Example sentences of "[noun sg] break out [prep] the [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 | 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 . |
| 5 | Van Gelder said : ‘ Makes it a bit awkward , sir , does n't it , if war breaks out in the next half-hour ? ’ |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 ! |
| 8 | 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 ’ . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | In October 1973 war broke out in the Middle East . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | An argument broke out in the crowded pub after some drink was knocked over and Mr Brown tried to defuse the situation . |
| 13 | Rather than respond defensively Labour should see this as an opportunity to break out of the strait-jacket politics of the Thatcher era . |
| 14 | NEAR pandemonium broke out at the National Theatre the other night during a revival of Pygmalion . |
| 15 | Fire broke out on the stricken ship and two US helicopters raced in to help put it out . |
| 16 | The blaze broke out on the third floor of Camrex House , Tatham Street , Sunderland , and destroyed a bed . |