Example sentences of "breaking [adv prt] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The only real answer she provides is the joke-capping session itself , which then forms the topic of the rest of the chapter ; but more could be said , for example , on the functions of joke-telling ( for breaking down taboos , reassuring , releasing tension , passing the time , indirect criticising , etc ) ; and on the relation of joke-telling to questions of " power " and " solidarity " . |
| 2 | For biological filtration the function of the various media is to provide a home for the bacterial colony which actually does the job of breaking down wastes . |
| 3 | Both provide a real opportunity to start breaking down barriers . |
| 4 | Many artists see the value in or with the public , breaking down barriers and thriving on the experience and feed-back for their future work . |
| 5 | Not content with breaking down barriers between medical professionals and patients , Professor Fletcher has shown by example that it is possible to conduct a lengthy and demanding career while living with insulin-dependent diabetes for over fifty years . |
| 6 | The Action Team is also interested in breaking down barriers which discourage West Belfast people from working outside the area through work experience , Wider Horizons programmes , etc . |
| 7 | Lack of resources and strong resistance to breaking down barriers between health care agencies are other contributing factors . |
| 8 | Breaking down barriers and creating an environment of openness and candour , changing the corporate culture from one of obligation to one of commitment — all these things are happening throughout Guinness Brewing Worldwide today . |
| 9 | That 's where the Grendon technique gets to work ; listening , talking , breaking down barriers and not letting anyone pull the wool over their eyes . |
| 10 | It contains some three hundred separate measures aimed at breaking down barriers within Europe . |
| 11 | I think it 's fair to say that we 've gone a long , long way in Oxford to breaking down barriers with regard to the inspection priorities , and we are in a position within the city where we have nature of , if you like , technicians and staff that are doing jobs that in many other surrounding areas , and indeed throughout the country are the prerogative of E H O , and these include areas specified as high-risk by MAFF , and include a great bulk of all customer and consumer complaints . |
| 12 | Breaking down creed and colour , |
| 13 | Breaking down activities into a number of small wins not only creates a rewarding climate for action but concentrates attention on the possible . |
| 14 | Certainly , those used to project management and planning are finding it invaluable in breaking down tasks into manageable blocks , defining what can be realistically achieved , and as a tool for reviewing and progress-chasing . |
| 15 | It turns neighbour against neighbour , breaking down trust in a way that the paramilitary organisations are finding easy to exploit . |
| 16 | Question Types The first approach that may be used in breaking down questions is to look for the question types . |
| 17 | R. R. Dale 's ( 1969 , 1971 , 1974 ) three-volume study focuses mainly on the social advantages , and it is possible in any case to challenge the nature of the superior social development of girls which is argued to accompany mixed rather than single-sex schooling , since one of the things it may involve is breaking down girls ' resistance to the imposition of various stereotypes of femininity to a greater extent than is found in single-sex schools . |
| 18 | Nottingham Forest had almost despaired of breaking down Everton 's rebuilt defence in an entertaining tie at the City Ground when Lee Chapman won the match seven minutes from the end . |
| 19 | Nottingham Forest had almost despaired of breaking down Everton 's rebuilt defence when Lee Chapman won an entertaining fourth-round tie at the City Ground with a smartly taken goal seven minutes from the end . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | The proliferation of glossy reports , brochures and prospectuses may be good for the designers and a printing company or two , but our impression is that this is more about the marketing of the British government than about marketing West Belfast , and we wonder what it achieves in terms of breaking down outsiders ' negative stereotypes of the area and of the people who live here . |
| 22 | So one can well imagine that Grimes blew into Sadler 's Wells like an Aldeburgh gale , changing the coastline , breaking down bridges , and generally modifying the landscape by its sheer force and energy . |
| 23 | 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 : |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | It respires anaerobically , by a process known as fermentation ; breaking down sugars to produce carbon dioxide and alcohol . |
| 26 | Does he agree that one of the best ways of breaking down violence and lessening the sectarian divide is to encourage enterprise and initiative ? |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | One has only to read recent editions of Climber and Hill Walker to see evidence of atrocious behaviour by climbers and walkers : abuse , noise , breaking down fences , fouling areas with litter and excrement and climbing in areas when specifically requested to desist for good safety reasons — at Cheddar and Upper Pentrwyn . |
| 29 | This means changing people 's way of thinking and working , maybe breaking down fences and getting them to share information they might for some reason be reluctant to divulge . |
| 30 | 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 . |