Example sentences of "[noun sg] break out [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Only in the nineteenth century did widespread protests against this kind of thinking break out within the main stream of Reformed theology itself .
2 Against a background of rising tension between Aoun 's forces and those under the command of Gen. Lahud , as well as Samir Geaga 's Lebanese Forces ( LF ) militia , military confrontation broke out in the Christian enclave of East Beirut in late January 1990 [ see pp. 37264-65 ] .
3 Irish referee Brian Smith was forced to act as peacemaker when fighting broke out among the rival front rows on more than one occasion , and once again the Aussies were frustrated by the spoiling tactics of the home side .
4 A low rumble of thunder made her skin break out in a fine rash of goosepimples , and Julius glanced at her sharply as he noticed them .
5 When a right-wing revolt broke out against the newly-elected president portes Gil , the Communists , who were highly influential with the peasant Leagues , instructed them to fight on behalf of the government to help quell the uprising .
6 ‘ My symptoms only became apparent after 18 months — the skin of my bottom broke out in an itchy rash .
7 A good many boys and girls had joined the crowd now and shouts of laughter broke out as a few of them came out from the gate in the kitchen-garden wall , their hands full of ripe peaches , their chins dripping with juice .
8 The trick is preventing the fire in the midriff breaking out into a public conflagration .
9 Van Gelder said : ‘ Makes it a bit awkward , sir , does n't it , if war breaks out in the next half-hour ? ’
10 When a rampant piano breaks out of the ecstatic trance midway through we 're two-nil up before the record 's even half way through and , with the arrival of a melancholy eastern vocal further up the touchline , it 's turning into a whitewash .
11 It was unfortunate that the Arab-Israeli war broke out at the same time and some overseas commentators took the presence of Canberras in this guise as proof of British participation in the war !
12 If war broke out in the Far East ‘ our present forces in Korea would be a military liability and could not be maintained there without substantial reinforcement prior to the initiation of hostilities ’ .
13 The people of Cerska are among tens of thousands of Muslims encircled by Serbs in eastern Bosnia since civil war broke out in the former Yugoslav republic last March .
14 In October 1973 war broke out in the Middle East .
15 I am dying , she thought , as her forehead broke out into a fine sweat , I do not even have to think of it , my mind is on other things , but there is a disturbance , quite plainly to be felt , in the mechanism of my heart .
16 On July 2 a strike broke out at the Markushegy unit of the Oroszlany coalmines , when miners demanded a wage rise of up to 50 per cent , the dismissal of incompetent managers and a halt to privatization of the mines ; the strike was settled on July 3 when the government acceded to most of the demands .
17 An argument broke out in the crowded pub after some drink was knocked over and Mr Brown tried to defuse the situation .
18 Something of a row broke out with an awkward commuter .
19 Rather than respond defensively Labour should see this as an opportunity to break out of the strait-jacket politics of the Thatcher era .
20 NEAR pandemonium broke out at the National Theatre the other night during a revival of Pygmalion .
21 On powering up , the front panel breaks out into a mini light show , each window blazing out its particular setting in red , except for the program number window which reads out in green for easy identification on stage .
22 JoJo frowned at them both through little squinting eyes , then his face broke out into a toothless smile and he grinned at them .
23 Four miners were killed after fire broke out on an underground conveyor belt in Asturias on Dec. 22 , while some 280 others escaped .
24 Fire broke out on the stricken ship and two US helicopters raced in to help put it out .
25 In one , a disabled man who lives in Kemp Road was taken to Hartlepool General Hospital suffering from the effects of smoke after fire broke out in a neighbouring house .
26 RESIDENTS of a sheltered housing unit in Wallasey were evacuated last night after a fire broke out in a communal kitchen .
27 Fire broke out in an old , litter-strewn stand which soon became a death trap in which fifty-six people perished .
28 The blaze broke out on the third floor of Camrex House , Tatham Street , Sunderland , and destroyed a bed .
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