Example sentences of "[modal v] fall on the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The king 's concession that the cost of troops should fall on the rich and powerful rather than the poor of the community was insufficient to placate the commons , and in the October parliament of the same year they presented a petition entitled ‘ La demande de la Commune ’ in which they called for the abolition of the maltote , the punishment of purveyors who took prises without making payment , and pardon for debts . |
| 2 | However , an ex gratia payment to an older man who has no full-time employment in prospect could fall on the other side of the line . |
| 3 | The circular acknowledged that the main burden of providing such care would fall on the local authorities and it aimed to ease this by extending provision for the transfer of NHS financial resources to those local authorities or voluntary bodies that offered to develop community care projects specifically for long-stay hospital patients . |
| 4 | This interface will function optically as a convex mirror , and light incident on it — which normally would not be perceived because it would fall on the blind spot , will be reflected back into the eye . |
| 5 | The main responsibility will fall on the Irish Government , which takes over the presidency of the EC council of ministers at the end of the month , and the Italians , who take over in July . |
| 6 | For this reason , it seems likely that much weight will fall on the final major justification for the project , diversity of fuel supplies . |
| 7 | But one very rough guess by Paul Portney of Resources for the Future suggests a cumulative cost , in 1990 dollars , of perhaps $136 billion , roughly half of which will fall on the private sector and disproportionately on manufacturing . |
| 8 | Surely , it is at that age that interest has to be aroused because later those subjects will fall on the other side of the divide . |
| 9 | An anticipated 60 per cent of costs will fall on the privatised water companies , 30 per cent on commerce and 10 per cent on agriculture . |
| 10 | The best bet on National day is that another record will fall on the fast turf and that a vast number of runners will clear the 30 fences . |