Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun] break up [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 A good example of such a breach of secrecy followed an incident in 1979 , when the until-then-secret ‘ MUFTI ’ team of specially trained prison officers in riot gear broke up a protest demonstration by prisoners in D Wing of Wormwood Scrubs .
2 Riot police broke up a demonstration in protest at the government 's response but most teachers returned to work when the schools reopened on March 5 .
3 On April 30 , however , security forces broke up a rally by supporters of the UDPS , and unofficial reports claimed that two people were killed .
4 Protesters on April 5 disrupted a march organized to show support for the President , and on the following day police broke up a protest in Adzope , 100 km north of Abidjan , shooting dead a student .
5 One solution is to set the glass back as much as a foot and to use thick , matured timber mullions to break up the surface .
6 Eye-witnesses claimed that troops of the elite Special Presidential Division used rifles , hot-water cannons , metal-tipped canes and tear gas to break up the crowd , many of whom were reportedly carrying rosaries and prayer books .
7 In moonlight the white belly fur breaks up the outline of the hunter to perfection .
8 French film makers broke up the Cannes festival in solidarity .
9 The most recent idea was making a path at the side of their home incorporating large circles made of paving setts to break up the monotony of a straight path .
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