I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a breach of (a) condition (= an act of not doing what has been agreed )
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You can sue the company for a breach of condition.
a breach of an agreement (= an act of breaking an agreement )
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Both sides were accusing each other of breaches of the agreement.
a breach of discipline formal (= an act of not obeying the rules )
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Being absent without permission was a breach of discipline.
a breach of security (= when something happens that the security should have stopped )
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There was a serious breach of security at the prison last Friday.
a breach of the rules formal (= something that is against the rules )
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a serious breach of the rules
a whale breaches (= comes up through the surface of the water )
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He got a picture of a whale breaching, with droplets of water glittering in the sun.
be in breach of contract (= have done something that your contract does not allow )
breach of confidentiality (= when someone gives away information they have promised to keep secret )
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It’s a breach of confidentiality for a priest to reveal what someone has said in the confessional.
breach of contract (= an action that your contract does not allow )
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They are suing the building company for breach of contract.
breach of privilege (= a breaking of the rules about what a Member of Parliament can do or say )
breach/violate/contravene a code formal (= break one )
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Any companies breaching the code will be expelled from the Association.
flagrant abuse/violation/breach etc
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flagrant violations of human rights
heal the wounds/breach/division/rift
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Our main goal must be to heal the divisions in our society.
infringement/breach of copyright (= when you break the copyright laws )
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
alleged
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At Mansfield a 20 year-old miner went to prison even though unconvicted of any offence for alleged breach of bail conditions.
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According to the ITAR-TASS news agency the referendum call was voted down because of alleged breaches in the law during the collection of signatures.
clear
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There is widespread anxiety that the Bill may be a clear breach of the Race Relations Act 1976.
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This was a clear breach of the understanding on which he had come on a joint mission to the pope.
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It soon became clear that breach of confidence was actionable perse, and did not require a contractual relationship between the parties.
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This was a very clear example of breach but others are less obvious.
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An argument over a lost ball ended in a clear breach of etiquette - a club across the back.
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That action is in clear breach of the Local Government Act 1986 and the Widdicombe rules.
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All this is in clear breach of the 1952 directive.
flagrant
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An obvious example would be if it reached a decision in flagrant breach of the rules of natural justice.
fundamental
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The courts were generally reluctant to construe an exclusion clause as covering cases of breach of fundamental term or fundamental breach.
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A fundamental breach is one which the courts would consider more serious than an ordinary breach.
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The third stage, the trial, makes a fundamental breach with the past.
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It therefore appears that an exclusion clause can apply, even to cases of fundamental breach and breach of fundamental term.
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Secondly, the courts developed the doctrine of fundamental breach of contract.
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The request for her to stay away from work for two months out of 12 was not sufficient to amount to a fundamental breach .
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These cases are examples of fundamental breach .
liable
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If it were not given the Vendor would be liable for any breaches of warranty.
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She therefore would not have been liable for breach of contract.
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When an agent makes a contract either the principal is liable or the agent is liable for a breach of authority.
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Under the Consumer Credit Act the credit card company is also liable for any breach of contract.
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The seller was liable for breach of the condition of fitness for purpose.
material
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The Soviet Union can never be a party to the Treaty, and material breach gives no rights to non-parties.
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If a Protocol party acts in material breach of the Protocol, who has the right of termination or suspension?
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The ruling of incompetency supported Costa Rica's interests in a way that a holding of material breach would not.
serious
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The most serious breach occurred in the spring and summer of 1941 as a result of a crisis in the Middle East.
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Instead they retain the status of written professional standards. Serious or persistent breach of the standards could amount to professional misconduct.
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In serious breaches of these codes, the professional can be struck off the professional register. 5.
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How to respond A serious breach of contract by your employer does not itself end your employment.
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A more serious breach of ethics came with the publication of a picture of Mitterrand on his deathbed.
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In 1965, an undertaking was given that only serious breaches of the Act should be proceeded against.
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A serious breach occurred as the result of the Hunger March of 18 October and 1 November 1932.
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To confirm the fact was a serious security breach in itself.
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security
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In contrast, another survey found that as many as 75% of security breaches are perpetrated by insiders.
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This potential security breach has been plugged in most of the new mail systems.
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To confirm the fact was a serious security breach in itself.
■ VERB
allege
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One alleges breach of contract, unfair business practices and false advertising, among other things.
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Paragraph 23 of the statement of claim alleges the breaches by Pantell S.A. of sections 3, 47, 56 and 57.
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After a travesty of a trial, Conde was given a five-year jail sentence for an alleged breach of national security.
cause
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The police arrested Agu and four others for conduct likely to cause a breach of the peace.
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What had caused this sudden breach between father and son?
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It can become conduct likely to cause a breach of the peace, or obstruction, or even assault.
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Causation in fact deals with the question of whether as a matter of fact the damage was caused by the breach of duty.
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Novinpoor admitted conduct likely to cause a breach of the peace and was bound over.
claim
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When the inspectors refused to give all the desired assurances the directors claimed a breach of natural justice.
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He claimed damages for the breach of contract.
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The plaintiff issued a writ against the defendant claiming that a breach of confidence had occurred.
commit
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The result of committing the breach would be known all over the neighbourhood and seriously affect the value of the premises.
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If one creditor then sues for the balance of his debt he commits a breach of contract with each of those creditors.
constitute
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The very act of concluding a conflicting treaty would constitute breach and could be treated as such by its other parties.
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The Standing might constitute a breach of sacramental etiquette, but it was hardly a breach of the peace.
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First, there is direct inconsistency in the sense that compliance with one would necessarily constitute breach of the other.
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There is the difficult issue of whether use as opposed to disclosure constitutes breach .
