Example sentences of "broke out in the [adj] " in BNC.

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1 The next day clashes broke out in the occupied territories and Arab workers were prevented from entering Jerusalem .
2 Disturbances which broke out in the north-eastern city of Mashad on May 30 continued for several days , bringing the city to a standstill .
3 An argument broke out in the crowded pub after some drink was knocked over and Mr Brown tried to defuse the situation .
4 Pandemonium broke out in the graceful room .
5 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 ’ .
6 In October 1973 war broke out in the Middle East .
7 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 .
8 Scuffles broke out in the public gallery after victim Tony 's relatives cheered at the sentences .
9 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 ] .
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