The EU is fractured into two camps, and not necessarily to France's numerical, or political, advantage.
In fact, the administration has been fractured into two camps, with a few officials straddling compromise positions that Mr. Bush will have to explore in the next five days.
Some, like "ice cream," "fig leaf," "hobby horse" and "water bed," have been fractured into two words, while many others, like " bumblebee," "crybaby" and "pigeonhole," have been squeezed into one.
And lest you think that the skull serves as mere decoration, please observe that it's fractured into two parts that serve as the left and right mouse buttons.
Lately, security analysts have reported that the Zetas themselves are fracturing into at least two groups, and Mr. Lazcano's death, along with the recent captures of other top Zeta leaders, will probably sow more confusion and violence among the ranks.
His skull had been fractured in two places.
My pelvis was fractured in five places.
A specimen was immersed in the solvent, the reaction was stopped by immersing the specimen in liquid nitrogen, the dried specimen was finally fractured into two pieces, one for observation under scanning electron microscope and the other for thermal analysis by differential scanning calorimetry.
The book was filled with accounts of lives that had been fractured violently into two: while survivors spoke of how the attack altered their daily lives -- one man decided to get a divorce the following day -- cult members talked about how they had discarded former "Selves" to join Aum Shinrikyo.
A routine inspection detected that the fuel tube connected to the fuel augmenter was completely fractured into two pieces in two separate jet engines.
