Example sentences of "run for its " in BNC.
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| 1 | In your road test of the Peugeot 605 SRdt ( 20 February ) you comment that the only car to give it a run for its money is the Citroen XM . |
| 2 | Soames , a doughty trencherman who always gives the Simpson 's beef trolley a good run for its money , should go down well with the farming community . |
| 3 | Frothy , frivolous stuff with enough sweetness to give Christmas pud a run for its money . |
| 4 | Given time , Rollerskate Skinny may well mature into the kind of discipline outfit who could give the American noise set a run for its money . |
| 5 | Remember back a few issues ( UX No 363 ) when Gain Technology , the multimedia start-up that used to call itself Cayenne Systems , was talking about giving the IBM/Apple joint venture a run for its money and persuading IBM to adopt its technology ? |
| 6 | If Claris finishes off the program properly , then it 'll certainly give WindowWorks a run for its money . |
| 7 | The mark of a good network is excellent data throughput , and a fast cached local bus IDE card should knock everything else into a cocked hat , even giving that speed demon , SCSI , a run for its money . |
| 8 | The 1909 Act was more important in the long run for its encouragement of urban planning . |
| 9 | From then on , many changed banks , with the sole purpose of giving their previous firm a run for its money . |
| 10 | This sort of angle gives an arcade machine a good run for its money ! |
| 11 | It 's a subject whose passion for diagrams and abbreviations and formulae can give nuclear physics a run for its money . |
| 12 | This denigration of " the great emperor 's weak son " had a long run for its money . |