21.   He predicted that the division would break even during the current quarter and begin to show a profit in the following quarter.

22.   His relationship with the bankers had been strained almost to breaking during a disastrous meeting at the New York Federal Reserve offices in New York last week.

23.   I continued to press the shovel into service until last year, when it finally gave out, its handle breaking during a dig.

24.   If a product is defective when it arrives or breaks during use, some electronics companies will offer the customer a refurbished replacement unit.

25.   If the team had broken even during the longest home stand of the year, they would be among the top eight in the conference.

26.   In court to face those charges in August, he got into a scuffle with two court officers and fell over a bench, breaking it during the struggle.

27.   Initially, the crash was blamed on pilot error, but the wreckage suggested that an engine broke free during flight.

28.   Japanese buyers are acutely sensitive to fissures, the hairline cracks in the kernel that can cause it to break during cooking.

29.   Mary Chambers, a former Democratic leader in the New Hampshire Legislature, remembers when the Gennifer Flowers story broke during the primary campaign in the state.

30.   Once inside, Ashcroft and Carnahan appeared friendly at first during the brief, one-minute breaks during the debate, encouraged by moderator Charles Jaco.