1.   A metal tube split open in the steam generator of the nuclear power plant.

2.   Soon the skin of the pupa splits open, and the fully-formed adult butterfly emerges.

3.   Very slowly, its side seam split open and a flute rolled quietly out on to the floor.

4.   A CHIEF inspector, helping two constables in a hostile football crowd, was kicked to the ground and then had his nose split open by a punch.

5.   And in the process of unloading one of the bundles, it split open and the manager found the cannabis concealed inside it.

6.   Almost everyone on the bus was thrown out as it tumbled and the roof split open, Quintana said.

7.   And a contentious issue with wide-ranging precedents is about to split open.

8.   And then the seams split open.

9.   At least five split open, dumping the corpses into the water.

10.   A broad-based, nationwide strike of hundreds of thousands of workers in major industries was under way Tuesday as Yeltsin was having his chest split open.