title: How to mark up multiple <br />?
body: <p>I use </p>
  
  <pre><code>  &lt;br /&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>to insert blank lines on my webpage. What is an elegant way to do the equivalent of 20 - 40 of these? After formatting, each br tag is put on a separate line which make reading the file cumbersome. </p>