21.   It had broken down the previous summer, and though I promised to repair it, I had never got round to it.

22.   Basically we we try to break down any barriers that might exist between local people and the training opportunities that do exist.

23.   Final commodity prices will fall to an even greater extent than the actual saving in carrying costs if improved transport also breaks down local monopolies.

24.   As tomatoes ripen, an enzyme is produced which causes softening by breaking down the pectin in the cell walls.

25.   Specific work on it in secondary schools is often essential in order to break down resistance to the subject.

26.   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.

27.   The offences came to light when one of the children told a teacher about her ordeal after breaking down following a television programme about child abuse.

28.   The Glass Pig is run by a charity, and it aims to break down barriers between people with severe learning difficulties and the rest of the community.

29.   A lorry transporting Rodney the hundred and eighty seven tonne diesel engine broke down half way up Crickley Hill, near Gloucester, causing long tailbacks.