Example sentences of "[verb] or break [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Differential expansion with increasing temperature causes the compound rod to bend and make or break electrical contact . |
| 2 | But more importantly , they can make or break political careers . |
| 3 | What of scientists themselves — whose help can often make or break successful protests against serious abuses of science . |
| 4 | He argued at a Westminster press conference that in only 35 out of 403 local authority areas would any claimants gain or break even , despite Mrs Thatcher 's pledge in July 1987 that they would not be adversely affected . |
| 5 | ‘ Mueller will have the power to make or break whole areas of Europe . |