They have, in effect, broken the inter-generational contract.
In 2007, it was acquired by the Royal Bank of Scotland, Santander and Fortis and, in effect, broken up.
Because RDS analysis takes into account network size and homophily to produce population estimates, declaring the data "missing" would have, in effect, broken the recruitment chains and networks in which these participants were embedded.
The bill will in effect break the link between the benefits cap and median earnings.
In the 80s, when Reed was in effect broke, Bowie helped him sort out his affairs.
The consequences for education of Proposition 13 go far beyond the fact that, as Friend puts it, the law "in effect, broke the government".
However, in 1997 Microsoft released a JVM that was incompatible with other JVMs, in effect breaking the "write once, run anywhere" promise of the program.
Prop 13 capped property-assessment increases at two per cent a year, amended the state constitution to require a two-thirds majority of the legislature to raise taxes or pass a budget — and, in effect, broke the government.
The long-term goal of Y.C.E.R., Michele Combs told me, is to help get "a comprehensive energy-reform bill" passed in the Senate soon after the next administration takes office — a bill that could also, in effect, break the congressional climate-legislation stalemate.
Isabella, however, sided with Woodhull, in effect breaking a cardinal rule: "When a man was accused of wrongdoing, the role of his wife/mother/sisters/daughters was to rush to his defense and deny his guilt, whether they suspected he was guilty or not".
Introducing a horse to a rider has, throughout recorded history, been a difficult job, involving, in effect, breaking the animal's spirit, and taking months or even years.
