Example sentences of "break [adv prt] the [adj] [noun] [coord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | From ‘ above ’ , a left government could attempt to gain control over the deployment of investment funds , in particular the surplus income of the personal sector , while from ‘ below ’ workers could struggle for democratic control over the particular enterprises which employ them , breaking down the managerial hierarchies and commercial secrecy of these enterprises . |
| 2 | The girl 's ordeal lasted 12 hours until police broke down the front door and arrested five people . |
| 3 | He broke down the locked door and escaped , just as the master and his men returned . |
| 4 | An extraordinary rainfall , ‘ greater and more violent than any within the memory of witnesses ’ broke down the artificial embankments and the rush of escaping water carried away four bridges in respect of which damage the plaintiff sued . |
| 5 | The English archers broke up the Scottish positions and the Earl of Dunbar and Robert the Steward fled with their troops . |
| 6 | It is hoped that it will provide a flexible structure which can be refined and developed and which may help to break down the monolithic structure and mystical nature of the subject . |
| 7 | June 1941 , German forces launched their surprise attack and were able to break up the Russian formations and take a huge number of prisoners . |
| 8 | Conservative privatisation was supposed to break up the big monopolies and make them more competitive and accountable to the public empty propaganda indeed . |
| 9 | The prime task of the 1905 revolution had been to break up the large estates and with them the political and economic power of the nobility . |
| 10 | The trust contemplates many benefits for patients , including continuing the systematic assessments and the reductions in institutional accommodation , and has plans to break up the large wards and to increase the staff-patient ratio . |