Sentence examples for break meaning from inspiring English sources

Under the mayor's income-tax cut, all taxpayers would get the same percentage tax break, meaning the 14percentt surcharge would be wiped off every taxpayer's bill.

Unfortunately, unlike in football, the people we needed for the job were enjoying a festive break, meaning with less than 48 hours before a home game with Bristol City a decision had to be made to postpone the match.

Edwards knows it, saying, "We need to try to win a game before the break," meaning the Jets' bye week after next Sunday's game against Dallas (which has another ex-Jet, running back Richie Anderson).

Although every block constitutes, for local surfers, a distinct "spot," with a distinct character, Ocean Beach is what surfers call a beach break, meaning that it has no point of land — no reef or river mouth or pier — to define it, and the shape of the waves therefore depends largely on the configuration of the offshore sandbars.

Top-scorer Jackson Martinez netted a second for Porto after the break, meaning Danilo's red card for the Dragons and Benfica's 3-1 win over relegated Moreirense, thanks to two goals by Lima, were little more than footnotes.

For one thing, you now have double the number of wheels that can break, meaning a bag with a busted wheel will be like a car with a flat tire.

Water pumps at the centre have broken, meaning there is no access to running water for showers.

One is that the sector's internal checks and balances are broken, meaning the system no longer self-corrects.

The waves are point breaks, meaning the swell comes in at an angle, instead of directly toward the beach, and peels to the side.

On the UK version there are no ad breaks, meaning that the show just seems to go relentlessly on and on.

It's worth pointing out that this email is time stamped a good half hour before our story broke, meaning he wrote it thinking it would all still stay private.