31.   It turns neighbour against neighbour, breaking down trust in a way that the paramilitary organisations are finding easy to exploit.

32.   Hospital managers believe that if nurses wear casual clothes it would help break down barriers between them and patients.

33.   Mr Stokle repeatedly broke down sobbing as he relived the events of the attack.

34.   The Gatt trade talks broke down earlier this week because of a long-running dispute over EC oilseed subsidies and the volume of EC exports to the US.

35.   I says to him, with him breaking down other night his dinner went to dog.

36.   The shower broke down about six months ago.

37.   How can you break it down even more?

38.   Although law and order are breaking down, there is little evidence that the government is close to falling.

39.   Although no one expected miracles from the elections, one hope was that they might help break down the ethnic partitioning of the country.

40.   Although that was thought to have been a formality, talks broke down Wednesday night when several new issues were brought to the table.

v. + down >>共 455
shut 15.00%
slow 3.85%
lie 3.38%
break 3.38%
knock 3.09%
play 2.20%
hand 2.13%
close 2.10%
bring 1.97%
push 1.92%
break + p. >>共 71
down 25.76%
off 18.17%
for 10.37%
from 9.62%
on 7.34%
in 5.90%
at 3.49%
to 2.61%
over 2.13%
during 1.70%
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