Example sentences of "[noun] [pron] break down [art] " in BNC.

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1 At the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine , work by Janet Hemingway on anopheline mosquitoes has shown that malathion specific resistance is inherited as a single gene controlling a carboxylesterase enzyme which breaks down the malathion to its monoacid .
2 This is done either by an enzyme which breaks down the neurotransmitter or , more commonly , the neurotransmitter can be transported back into the presynaptic area .
3 A range of disorders in the foetus may be caused by the absence of the correct enzymes which break down the food which the foetus absorbs in the womb .
4 The Ponting case also illustrates the ways in which the legitimacy of the state may be threatened if any of its various temporary governors act in a way which breaks down the distinction between state and government , and by wrapping the acts of particular governments in the flag of the state , make it impossible to attack one without assaulting the other .
5 The way they joke about their LP going to 207 ‘ with an anchor ’ , the way they break down the myths of the American Dream and the Troubles back home …
6 The perming process is made up of three basic elements — the perm solution which breaks down the structure of the hair ; the curler around which the hair is wound and the neutraliser which resets the hair into its new shape around the roller .
7 If the nylon itself breaks down the tent is irreparable .
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