Example sentences of "[adv] falling [noun sg] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | To the south you look down the steeply falling park to where the river slowly bends around Dittisham on the western bank , and to the west a view cut through the trees shows the river almost encircling the Sandridge promontory , its last wide stretch before it narrows upstream to Totnes . |
| 2 | Certainly in 1922 Ukrainians came to envy and hate the preferential treatment given to their eastern neighbours on the Volga , thus falling prey to the methods of divide and rule which the Bolsheviks inherited from their imperial predecessors . |
| 3 | Many Hector 's dolphins were also falling victim to the nets of recreational fishermen who fish the numerous bays around the peninsula 's deeply indented coastline , especially during summer holidays . |
| 4 | These young people stumbled ‘ from one nightmare into another ’ , often falling prey to drugs , prostitution , disease and despair , she told a conference in London organised by Centrepoint , a charity that runs hostels for the homeless . |
| 5 | Plums are notoriously difficult to grow … often falling victim to the weather and pests . |
| 6 | FRENCH OBSTETRICIAN and natural childbirth guru , Michel Odent , claims that men are increasingly falling victim to ‘ couvade ’ , literally , hatching pains . |
| 7 | Treacy is pinning his hopes on Derry again falling victim to a goal famine of crisis proportions . |