Example sentences of "[noun] break the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | The United States broke the unofficial cartel with Canada and tried to shoulder her out of markets . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . ’ |
| 5 | The sound of their voices broke the nervous spell and both men dug in their heels to make their horses trot . |
| 6 | She had chosen her words with calculation in an attempt to break the impersonal barrier the Frenchman seemed determined to keep between them . |
| 7 | 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 " . |
| 8 | In Britain the Chinese ambassador , Ma Yuzhen , has been actively lobbying MPs , apparently in an attempt to break the parliamentary consensus behind Mr Patten . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | She could think of no words to break the agonising tension . |
| 11 | Tara 's warm , honeyed tones broke the treacherous spell . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 … ’ ) |
| 14 | There was no movement , not even a twitch of the curtains , and no sound breaking the sleepy summer silence . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | For nearly half-an-hour nothing happened , no sound broke the torpid silence of the village citadel . |
| 17 | A gentle breeze broke the absolute silence , moving the curtain so that he had to steady it with his hand . |
| 18 | INTREPID David Bradshaw broke the Great Bognor Birdman record yesterday — but winning the wacky contest cost him dearly . |
| 19 | Duncan broke the long silence . |
| 20 | It had taken them two weeks to break the complex code , but it had been worth it . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | 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 ] . |
| 26 | The twang of the bows , the thrum of shafts going through the air , and the pug as they hit the bank , were the only sounds to break the heavy sultriness of the afternoon . |
| 27 | Brownie Owl broke the grim news to the Brownies the following weekend as they walked towards Quandom Wood , where they were going to play some tracking games . |
| 28 | This has developed rapidly since James Watson and Francis Crick broke the genetic code in 1962 by uncovering the structure of DNA and has opened up not only abstract genetic knowledge but the manipulation of genes and the basis of life itself . |
| 29 | Only the hiss and wheeze of Tsu Tiao 's laboured breathing broke the awful silence . |
| 30 | LeMond 's career broke the traditional mould of the Tour . |