Example sentences of "fall [prep] the [adj] [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 'd promised I would never fall for the obvious attractions of another beautiful woman , but from the moment I held you in my arms my instinct told me that you were as different from Lotta as wine is from vinegar . ’ |
| 2 | The acquisition will initially increase Pilkington 's gearing to 90 per cent , but this will fall after the anticipated sale of the spectacle-lens business , Sola . |
| 3 | The 1959 Defence White Paper announced that the Army would be allowed to recruit up to a ceiling of 180,000 ‘ to ensure that its strength shall not fall below the planned figure of 165,000 ’ — a lame excuse since this requirement was just as valid in 1957 . |
| 4 | If it is not renewed , which may well be the case , the products which it now covers will then fall under the general rules of the EEC Treaty . |
| 5 | It clearly does not fall into the easy trap of arguing that for crime to exist there must first be intention . |
| 6 | When you receive the buyer 's requisitions on title , try to be more helpful than " cagey " in your answers and do n't fall into the easy habit of giving stereotyped and evasive replies if you could be more helpful . |
| 7 | Any piece of computer equipment which has to be fitted to some other equipment , such as a replacement " card " ( printed circuit board containing integrated circuits ) which has to be a certain shape , or have a certain type of connector , in order to fit into a computer will also fall into the first part of the exception . |
| 8 | On the other hand , if we ignore the ego and its functions in man and concentrate on his instincts as if they could totally account for his behaviour as they do in animals who lack an ego , we should fall into the alternative trap of failing to account for his culture at all except as the outcome of doubtful instinctual behaviour of an altruistic or civilized kind . |
| 9 | This is not surprising ; and we should not fall into the obvious trap of righteous indignation after the event nor judge them too harshly . |
| 10 | You must not fall into the common error of trying to fill your tank with Dwarfs using the usual inches of fish/surface area criterion . |
| 11 | You must not fall into the common error of trying to fill your tank with Dwarfs using the usual inches of fish/surface area criterion . |
| 12 | Finally , delegation ensures that you do not fall into the fatal trap of trying to become or seem indispensable . |
| 13 | On neither score is there any universal agreement , and many would deny that the objections are well grounded , holding that they rest on over-simplifications , and that even to the degree that Barth did move in the directions suggested , he nevertheless did not fall into the extreme positions of which he is held guilty . |
| 14 | Her blood seemed to have turned into heavy oil in her body , and something was dragging her down so ruthlessly that she let herself fall into the harsh carpet of pebbles . |
| 15 | Otherwise I was afraid I would fall into the old trap of pitying him . |
| 16 | For national liberation , greater emphasis must fall upon the independent existence of a nation . |
| 17 | If we were to add those provisions to the Bill , I fear that we might not fall within the long title of the Bill . |
| 18 | He therefore leaked his deepest , darkest secret , but selectively , to those half-way in the know already ; and he made it deliberately dramatic , so that there was still a good chance it would fall within the wide range of hyperbole or blarney that his listeners already allowed for . |
| 19 | and who would thus fall within the statutory definition of membership of that organisation . |
| 20 | The narrowest position is to say that rape is committed only where D threatens violence or knows that V is in fear of violence , and that any other threat must fall within the lesser offence of procuring sex by threats . |
| 21 | There are ad hoc bodies dealing with some of the functions of the former counties , but these need not detain us as their tasks do not fall within the main concerns of this book . |
| 22 | No matter how well intentioned an author may be , no matter how good his work is considered , a lavish photographic book of this kind , and of this price , must stand or fall on the sheer quality of the pictures selected and the way in which they are presented . |
| 23 | However , an ex gratia payment to an older man who has no full-time employment in prospect could fall on the other side of the line . |
| 24 | Surely , it is at that age that interest has to be aroused because later those subjects will fall on the other side of the divide . |
| 25 | Stamp duties , which did fall on the luxury consumption of the better-off , made up only 13 per cent of indirect taxation in 1800 and less than half as much of total revenue . |
| 26 | This can not fall on the last syllable of the stem , and is , if necessary , moved to an earlier syllable . |