Example sentences of "short [prep] the [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The council tax is proving less unpopular : appeals against the valuations of property for the new tax , the best measure of opposition , will fall well short of the 950,000 for which the government had allowed . |
| 2 | But Mr Bull said the good news must be set against the closure of seven groups and the fact that the number of new members fell slightly short of the 1991 targeted figure due to the onset of the recession . |
| 3 | So he stopped and then it fell , and it fell short of the hundred pound they wanted . |
| 4 | Anti-flag-burning amendments to the Constitution were passed in both the House ( on June 21 ) and the Senate ( June 26 ) but each fell short of the two-thirds majority necessary for adoption . |
| 5 | Although the House voted in favour of the bill by 232 to 195 , it fell 53 votes short of the two-thirds majority needed to override a presidential veto . |
| 6 | On Oct. 24 the Senate narrowly failed to override the veto , voting by 66 to 34 in favour of the bill , one vote short of the two-thirds majority necessary to enact it over the objections of the President . |
| 7 | Nevertheless , it was impossible to ignore the fact that the overall percentage of registered electors voting in favour , at 64.51 per cent in Latvia and 64.49 per cent in Estonia , fell short of the two-thirds majority which would have meant victory if the referendums had been held according to the April 1990 USSR legislation on the secession of a republic [ see pp. 37361-62 ] . |
| 8 | The New Front 's parliamentary majority was four short of the two-thirds majority required to push through constitutional changes and to ensure the election of its choice of presidential candidate — both principal functions of the Assembly in the intended transition from military rule . |
| 9 | On the following day , after a bitter debate , the bill was passed by 273 votes to 158 , a level of support identical with that achieved in 1990 and 15 votes short of the two-thirds support required to override the anticipated presidential veto . |
| 10 | This was five short of the two-thirds majority needed to override Bush 's threatened presidential veto . |
| 11 | Although an attempt to override the presidential veto was made in the House on March 25 , it fell considerably short of the two-thirds majority required , failing even to muster a simple majority . |
| 12 | Between them they commanded 120 seats in the 212-member Chamber of Representatives , but fell well short of the two-thirds majority required to approve any constitutional changes . |
| 13 | The party , however , fell short of the two-thirds majority needed to pass laws with constitutional implications or to reverse presidential vetoes . |
| 14 | However , that still leaves ministers well short of the 13 million tonnes they need to guarantee the future of enough pits . |
| 15 | The compact was on this occasion approved by 4,633 votes ( 59.8 per cent ) to 2,988 ( 38.6 per cent ) but , as on previous occasions , the level of approval fell short of the 75 per cent necessary to amend the Constitution as required by the terms of the compact . |
| 16 | But that fell far short of the five hectares of decent land needed to support each family . |
| 17 | The meeting fell short of the five members required for a quorum , with Bosnia-Hercegovina , Croatia , Macedonia and Slovenia not attending . |
| 18 | As it is , the swing to Labour was a feeble 2.1 per cent , scarcely more than it achieved in 1987 , and well short of the 5.2 per cent to the Tories which brought Mrs Thatcher to power in 1979 . |
| 19 | But Labour — while winning a net 39 seats — achieved only a 2.1 per cent swing , well short of the eight per cent needed to achieve outright victory . |
| 20 | Their 3.9 per cent of the vote fell short of the 5 per cent threshold entitling them to representation in parliament . |
| 21 | In early May OPEC oil ministers met in emergency session in Geneva [ see p. 37475 ] and an agreement was reached on cutting production , but the Paris-based International Energy Agency , in its June 5 report , said that OPEC output actually fell only by 400,000 barrels a day ( bpd ) in May , a figure which was wholly attributable to cuts in Saudi Arabian production and which was far short of the 1,450,000 bpd reduction pledged at the OPEC emergency meeting . |
| 22 | The party ran only 148 candidates , of whom 136 were elected , a larger proportion than in recent elections , but far short of the 257 seats required for an overall majority in the 512-member House of Representatives . |
| 23 | KLM 's part in the NorthWest deal falls short of the 25 per cent limit placed on foreign ownership by the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 . |
| 24 | In the end , England were short of the ten Norway scored against the Italian tax haven 's clerks , postmen , electricians and bus drivers , but it was just about enough . |
| 25 | In the first round Havel received 79 votes in the 150-member Chamber of the People ( 11 votes short of the 90 required ) and in the 150-member Chamber of Nations ( where at least 45 votes were required from each of the Czech and Slovak groups in the Chamber , which voted separately ) he won 47 votes in the Czech and 22 in the Slovak part . |
| 26 | In the first round Havel received 79 votes in the 150-member Chamber of the People ( 11 votes short of the 90 required ) and in the 150-member Chamber of Nations ( where at least 45 votes were required from each of the Czech and Slovak groups in the Chamber , which voted separately ) he won 47 votes in the Czech and 22 in the Slovak part . |
| 27 | Although the by-election victory of Gilles Duceppe , a union organizer and son of Quebec 's best-known actor , increased the group 's parliamentary strength to eight , it remained four short of the 12 members needed for recognition as an official party within the House of Commons . |
| 28 | The work has been quite hard , actually little short of the 24 hours ' teaching a week which I originally feared we might have to teach , but it 's a pity not to offer the course as we prepared it in Peking , complete with extra lectures , as there seems to be a great demand for anything we teach , which is understandable considering that it 's a chance of a lifetime for some of the teachers ; in fact , some have never spoken to a foreigner in their lives before ! |
| 29 | Total production this year will be just short of the 1000 mark . |
| 30 | In the event , however , only 13.8 percent of the electorate voted , well short of the 50 per cent required ; of those who voted , 85.9 per cent favoured direct election and 14.1 indirect election . |