Example sentences of "[vb past] fall [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The minister did not introduce the anticipated stringent spending cuts , apparently under pressure from the PSOE , but said that the government would continue to use high interest rates to restrain domestic demand , which he expected to fall by 3.2 per cent in 1991 compared with 4.7 per cent in 1990 . |
| 2 | ‘ Kelly , ’ I shouted and she turned round and shrieked , ‘ Annie , darling ’ , and we tried to fall into each other 's arms . |
| 3 | The figures showed that in 1981-91 the area of vegetables grown in England and Wales fell by 10 per cent but the area treated with pesticides increased by 40 per cent ; the volume used fell by 10 per cent , as pesticides became less bulky . |
| 4 | At least he 'd fallen off this side of the wall , he would n't have to jump it again . |
| 5 | Her mother said she 'd fallen on hard times . |
| 6 | The material in the folder seemed to fall into three basic categories : notes , bits of descriptive prose , and poems . |
| 7 | A disabled person living in physically unsuitable housing would therefore assume that there was no point in registering on the waiting list , unless they happened to fall into one of the categories mentioned . |
| 8 | In other words , a positional good can not be shared without losing some of its value ; consequently as the countryside became more accessible during the 1960s , thanks mainly to increasing car ownership , so the value of the rural environment began to fall to those already in possession — and they quickly mobilized to defend their interests . |
| 9 | Shells now began to fall with increasing regularity among closely packed men . |
| 10 | Memories of that now vanished organisation are sad to recall , for as the international situation grew graver , and the shadow of war began to fall on all of us , enthusiasm waned . |
| 11 | Most of the staff began to fall on this with cries of delight , but as he looked around , Amiss saw two sad brown faces at the other end of the table . |
| 12 | Outside snow began to fall in large fat flakes . |
| 13 | Rain began to fall in large heavy drops . |
| 14 | Although the budget for 1992 was still in preparation , the Economy Ministry had already announced public-sector salary increases for 1992 of 6 per cent ( with inflation anticipated to fall to 10-12 per cent ) . |
| 15 | The data collected fell into two categories : those related to operations management and those related to R&D project management . |
| 16 | In the United Kingdom , for example , between 1965 and 1973 , the fall in the pre-tax rate of profit to shareholders was one-seventh , while the return on all capital employed fell by more than one-quarter . |
| 17 | They clambered onto the shelves but kept falling over each other . |
| 18 | But for all of this high and anxious excitement , they appeared to fall between unsteady stools . |
| 19 | Claims by Mr Major and others that a Labour administration would be heavily influenced if not controlled by the unions appeared to fall on deaf ears as union leaders kept a low profile . |
| 20 | Kate 's bitter yell of denial appeared to fall on deaf ears and she spun away on her heel , more than ready to take sanctuary in her own smaller room . |
| 21 | Speaker variables were used to interpret the results of the analysis rather than as an input to it , and in fact speakers did fall into ethnic , status and age groups ( cf. |
| 22 | Jesus had been , with his disciples and he had spent the whole day in teaching and preaching to the people , he 'd been explaining to them what the kingdom of God was like , he 'd been telling them some of the parables that perhaps we 're familiar with , he 'd been telling them about the parable of the sewer and the seed , the man who went out and he sewed his seed and different things went wrong birds came and picked up the stuff that fell by the wayside , some fell on stony ground and it could n't put down any roots , some fell amongst thorns and they were quickly choked , but some did fall in good prepared soil and that grew . |
| 23 | The haemoglobin concentration continued to fall for two days after his admission , reaching a nadir of 61 g/l . |
| 24 | Amass of red hair is pinned up and left to fall in wayward waves high on the head . |
| 25 | Production had fallen during 1992 in almost all sectors , privatization had been slow and the performance of the new companies showed little improvement . |
| 26 | And yesterday it emerged that Britain 's inflation rate of 4.1pc had fallen below that of Germany for the first time in 25 years . |
| 27 | He thought that England , in forgetting her early literature , had fallen into liberal self-delusions . |
| 28 | Lanfranc 's silence about existing practices has sometimes been interpreted as a sign that the old order had fallen into complete neglect by the time he arrived at Canterbury . |
| 29 | In the mountain-top refuge of Karfi , a few straggling survivors tried to keep the Minoan way of life going , but it had fallen into lifeless stereotypes . |
| 30 | At Forest , in the nightmare season 81–82 , he had fallen into all the usual high earning traps , plus the unusual one of becoming one of the city 's leading gay scene makers . |