Example sentences of "break up the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you are removing an asbestos cement guttering system , do not attempt to cut it and do n't break up the sections . |
| 2 | During the summer of 1716 , a sensitive time since i August marked the anniversary of King George 's alleged usurpation of the throne , considerable unrest occurred in London where taverns associated with the Whigs were attacked by mobs which would break up the premises but leave enough of the stock undamaged to drink the health of ‘ James III ’ . |
| 3 | So-called ‘ regenerated celluloses ’ , such as Cellophane , are made by dissolving natural cellulose by chemical methods which break up the crystals . |
| 4 | To get maximum impact , break up the messages and the format . |
| 5 | My new companions break up the cigarettes , and make tea with the herb . |
| 6 | Break up the chunks with a wooden spoon as it cooks , then strain the pulp through a jelly bag . |
| 7 | What is behind the bishops ' and archdeacons ' reluctance even to consider breaking up the boundaries seems to be a desire to maintain a mixture of middle , high and low churches and not upset the balance . |
| 8 | The Simpsons started life as animated shorts breaking up the sketches on The Tracey Ullman Show . |
| 9 | Fifty-two grateful seagulls swooped , breaking up the ranks amid cries and squeals of distress . |
| 10 | It also allows frost to permeate the soil , aiding the infiltration of rain and essential for breaking up the clods into manageable sizes . |
| 11 | The poet appears at first to be unable to utter his thoughts clearly ; he circles wildly , stumbling from one half-finished sentence into another , and breaking up the lines awkwardly ( 1 , 2 , 6 , 9 ) . |
| 12 | But no , Jessie had to be something else ; Jessie had to be sent to the Secretarial School : no getting her hands sticky from the toffee hammer , breaking up the slabs in the long tins ; no weighing out a ha'p'orth of hundreds and thousands or a penn'orth of sugar baccy ; and as for the weighing out of the real baccy , of hard cut or shag or even serving the best cigars , oh no , oh no , her father was having Jessie do nothing like that . |
| 13 | This is mainly dealing with the Social Fund which as you know , is erm , go undergoing changes , which means er loss of money and breaking up the fundings to twelve monthly amounts , which is creating great difficulties . |
| 14 | just breaking up the pieces of stone . |
| 15 | She implored : ‘ If the immediate family breaks up the problems created can still be resolved but only if the children have been brought up from the very start with the feeling that they are wanted , loved and valued . ’ |
| 16 | Adding er dining rooms and er sitting rooms for the old folk , and er also trying to break up the wards into s smaller units . |
| 17 | Bring to the boil , chopping through the mixture with a spoon to break up the tomatoes and pears . |
| 18 | We have also set up a couple of microphones in the real of the hall to break up the echoes which would otherwise bounce off that wall . ’ |
| 19 | In the Labour movement it never made much impact , for it always remained an alien force , financed and directed from outside , but it achieved something in taking the battle on to the streets in order to break up the meetings of the left . |
| 20 | Cumberland now sent orders to the Lords Lieutenant of Lancashire , Westmorland and Cumberland to break up the roads , tear down the bridges and block possible escape routes by felling trees but by the time he reached Preston , on 13 December 1745 , when he was joined by the cavalry sent by General Wade from Newcastle , Prince Charles 's troops had reached Lancaster , 20 miles [ 32 km ] further north , though General Oglethorpe 's detachment was a mere three miles [ 5 km ] behind and almost in contact with the enemy rearguard . |
| 21 | The declared aim of such finance pirates is to break up the giants , and sell them off bit by bit . |
| 22 | Fold together all the filling ingredients , taking care not to break up the marshmallows and banana slices . |