Example sentences of "fall [adv] on the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The hardship of saving water will fall most on the poorest people . |
| 2 | At worst , one could fall back on the immediate family of brothers and cousins to protect the individual , if only by helping to pay up to meet the demands of the tax collector . |
| 3 | Once closed , the Home Office will fall back on the well-worn refrain that legislation is required to make a surprisingly large number of the proposals that are put forward , and that no Parliamentary time is available . |
| 4 | THEY , I predict , will fall back on the last line of defence . |
| 5 | It is for these reasons that Woolwich is not enabled or required to seek its remedy through the statutory framework , but must fall back on the common law . |
| 6 | All this will fall hard on the private sector . |