Example sentences of "[noun] break up the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For this look , the wig was given a weave and spiral cut to break up the basic exterior shape . |
| 2 | Polish protesters hurled paint and petrol on a monument to Lenin in Krakow and set it on fire yesterday before clashing with police , who used force to break up the second anti-Soviet disturbance in a week . |
| 3 | Polish protesters hurled paint and petrol on a monument to Lenin in Krakow and set it on fire yesterday before clashing with police , who used force to break up the second anti-Soviet disturbance in a week . |
| 4 | Polish protesters hurled paint and petrol on a monument to Lenin in Krakow and set it on fire yesterday before clashing with police , who used force to break up the second anti-Soviet disturbance in a week . |
| 5 | In fact development of Housing Action Trusts to deal with particularly run-down estates and Scottish Homes to break up the public sector suggests an alternative vision , based on state-sponsored restructuring and renewal from above , rather than individual choice . |
| 6 | Several supports broke up the smooth appearance of the walls , and joined the floor and ceiling at angles that did n't seem really workable . |
| 7 | There are long sightlines and high lamp posts , but these give way after rebuilding ( Figure 6.4 ) to pedestrian-scale poles , a tree planted in the road as a slowing device ( marked by reflective posts to aid night visibility ) and changes in paving colours to break up the long vista . |
| 8 | This may be achieved where cobbling makes drivers aware of the presence of pedestrians , where a tree breaks up the straight line of the centre of the road or where narrowings make drivers proceed especially slowly and carefully . |
| 9 | Indeed , it is possible to show that there was a marked increase in the number of married children living with parents during the nineteenth century and into the twentieth century in cotton towns — quite the reverse of what one would expect if it is true that industrialization broke up the extended family . |
| 10 | He was a patriotic Great Russian , and had no ambitions to break up the Russian empire . |
| 11 | Dissension among France 's enemies broke up the Second Coalition , though not before Russia 's most revered commander , Suvorov , had temporarily driven the French from northern Italy and conducted a legendary retreat through the Swiss Alps . |
| 12 | The general appearance of the area is a drab one : there are few green spaces and few trees break up the uniform lines of terraced and semi-detached housing . |
| 13 | When Rebekah suggests that Jacob take his brother 's place , or when Potiphar 's wife tries to seduce Joseph , or Tamar calls attention to Judah 's progeny , their interference breaks up the exclusive father-son dialogue and forces recognition of their presence … . |
| 14 | In March 1947 , the Government announced its intention to round off the social service provision that had been made by the National Insurance and National Health Service Acts of 1946 , by introducing legislation to break up the poor law , and to introduce a comprehensive system of national assistance . |
| 15 | The trust contemplates many benefits for patients , including continuing the systematic assessments and the reductions in institutional accommodation , and has plans to break up the large wards and to increase the staff-patient ratio . |
| 16 | It is formed when the sun 's ultraviolet radiation breaks up the two atoms of oxygen molecules into single atoms . |
| 17 | The English archers broke up the Scottish positions and the Earl of Dunbar and Robert the Steward fled with their troops . |