Example sentences of "[noun] break the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | PEERLOGIC HELPS OSF BREAK THE 350 MEMBERSHIP BARRIER |
| 2 | THE LIDs OVER the cannons ' eyes slid open as the pirogues approached ; the watch would have thought that he was only imagining the narrow prows breaking the black water , but the order had been given , ‘ Full alert ’ , and so the English sailor trusted his eyes and raised the alarm . |
| 3 | The United States broke the unofficial cartel with Canada and tried to shoulder her out of markets . |
| 4 | WARRENDER 's Fraser Walker broke the British 100m medley record at yesterday 's Uncle Ben 's World Cup Meet in Sheffield , but just failed to collect a medal . |
| 5 | At the Lotte department store ITN reporter David Chater broke the unwritten rule of protocol by asking the princess if she was ‘ really happy to be here , Ma'am ? ’ to which she replied : ‘ Yes , thank you . ’ |
| 6 | The sound of their voices broke the nervous spell and both men dug in their heels to make their horses trot . |
| 7 | A customer returns a skirt because the zip broke the first time she wore it . |
| 8 | She had chosen her words with calculation in an attempt to break the impersonal barrier the Frenchman seemed determined to keep between them . |
| 9 | The union alleged that this was the " latest in a series of attacks launched by SATS and the South African police in an attempt to break the 10-week-old strike " and that it was part of a " carefully orchestrated campaign against striking workers " . |
| 10 | In Britain the Chinese ambassador , Ma Yuzhen , has been actively lobbying MPs , apparently in an attempt to break the parliamentary consensus behind Mr Patten . |
| 11 | It is increasingly taken for granted that any post-war reordering of the Middle East will include a fresh bid to break the Arab-Israeli impasse . |
| 12 | She could think of no words to break the agonising tension . |
| 13 | For instance " Chocolate-coated Bees Gain in UK Popularity " could attract attention for a general survey on sweet-eating habits in the UK ; or " Stamping Machine Breaks the Million Barrier " could stimulate interest in a release on a new piece of machinery . |
| 14 | Not quite the same as Ed Moses breaking the 400 metres best while running over hurdles , maybe , but quite an achievement nevertheless . |
| 15 | Tara 's warm , honeyed tones broke the treacherous spell . |
| 16 | Such was her determination to break the old mould that she was totally unaffected by the sudden appearance of Curiosity Killed the Cat star Ben Volpeliere-Pierrot on stage midway through one of her routines . |
| 17 | After meeting the Soviet culture minister , and the musical director of the Bolshoi opera , Mr Palmer set off for a cellar club-cum-recording studio and gallery to hear a folk singer break the musical mould and , hopefully , erase the memory of the song ( ‘ I Belong To … ’ ) |
| 18 | There was no movement , not even a twitch of the curtains , and no sound breaking the sleepy summer silence . |
| 19 | When the real crisis broke the Unionist ministers acted to strengthen Lloyd George 's hand , from a conviction that only greater power for Lloyd George could put enough drive into the war effort . |
| 20 | For nearly half-an-hour nothing happened , no sound broke the torpid silence of the village citadel . |
| 21 | A gentle breeze broke the absolute silence , moving the curtain so that he had to steady it with his hand . |
| 22 | INTREPID David Bradshaw broke the Great Bognor Birdman record yesterday — but winning the wacky contest cost him dearly . |
| 23 | Duncan broke the long silence . |
| 24 | It had taken them two weeks to break the complex code , but it had been worth it . |
| 25 | However the good financial years had ended , and it fell to Franklin to break the bad news that Blackpool 's trams and buses would actually make a loss in 1954–5 . |
| 26 | Co-chairmen Robin Wilson and Professor Simon Lee appealed to the two Governments to break the political deadlock and help end the violence by promoting new talks based on the findings of the Opsahl Commission . |
| 27 | He compares war in modern circumstances with a plague , and tries to make us see that we have exactly the same universal common interest in transcending military conflict that we have in getting plague under control , and that it 's necessary to use all our intelligence and imagination to break the millennial connection of intersocial change with war , and then he goes on to make practical proposals . |
| 28 | Like the wind that guttered and blew out the candles , a bloodied man had broken through the dancers ' joy to break the glittering ball into dark fragments , yet still some few couples could not bear to relinquish the last moments of peace . |
| 29 | Trials in the village of Enstone found up to forty drivers an hour breaking the thirty mile an hour speed limit . |
| 30 | The prospect of a transatlantic trade war loomed closer after negotiators from the European Communities ( EC ) and the USA failed during September and October to break the protracted deadlock over farm subsidies in the Uruguay Round of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade ( GATT ) [ see pp. 38601-02 ; 38746 ; 38842 ; 38888-89 ] . |