Example sentences of "run [adv] to the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cantona , the one-time enfante terrible of French football , initially went on loan to Elland Road , where his inventive attacking play — mostly as substitute — gave Leeds a powerful bonus on their run in to the title . |
| 2 | Fancy a run down to the river Orne to collect some water ? ’ |
| 3 | It 's obviously in the Treasury 's mind and that there will be a factor that is taken into consideration when they do their , er arithmetic er , er about the economy and in the run up to the budget if we can look that far ahead . |
| 4 | The deal fell foul of the Commission which , during the run up to the elimination of European trade barriers and the completion of the Internal Market in 1992 , had begun to play an increasingly important role in competition policy . |
| 5 | If I could just pick up the point you made Councillor , I think that at the A C C discussions , there was a great deal of cognition and understanding of the need to consult with staff side , in the run up to the beginning of formal consultations . |
| 6 | Mr Portillo , at 38 the youngest Cabinet member since Dr David Owen , who was also 38 when he was made Foreign Secretary in 1977 , replaces Mr David Mellor , the new Heritage Minister , who presided over a significant increase in public spending in the run up to the election . |
| 7 | We 're gon na hear it time and time again in the run up to the Election . |
| 8 | But it is unlikely to happen at the hustings or in the run up to the election . |
| 9 | Labour supporters must be in despair at not being able to race away from the Tories in the run up to the election . |
| 10 | No one knows the true number of political prisoners executed in the run up to the anniversary . |
| 11 | The stock market 's recent steady performance in the run up to the water issue has helped ensure the success of the flotation . |
| 12 | One of Labour 's ‘ A-team ’ , Mr Brown has appeared on every party election broadcast and on most political broadcasts in the run up to the campaign . |
| 13 | Yet , one of the catchwords that has been widely heard in Washington and elsewhere during the run up to the war has been the need to create a democratic environment in the Middle East after the war is over . |
| 14 | And it 's Daiwa Trentman Denis who is the angler all of the front runners fear in the run up to the end of the season . |
| 15 | The Plessey takeover coupled with these collaborative ventures has radically restructured Britain 's electronics industry in the run up to the completion of the Single European Market in 1992 . |
| 16 | The seminar was one of several held up and down the country in the run up to the introduction of Environmental Protection Act legislation on Wednesday . |
| 17 | Another consequence of the boom in opposition to nuclear weapons was the eclipse of the campaign against nuclear power , which was a bit odd given that the whole of 1982 was a run up to the inquiry , which begins later this month , into the plans to build Britain 's first pressurised-water reactor . |
| 18 | Domestic radio ( in contrast to the World Service ) barely touched on the run up to the cancellation of Yeltsin 's trip to Japan , so when it happened we did n't know why , we did n't know how important it was . |
| 19 | A rapid reaction force has been established to patrol the county 's main roads , shadowing New Age convoys and alerting neighbouring counties in the run up to the Bank Holiday weekend , the anniversary of last year 's illegal festival , which attracted 20,000 travellers to Castle Moreton near Malvern . |
| 20 | In other words almost all the real growth during the decade coincided precisely with the run up to the implementation of the internal market ( and the general election ) . |
| 21 | In the meantime I have enclosed a statement which we helped to prepare in the run up to the Earth Summit . |
| 22 | ‘ Saint and Greavsie ’ , the well known television duo , are assisting Radio Rentals in the run up to the World Cup finals . |
| 23 | On the run back to the harbour , Ron 's dad asked , did you enjoy that , boys |
| 24 | Dropping the branches , I started what I feared would be a hopeless run back to the Felder . |