Example sentences of "[noun sg] break up the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then I hear a muffled cry of alarm , but a rush of wind breaks up the information to my ears . |
| 2 | The Minister 's attitude reveals a clear determination to break up the system of comprehensive education in this country and replace it with something different . |
| 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 | ‘ Now in a place like this , ’ Tuppe began , ‘ there 's bound to be a heavy-metal band breaking up the room . |
| 5 | As the meeting broke up the conversation turned to Archer 's party . |
| 6 | In moonlight the white belly fur breaks up the outline of the hunter to perfection . |
| 7 | Ultimately , his change of pace and flight of the ball broke up the rhythm of Lee , who perhaps rather over pressed in the first set and found himself 0–5 down before he adjusted his momentum to claw four games back before Galasso 's touch and confidence returned , in what was for him a perfect final game and a match point won with a brilliant lob . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 ! |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | In 1812 Cuvier used this technique to break up the chain of being . |
| 13 | A tall hotel broke up the skyline of the night . |
| 14 | My duty was to supply conversation to break up the monotony of the heat-haze on the straight roads through the bush . |
| 15 | Defries decided it was time to break up the reunion . |