Sentence examples for less ran from inspiring English sources

"He more or less ran himself".

UNDER doddery Boris Yeltsin, Russian prime ministers were the men who more or less ran the country, interrupted by the odd snarl from the Kremlin.

Mr. Allegretto said the course more or less ran itself, and he got few complaints, though he would like to hire someone next summer to give lessons.

The opening took place during the panic, with plainclothesmen and eight detective-bureau squads guarding the bejewelled patrons against robbers, rioters, and the mobsters who more or less ran the city.

Jake is more or less run out of town.

Dubai, meanwhile, has more or less run out of oil.

(Énarques are graduates of the École Nationale d'Administration, a mandarin class who more or less run France).

These more or less run the gamut of violent entertainment covered in the F.T.C. investigation.

When it comes to a game of footie, Yanks still prefer less running, more Coliseum-ready brutality.

In "Honeydripper," Stacy Keach plays a racist sheriff who more or less runs the small town of Harmony.

In Australia, liberalisation has more or less run its full course.Poor countries are just as active.