Example sentences of "have been run [prep] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | FOR a country that has been run by soldiers for nearly a decade , Nigeria shows little enthusiasm for the elections due on June 12th . |
| 2 | The Merseyside Police Raft Race has been running for years and during that time has raised vast sums for local charities . |
| 3 | In earlier times , each major estate would have been run by bailiffs and reeves , from a focal point on the estate . |
| 4 | For a start there were the Trumper 's advertisements on TV — a whole series of them , which had been running for years . |
| 5 | While everyone was careful to avoid the word ‘ black ’ in their statements , the fact remains that the ‘ minority ’ workshop , which was overseen by one Ramona Edelin of the National Urban Coalition , an urban action organisation founded in 1967 , was really a reflection on the efforts of some of the black inspired programmes that have been running for years in America . |
| 6 | For example in the case of deep bed undergravel filters that have been running for years , a gravel cleaner is attached to the intake of the power filter and as the gravel is hoovered the mulm is trapped in the filter and clean water returned to the tank . |