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They claimed it was inaccurate, misleading and constituted a breach of journalistic ethics.
heal
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Should he try to heal the breach between Andrew Neil and Lamont?
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This is presumably because it is seldom possible to heal the breach that is usually created by fighting a legal battle.
involve
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This did not involve the breach of any subsisting contract between Acrow and Rex Chainbelt.
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It has also shown that these groups of people and institutions have been involved in widespread breaches of the law.
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He admitted a further 17 charges involving the breach of computer software and video copyright law.
prevent
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Their specific duty is to prevent a breach of the peace or to enforce a court order; for example, access.
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It must also be remembered that the fundamental duty imposed on the police is to prevent a breach of the peace.
step
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Who will step into the breach ?
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Pawelski would like to step into the breach .
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So Mrs Thatcher, demonstrating hitherto unsuspected social graces, decided to step into the breach herself.
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Mixed, she said, because it had given the theatre the opportunity to invite P.L. O'Hara to step into the breach .
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You are very brave to step into the breach .
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At the eleventh hour, Halifax has stepped into the breach .
sue
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Any well-drafted transfer will therefore provide for the transfer of the right to sue for such breaches .
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The owners of the property on which the sign sat sued Bressler for breach of contract.
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His remedy was to sue for breach of contract.
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Before then, unions could not be sued for breach of these agreements.
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She and the company's chairman, Weng You-ming, were being sued for breach of trust in the sale.
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He sued for breach of contract.
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Fiona is advised by fellow students that she can sue Uncle Tom for breach of contract.
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He can not sue the manufacturer for breach of the latter's contract of sale.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Britain could not risk a breach with the U.S. over the trade issue.
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In future, six-monthly accounts will be required from those firms that are in breach of the rules.
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Selling the product to another distributor is a clear breach of the agreement.
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The U.N. says there have been grave breaches of human rights.
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This is a clear breach of the 1994 Trade Agreement.
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Workers who have lost their jobs plan to sue the company for breach of contract.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Jacobitism Not everyone was reconciled to the breach in the succession that occurred with the Glorious Revolution.
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Section 146 distinguishes between remediable and irremediable breaches of covenant.
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The former and less serious type is a breach of warranty and the latter is a breach of condition.
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The judge found the defendants to have been in breach of the injunction and committed each to prison for four months.
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The producer's duty ends here unless there is cause to suspect a subsequent breach .
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The second approach is that breach of the statute provides only primafacie evidence of negligence.
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The sector with which we are here concerned was thus an exceptional breach in a hitherto all-male part of the labour market.
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This follows the usual contractual claim for breach .
II. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
code
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Any companies which seriously breach the code face expulsion from the Direct Marketing Association, which is behind the new guidelines.
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No charges of breaching the Code of Professional Conduct were ever brought.
confidentiality
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Faceless, unqualified reviewers define our work, remove our colleagues from panels and routinely breach confidentiality .
contract
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At first sight the paradox that liberalism requires not only freedom of contract but also freedom to breach any contract is quickly resolved.
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Mr George sued, claiming that the school board had breached the contract .
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We know, don't we, that Lamb hasn't been fined so heavily for breaching a harsh contract .
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Are other remedies available when one party breaches a contract ?
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A teacher who does not abide by its terms also breaches a contract .
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When the school board breaches a contract , must the teacher look for another teaching position to collect damages?
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School officials can also breach a contract if they attempt to change the terms of a contract after it is in effect.
duty
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In certain circumstances, the customer's consent will never constitute a defence to breach of fiduciary duty .
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During employment the employee could not use or disclose this information without breaching the duty of fidelity.
law
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To do so would breach copyright laws .
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This will include newspaper cuttings and the references referred to above, although taking care not to breach copyright laws .
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Programme S.TODAY, 21.10.93SNA A director of a bust timeshare firm has admitted breaching strict consumer protection laws .
principle
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If these conditions are met, then the inaccurate data does not breach this principle .
regulation
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National Westminster Bank has been fined $ 1.12m for breaching regulations on the sale of insurance and investments.
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Care needs to be taken that the school doesn't breach the regulations imposed by the Education Reform Act.
rule
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Undertakers who breach these rules risk prosecution.
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A passing off action will lie to restrain the use of any firm name which breaches this rule .
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True, the police do at times breach the rules laid down by the law.
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London's complaint that National Power had breached non-discrimination rules was rejected by Prof Littlechild.
security
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At two stores, cars were used unsuccessfully as battering rams to breach security shutters.
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The techniques he used to breach computer security systems remain available to others.
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It is especially easy for employees to breach a security system.
trust
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I hated to imagine what the consequences of breaching this trust might be.
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Sam claims her father breached the trust she placed in him and says he is holding on to her cash.
wall
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They had to breach the walls at close quarters and then scale them, using ladders and fighting-towers.
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One of the earliest explosive devices was the petard, which was a mine used to breach castle walls or gates.
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When this exploded, fortunately not fiercely enough to breach the wall of the vessel, the operators realized what was happening.
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Amnesty's job is to breach these walls , to discover the truth within, and then to act.
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With six thousand Cornishmen he crossed the Tamar and breached the walls of Exeter before being repulsed.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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On Friday, flood waters breached the river's banks.
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The court ruled that he had breached the terms of the agreement.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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He tried a few jokes to breach their blandness.
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If these conditions are met, then the inaccurate data does not breach this principle.
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One glance also breached his initial prediction.
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The oil companies accuse villagers of breaching the pipes to steal the fuel or to claim compensation for the resulting pollution.
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They had to breach the walls at close quarters and then scale them, using ladders and fighting-towers.
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Undertakers who breach these rules risk prosecution.