Example sentences of "break down [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | AS SOON as I see a screen full of Florida palm fronds , broken down clapboard houses and Cadillacs full of heaving , unhappy women , I know we are in for an Erotic Thriller . |
| 2 | Lord Justice Parker differentiated between liability of the car driver to her passenger , who must have been within her reasonable contemplation as being likely to be affected by her omission to remove her broken down car from the carriageway and any drivers who may have been proceeding in the opposite direction on the other carriageway . |
| 3 | This pathway is again in a dreadful condition with litter , lack of bins and broken down fencing . |
| 4 | From a beneficial point of view they help your body break down food materials , and are active in the decomposition of waste matter ; on a more negative note they also cause various infections and diseases and spoil food . |
| 5 | Then again if you 're I think the only thing on that I would say is that , creativity in as a positive , erm , that that your there are loads of possibilities about how you could actually try and create situations , which would actually break down barrier , one of the barriers you had was , I 'll give you one if you give me one . |
| 6 | During this time overgrazing and treading by stock , particularly in wet conditions , will damage the root system , break down soil structure , and cause gaps in the new sward . |
| 7 | Would n't it be wonderful if you could melt away the flab simply by smoothing in a special cream , or break down fat by rubbing away at your wobbly bits ? |
| 8 | To cope with these complications , socialization theories break down gender psychology into ever simpler units , and build up more and more elaborate models of learning around them . |
| 9 | But for everyday down-to-earth filtration , the simple aerobic bacteria that break down ammonia , to nitrite , and thence to nitrates are vital . |
| 10 | Breaking down creed and colour , |
| 11 | It turns neighbour against neighbour , breaking down trust in a way that the paramilitary organisations are finding easy to exploit . |
| 12 | Most firms are still organised to exploit the efficiencies to be gained from breaking down work into a sequence of specialised tasks , an approach first described by Adam Smith in his famous account of production in a pin factory . |
| 13 | It may seem an unlikely way to make a living … but Heather Gorringe is a worm farmer.She sells 20,000 worms a week from her farm in Herefordshire … and it seems people ca n't get enough of these wriggly creatures.They 're ideal for breaking down compost … and can even convert rubbish dumps into healthy agricultural land : |
| 14 | Thus , rather than reinforcing stereotypical responses to the unfamiliar faces around , student living can be one of the most hopeful ways of breaking down prejudice . |
| 15 | Does he agree that one of the best ways of breaking down violence and lessening the sectarian divide is to encourage enterprise and initiative ? |
| 16 | It makes the heart pump blood faster ( we have all felt the pounding and racing of our hearts when we are roused ) ; dilates the airways of our lungs ( so we can breathe faster ) ; and causes a great increase in the release of energy — by breaking down glycogen ( the form in which glucose is stored ) for muscles , and fat ( from fat storage depots ) for the rest of the body . |
| 17 | For the full effect of this radical approach , listen to the early-Eighties dub mixes : Larry Levan reworking Gwen Guthrie 's ‘ Seventh Heaven ’ , Shep Pettibone breaking down Sinnamon 's ‘ He 's Gon na Take You Home ( To His House ) ’ , Nick Martinelli and David Todd abstracting Raw Silk 's ‘ Just In Time ’ , Francois Kervorkian plunging Forrrce , D-Train and Sharon Redd into the stoned deep echo spaces first explored by King Tubby and Lee Perry in Jamaica . |
| 18 | The physical act of training breaks down part of the muscle exercised , and it is during the next 24–72 hours that the muscles recover and begin to grow . |
| 19 | It 's worth also mentioning , since you saw it in the practical class , that staphylococci in general produce this enzyme catalase all of these er lo thi this is the enzyme which breaks down hydrogen peroxide and detoxifies it . |
| 20 | ( b ) ( 19–43 ) This part of the table breaks down word classes into subclasses such as " human nouns " . |
| 21 | Training breaks down muscle tissue and during rest periods the tissue is repaired and growth takes place if sufficient protein is available . |
| 22 | The enzyme , called collagenase , breaks down collagen , a structural protein which does much to hold teeth in place , and to hold various other parts of the body together . |
| 23 | These molecules go on to activate a ‘ nuclease ’ enzyme that breaks down messenger RNA molecules used to make viral proteins . |
| 24 | The report , in the form of a white paper , breaks down carbon dioxide emissions into four sectors : industry , domestic use , transport and energy conversion and electric power transmission losses , giving a clear indication of where Japan 's carbon problems lie . |
| 25 | When negotiations between employers and unions finally broke down strike action was taken with different groups of workers coming out in different parts of the country . |
| 26 | Vladimir broke down reconciliation into five steps : God , sin , guilt , forgiveness and reconciliation , but stated that the real key is love : |
| 27 | The first was an attempt to break down demarcation between skilled trades doing maintenance work — the moving towards so-called ‘ two-trades maintenance ’ . |
| 28 | Choline and inositol help to break down fat . |
| 29 | Determined to break down chauvinism and confront the prejudice and suspicion of the unknown , the organizations also diminished the economic barrier to foreign travel by establishing the novel concept of the now standard , fixed price ‘ all-in ’ holiday which presented a defined objective to be budgeted for over a year . |
| 30 | Specific work on it in secondary schools is often essential in order to break down resistance to the subject . |