Sentence examples for break down it from inspiring English sources

Mr. Hunter applied another maxim to the car as well: "A Rolls-Royce doesn't break down, it fails to proceed".

Wood does not wound or break down; it does not shatter, it wears out, it can last a long time".

Were the talks to break down, it could well throw Colombia into all-out conflict, and might even drag the United States, however unwillingly, halfway into yet another jungle-based guerrilla war.Could it happen?

That will enrage fiscal conservatives and anti-nuclear types in both chambers.If talks break down, it will be the third time in four years that Congress has failed to pass an energy bill.

All of this time I've spent being unhappy with my precious human body and it gets me where I need to go, it doesn't break down, it functions perfectly.

A set and a break down, it would have been easy for her to start doubting herself and give in to those who have questioned her ability to win a major despite rising to the top of the world rankings.

If they broke down, it was Serco's problem.

And when any link in the chain breaks down, it can be maddening.

The machine breaks down, it places transistors a bit skew.

If any superconducting element of the matrix-type SFCL breaks down, it cannot basically limit the fault current.

Since the PMTs are separated, even if one or more PMT breaks down, it is possible to continue making observations.