Example sentences of "to break [adv prt] a [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One technique involves helping a person to break down a problem into more manageable subproblems and consider the merits of various possible solutions to each part . |
| 2 | However , any task which required the pupil to break down a number into its place value components — hundreds , tens etc. — was more demanding . |
| 3 | The most familiar example of this is when one wishes to break off a piece of metal such as a wire or the opened lid of a tin can . |
| 4 | However , his first involvement was to break up a scuffle between Impey and Burrows , which brought Graeme Souness running onto the pitch to complain to the linesman — strange behaviour from a manager who , last month , was given a five-match touchline ban by UEFA . |
| 5 | Be careful not to break up a sentence with a full stop : Although she was a mentally ill person who lived in her own mind and was allocated a limited number of mental processes . |
| 6 | A WOMAN passer-by who tried to break up a fight outside a Chinese take-away restaurant was punched in the face , Brain-tree magistrates heard yesterday . |
| 7 | Dispersion : This is the ability of a detergent to break up a body of dirt into fine particles . |
| 8 | It was usually best to break up a demonstration in the early stages . |
| 9 | ‘ There was a time when photographs were used merely to break up a page of type , but it 's now developed into a fully-fledged art form of its own , ’ he observes . |
| 10 | The police were attacked as they tried to break up a crowd of about 10,000 people gathered in a field at Sidlow Bridge , near Reigate , Surrey . |