Example sentences of "breaking [adv prt] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I says to him , with him breaking down other night his dinner went to dog . |
| 2 | The process of breaking down toxic waste in filters causes the formation on nitrates and nitric acid , which can exhaust the pH buffer ( if present ) , and cause sudden drops in the pH . |
| 3 | But the methodology of modern laboratory science and of modern industry , whereby the first step in analysis always consists of breaking down continuous unity into innumerable separated discontinuities , certainly goes too far . |
| 4 | For stirring the topsoil without inverting it , and for breaking down half-rotted turf and clods , a wide range of cultivators is available . |
| 5 | There were two options : he could either take unilateral measures to challenge US hegemony or he could seek alternative partners with a common interest in breaking down hegemonic control . |
| 6 | The Spirit means us to know where we stand ( I John 3:24 ; 5:13 ) and the Epistle is at pains to point out various signs which give confidence to true believers , while breaking down false assurance . |
| 7 | Tines cultivator Ideal for breaking up rough dug soil and mixing in fertiliser . |
| 8 | All this is what makes the argument for breaking up Big Blue so compelling . |
| 9 | The European Community competition commissioner Karel Van Miert is endorsing proposals — bitterly contested in the more state corporatist member countries — for breaking up national telephone monopolies by 1998 to free markets for calls both within and between member states ; the idea of an interim deregulation that would affect only transborder traffic has now been abandoned ; the UK is the only Community member open to phone call competition ; Denmark will follow suit next year and the Netherlands is expected to move as well ; Van Miert wants the Community to set liberalisation priorities and a timetable by year end , including proposals for regulatory changes by the end of 1994 , with market-opening to start in 1995 . |
| 10 | The possibility of breaking up British Gas into competing units was also successfully opposed by Sir Denis , who argued that it was impossible to achieve competition in a natural monopoly . |
| 11 | They are about to re-mug yet again by breaking up British Gas and I 'm sure they 'll break up every other utility they can . |