Example sentences of "[noun] break up [noun] [coord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The simple lines of modern architecture break up space and light in a very mechanical way , and not with the variety I seek in my paintings . |
| 2 | The simple lines of modern architecture break up space and light in a very mechanical way , and not with the variety I seek in my paintings . |
| 3 | It is often asserted that the First World War rescued the Unionist Party from an impossible position and left it poised to become the dominating force ; the war broke up Liberalism and destroyed the Liberal-Labour alliance , so opening the way for Unionism ; Lloyd George carried the party to victory in 1918 , incurred the odium for the post-war slump and was cast aside ungratefully in 1922 . |
| 4 | A stable soil soaks up water , and allows acid to break up bedrock and create more soil . |
| 5 | These were the years of the infamous ‘ American Plan ’ , which advocated the use of blacklists , spies , injunctions and propaganda , and the ‘ Mohawk Valley Formula ’ which urged employers to use the police to break up meetings and organise vigilante groups to protect strikebreakers ( Fox Piven and Cloward , 1977:120 ) . |