Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] break up the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1812 Cuvier used this technique to break up the chain of being . |
| 2 | The Minister 's attitude reveals a clear determination to break up the system of comprehensive education in this country and replace it with something different . |
| 3 | Pevsner says it is like an overgrown bungalow and with its generous lawns breaks up the texture of the old High Street and the adjacent 18th century Magnolia House . |
| 4 | As the mouldboards lifted and inverted the soil , the tines on the powered rotors broke up the furrow slices . |
| 5 | More typically , the Unionist belief in the Empire was set against the Liberal plans to break up the United Kingdom , as in the leaflet Under which flag ? of July 1914 : this made the comparison between Unionists who had fought in South Africa and Liberals who had been pro-Boer and who would now shoot loyal Ulstermen . |
| 6 | In addition , the three-digit minimum of the Dewey system has been contracted to eliminate unnecessary zeros , and the decimal point appears after every three digits to break up the number . |
| 7 | The voice possesses neither sufficient depth nor weight , and the technique is often found wanting — literally hundreds of interfering aspirates break up the continuity between sound and text . |
| 8 | Small explosive charges break up the mixture , which is then washed and centrifuged to leave pure titanium in the form of granules . |
| 9 | She implored : ‘ If the immediate family breaks up the problems created can still be resolved but only if the children have been brought up from the very start with the feeling that they are wanted , loved and valued . ’ |
| 10 | With Sir Thomas Cooke , his successor as governor , Herne appears to have been party to some extremely shady deals to break up the opposition group in 1693–4 , and to have engaged in bribery to help secure a new charter for the company in 1694 ; all this brought a parliamentary storm on his head in the spring of 1696 . |
| 11 | A tall hotel broke up the skyline of the night . |
| 12 | Firstly , karateka are not allowed to bring their own coaches with them to training sessions because experience has shown that the presence of other coaches breaks up the training atmosphere , and causes people to separate to far corners instead of remaining together . |
| 13 | ‘ Now in a place like this , ’ Tuppe began , ‘ there 's bound to be a heavy-metal band breaking up the room . |
| 14 | The Simpsons started life as animated shorts breaking up the sketches on The Tracey Ullman Show . |
| 15 | My new companions break up the cigarettes , and make tea with the herb . |
| 16 | In developing surreptitious techniques to break up the beat monotony , superiors were not always what they seemed . |