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

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1 A touch of Wella High Hair Soft Wax was rubbed through the hair to break up the texture and smooth down the coarseness of the hair .
2 We have also set up a couple of microphones in the real of the hall to break up the echoes which would otherwise bounce off that wall . ’
3 Mr Ian Prestt , director-general of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds , said the most contentious part of the bill was the proposal to break up the Nature Conservancy Council .
4 Gaunt had used the strength of his position as the representative of the king to break up the opposition and to reassert the authority of the crown .
5 Bring to the boil , chopping through the mixture with a spoon to break up the tomatoes and pears .
6 At around midnight , the chairman used my pregnancy — I was huge by then — as an excuse to break up the meeting : he said that even if no one else was tired , he thought we ought to disperse so that I could get my rest !
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