Robert , ran nearby Snugborough Mill . |
| 21 | 1812 saw the formation of a four-way partnership to run the mill . |
| 22 | The British also used the well-worn principle of divide and rule to run the country — keeping the Chinese and Indian settlers in Malaya from joining the Civil Service and administration which ran the country while nurturing the traditional ruling class to one day take over . |
| 23 | For three years he would supply funds to run the farm , any profits being split equally between Tom and himself . |
| 24 | The loft ran the length of the house from front to back , and it was lit by two unshaded forty-watt bulbs . |
| 25 | Edgar ran the hotel in a friendly , paternalistic manner , arguing that the Sutton Manor 's ambience and clientele required a relatively old-fashioned management approach . |
| 26 | Grimma ran the length of a story about somebody slamming somebody 's plan for something . |
| 27 | At maximum revs , 5250rpm in this case , the combined noise of the engine , cooling fan , unsilenced carburettor intakes and exhaust reaches almost Grand Prix levels and on the maximum speed runs the scream of wind round the windows and hood adds to the din . ’ |
| 28 | Nevertheless to consider the National Curriculum as a list of subjects runs the danger of expressing it in a way which over-emphasises information and a narrow range of skills at the expense of the development of a full range of socially useful skills , attitudes and ideas , which is usually the concern of interested parents and can even be seen in a child 's view of the purpose of education . |
| 29 | Without this social research runs the risk of imposing on its subject matter properties derived from mathematics for other purposes . |
| 30 | Aiming at ‘ normal ’ concentrations runs the risk of inducing phenylalanine deficiency , which several lines of evidence suggest is harmful to both nutrition and brain development . |