Example sentences of "[noun] break [adv] the [noun] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The old masters merely dammed streams and created lakes to break up the landscape or else reflect its beauty . |
| 2 | It only takes a current of a few nanoamps to develop enough voltage to break down the insulation and make a hole in the silicon . |
| 3 | Pub manager Dave Bruce broke up the fight and said both Sharpe and his friend were punching Mr Patterson . |
| 4 | Tralhaut comments that he seemed to be almost glorying in his failure to break down the barriers and ‘ storm the fortress ’ of his love 's frozen heart . |
| 5 | Vladimir Beschastnikh broke down the right and crossed low for dangerman Radchenko to beat the advancing Hooper with impressive ease . |
| 6 | Bring to the boil , chopping through the mixture with a spoon to break up the tomatoes and pears . |
| 7 | We will continue our efforts to break down the barriers that prevent them from competing freely throughout Europe and in the wider world . |
| 8 | Gaunt had used the strength of his position as the representative of the king to break up the opposition and to reassert the authority of the crown . |
| 9 | The boys ' mother , Tracey Gardiner , 29 , and her five-month-old son , escaped unharmed after a neighbour and a passing mini-cab driver broke down the door and woke them up . |
| 10 | the more successful attacks by Leeds came from either Kelly or Dorigo breaking down the flanks and crossing in . |
| 11 | In the 68th minute the huge Musselburgh contingent in the crowd went wild when McMillan broke up the blindside and sent winger Craig Ramsey racing in for a try to put his side 14-10 up . |
| 12 | With the match looking as though it would end goalless at the interval David Tate broke down the right and from his cross Ged Kennedy forced the ball home to give Eppleton the lead . |
| 13 | ISS makes proposals to break down the barriers that often exist between teachers and parents , to improve the extent and quality of communication between school and home , and to increase parental involvement with the child 's learning . |
| 14 | A touch of Wella High Hair Soft Wax was rubbed through the hair to break up the texture and smooth down the coarseness of the hair . |
| 15 | Cork hit the post in a desperate finish , but Quakers were caught on the break with only two minutes left when Warren Joyce broke down the right and crossed perfectly for the unmarked Jepson , who only minutes before had a goal ruled out for offside , to grab his second from close range . |
| 16 | When reinstalled , reversing the flow will give an undergravel system that will remain active for years because the water is pre-filtered and only clear water passes through the gravel where nitrifying bacteria break down the ammonia and nitrites . |
| 17 | The chemicals break down the faeces and obviously kill any bacteria present . |
| 18 | Officials had to send for special chemicals to break down the tar and free the vehicles . |