Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] to break down [art] " in BNC.

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1 For starters , we only decided to break down the barriers and go for overseas imports last year because we needed an out-and-out fast bowler to make any impact on the championship .
2 In this sense professionals have already attempted to break down the norms of public discourse to bring on the clients of welfare who have suffered in silence .
3 If the LTA really wants to break down the class barriers in British tennis , then let it encourage families of lesser means into the game — not discourage them .
4 The digestive system of the cat is less successful in this respect and often fails to break down the dangerous elements in ingested substances to make them harmless .
5 And before we can create this new confident person , we frequently have to break down the poor self-image he or she has acquired over the years .
6 They were allowed in by his father but then had to break down the locked bedroom door .
7 Robin Horton , in a widely cited article on African systems of thought ( 1967 ) , likewise attempted to break down the elements of scientific thinking in order to demonstrate that so-called ‘ primitive ’ peoples such as the Azande did in fact make use of the same elements of thought , although applied to different content .
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