Example sentences of "[noun] breaks the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Interruptions are not always a curse ; I sometimes find that a lost association breaks the surface for air precisely when I 've stopped actively thinking about the writing . |
| 2 | Fault scarps will only be formed where a fault breaks the surface ; they can either die out laterally or merge into a monocline ( Fig. 3.33(A) ) . |
| 3 | The spear breaks the pack and allows water to surge out of nozzles above the spear-end to rinse it . |
| 4 | White House envoy 's visit is bid to repair rift with China Washington breaks the ice in Beijing . |
| 5 | Sure enough , at the track the computer reveals that the Delta breaks the 0–60mph barrier in 6.3secs , half a second quicker than the Golf . |
| 6 | Reward the group as a whole ( rewarding individuals breaks the cohesion in the group ) . |
| 7 | The time keeper breaks the news … |
| 8 | The courts will generally be reluctant to find that a natural event breaks the chain of causation as the plaintiff has no-one else to sue if the defendant is exonerated . |
| 9 | Ahead and to our right a head breaks the surface . |
| 10 | From dawn to dusk , from the moment that the ‘ thread of day breaks the blackness of night ’ until the sun is once again eclipsed by the horizon the fast is kept . |
| 11 | This raises the question of who is responsible if the individual trader breaks the rules . |
| 12 | The umpire 's whistle breaks the spell and sets ‘ real ’ life going again . |
| 13 | On the other hand to disassociate the Church from the Kingdom breaks the nerve-cord of hope and destroys the community of commitment to Christ as Saviour and Lord . |
| 14 | The central volutes intertwine and a tendril and foliage breaks the line of the abacus between these and the angle volutes . |
| 15 | If my anger breaks the glass , I could be smashed to smithereens . |
| 16 | Damages may be reduced by his contributory negligence and , in this respect , it could be argued that disregard of instructions breaks the chain of causation . |
| 17 | When this type of harassment occurs , when it is continuous day after day , unrelenting in its viciousness , then tensions grow with it and those tensions can creep into the whole community until finally some incident breaks the self-control ; the pent-up fury of people is unleashed and often blind , mindless violence occurs . |
| 18 | For the next few weeks the male passes food for his entire family through this hole until the female breaks the wall down and leaves the hole to help him collect the increasing quantity of food demanded by the growing chicks . |
| 19 | 10.3.3 Sudbrook v Eggleton breaks the deadlock |
| 20 | The weight is on the left leg , and the bent right knee breaks the folds of the skirt , but over the left leg in front and the right behind the heavy stuff falls in broadly spaced columnar verticals . |
| 21 | It keeps the tension going until the Tsarevich breaks the egg and thus signifies the death of Kostchei . |
| 22 | Simply building a wall around the top of the well breaks the cycle . |
| 23 | However , the defendant may allege that the plaintiff 's conduct breaks the chain of causation , so as to render the defendant not liable for some , or all , of the plaintiff 's damage . |
| 24 | However , he should ask himself why it is that , when people are given access and are judged eligible for the benefits , the administration is so inadequate that paying out the genuine benefits breaks the system . |
| 25 | Sally gives Bona-Fido breaks the paws-up Your invite to Top Dog '91 — the biggest and best doggie party ever staged PLUS ! |
| 26 | The concrete walls are six feet high and from there to the eaves spaced timber cladding breaks the wind and gives good ventilation . |