1.   Sometimes it is necessary to break family ties in order to protect the child.

2.   Though they had lived in their adopted country for many years, the immigrant families never broke their ties with the fatherland entirely.

3.   PAPUA New Guinea, echoing the republican thrust of its South Pacific neighbour Australia, said yesterday it would consider breaking its ties with the British monarchy.

4.   Alou broke the tie with a sacrifice fly to left.

5.   American officials say they recognize that many Bosnian Muslim leaders are reluctant to break ties with an ally that had been so important.

6.   And when Raines also singled to right, he knocked in Johnson, knocked out Boehringer and broke the tie.

7.   And with that chamber evenly divided between Democrats and Republicans, he may be called on to break ties more often than his predecessors.

8.   Archbishop Michael Corrigan established the St. Raphael Society to break those ties and encourage assimilation.

9.   Argos recently broke ties with TV Azteca after squabbling about worldwide distribution rights.

10.   Back then, officials talked angrily of arming the Serbs and breaking ties with the West.