Example sentences of "have fallen " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do n't want to raise your hopes too much , Rebecca , but I think what , er the idea behind this , I er , thing is , families with two tellies , paying twenty pounds extra for the second set , and perhaps for the third set , another twenty pounds , it 's to try and lessen the burden on viewers who genuinely ca n't afford the existing licence fee as it is now , and Rebecca , I would have thought that you would 've fallen into that category . |
| 2 | Some of these puzzles , Jim , must 've fallen down behind the erm fermenting bin . |
| 3 | I hear you 've fallen out . |
| 4 | Painting is the art of reaching the soul through the eyes , but if the picture appeals to the eyes and never reaches the soul , the painter has fallen far short of his aim . |
| 5 | ( In their 1988 survey , Mintel noted that ‘ the proportion of consumer expenditure represented by alcohol consumption has fallen steadily , whilst at the same time that spent on leisure as a whole has increased ’ ( Hunt , p42 ) . ) |
| 6 | He sweated coldly , shut his eyes , and forced the words to come : ‘ It is from the elevated mind of France that the folly of titles has fallen . |
| 7 | Another accolade has fallen at the feet of Patricia Grant , already honoured with an OBE by the Queen for her efforts in building up Norfrost , the domestic freezer supplier which exports 75 per cent of the 5,000 units it produces each week . |
| 8 | AMP said that over the past 10 years , measured in terms of new annual premiums , Pearl 's market position has fallen sharply and its share has declined consistently . |
| 9 | The index has fallen by about 5 per cent over the past month . |
| 10 | It has fallen to salaried professionals in universities , public record offices , the Business Archives Council , corporate bodies themselves — and the ‘ vanity press ’ — to salvage and conserve the tons of old papers explaining the historical context of what tumbled off the production line . |
| 11 | Once the hammer has fallen , the successful bidder for a house must exchange contracts immediately and pay a deposit . |
| 12 | The Australian group bidding for Pearl argues that the UK market 's proportion of individual life and pension business attributable to this method of business has fallen from 25 per cent to 7 per cent . |
| 13 | THE NUMBER of people entitled to civil legal aid has fallen by more than 14 million since 1979 , according to research published today . |
| 14 | The loss per share has fallen from 10 cents a share to 1 cent , but it was the renewed promise of a dividend that helped the shares beat the market trend yesterday . |
| 15 | There have , for example , been 29 changes in the method of computing the unemployment figures since the present Government came to power , so that the total number of people out of work has fallen by a far greater amount in appearance than in reality . |
| 16 | The laboratory , one of four run by the Science and Engineering Research Council , has come under increasing financial pressure as its £20m annual budget has fallen sharply in real terms . |
| 17 | Further , the table reveals 10 subjects where the university jobless rate ( this time including short-term employment ) has risen or stayed the same while the poly rate has fallen . |
| 18 | The pound has fallen 10 per cent against the mark since its peak early this year . |
| 19 | The figure has fallen to less than 60 per cent as overseas banks have become keen lenders . |
| 20 | INTEREST rates may be rising , pushing borrowers even further into debt , but the number of county court judgments against individuals in debt has fallen by 16 per cent in the first half of 1989 , according to figures released by the Registry of County Court Judgments . |
| 21 | From DM3.07 sterling has fallen to DM2.96 . |
| 22 | Mortgage ‘ delinquency ’ rates fell to 4.52 per cent in the second quarter of 1989 from 4.62 per cent in the first quarter , marking the fourth straight quarter in which the figure has fallen . |
| 23 | The record buyer who has fallen in love with the band , and goes to see them play , is often disappointed by a lacklustre show . |
| 24 | But over time the Conservative party divisions on economic policy became less marked , partly because of electoral success and partly because unemployment has fallen steadily from June 1986 . |
| 25 | Any attempt to build a truly all-Nigerian party since the failure of Azikiwe 's pioneering initiative has fallen foul of the rivalry between the major tribal groups . |
| 26 | The dealers , said Ward , are ‘ ecstatic with the price ’ and , even at a time when speculating on cars has fallen flat , steps were being taken to ensure that only genuine customers had their £20,000 deposits accepted . |
| 27 | The report made a series of recommendations on increasing CID strength , which has fallen sharply from 10 per cent of the force in 1973 to 7.4 per cent , despite an overall large increase in numbers and a recommendation by Her Majesty 's Inspectorate that provincial CIDs should make up 12.4 per cent of police . |
| 28 | Bus usage in leading English cities has fallen by a sixth since 1985/86 because of the Government 's deregulation of bus operations , says a study for the Association of Metropolitan Authorities . |
| 29 | Profits have fallen for three consecutive quarters and capital spending has fallen in response . |
| 30 | Official figures show that private consumption under Sandinista rule has fallen by 70 per cent . |