Example sentences of "[noun sg] falls on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Grobbelaar deal falls on the rocks |
| 2 | The duty to notify an acquisition or takeover bid falls on the acquiring company or companies and , in the case of mergers in the strict sense , on the parties jointly . |
| 3 | Thus if the goods are damaged or stolen this loss falls on the seller if it occurs before property has passed ; otherwise it falls on the buyer . |
| 4 | An EC declaration on Bosnia-Hercegovina of May 11 , following a Foreign Ministers ' meeting , said that although all parties in the conflict bore responsibility , " by far the greatest share of the blame falls on the JNA and the authorities in Belgrade which are in control of the army , both directly and indirectly by supporting Serbian irregulars " . |
| 5 | Er I think my other question falls on the . |
| 6 | My ash falls on the floor . |
| 7 | My eye falls on the geraniums by the window , which all the way through this conversation , presumably , have been continuing to scent the office air . |
| 8 | The onus falls on the skill of the trainer who must take advantage of the experience of all those within the group , as well as working to improve areas of trainees ’ personal weaknesses . |
| 9 | As the rain falls on the earth |
| 10 | Since so much emphasis falls on the pronouns , it seems to me natural to turn next to the basic grounding of education and humanity in the Renaissance , the trivium ( grammar , logic , rhetoric ) and to ask what these grammatical categories meant in Shakespeare 's time , and what they mean today , so joining the history of grammar — a subject whose importance to the study of literature is seldom realized — to modern linguistics . |
| 11 | Sunlight in The Medley Boat Station falls on the boats and trees and on the water where they are reflected . |
| 12 | In normal speech , English has a rhythm because particular syllables are emphasised , making a pattern of stress : Normally , the stress falls on the first syllable of a word , but not always , as the examples above show . |
| 13 | Nevin makes a great run to the byline but his flick-back is missed in a goalmouth scramble by Malkin and John Aldridge before the keeper falls on the ball . |
| 14 | The entire burden of hatching , feeding and caring for the young cuckoo falls on the hapless foster parents . |
| 15 | When light which is polarised in a direction making an angle a with the optical axis falls on the crystal only a fraction unc of the beam is found to be transmitted . |
| 16 | All the onus of learning falls on the heuristic part . |
| 17 | Initially , the responsibility falls on the company to get things going . |
| 18 | On the former Yugoslavia , the summit declared that " although all parties have contributed , in their own way , to the present state of affairs , by far the greatest share of the responsibility falls on the Serbian leadership and the Yugoslav army controlled by it " . |
| 19 | Liability in such case falls on the occupier of the premises . |
| 20 | The entire incidence falls on the workers . |
| 21 | It is clearly unfair that so much tax in the Third World falls on the backs of those least able to pay . |
| 22 | The image falls on the retina at the back , where it excites photocells . |
| 23 | The reliance on " intuitive observation " in selection means that a heavy burden falls on the reader 's training in the art of alert reading , and of responding to linguistic and other cues . |
| 24 | The vast majority of head-injured people slip through the net and the burden falls on the carers . |
| 25 | Add to this the fact that among mountain goats most of the winter mortality falls on the youngest animals and it is not hard to see why there are few surplus goats for the hunter 's guns . |
| 26 | 10 Burden of proof Dealing first with the question of reasonableness as between the parties it is now accepted that the burden of proof falls on the party seeking to enforce the restraint . |
| 27 | You may have a rule that if the balloon falls on the floor the person must start again . |
| 28 | AS WE turn , discussion falls on the possibility of getting rid of the stones . |
| 29 | Some degree of structural pre-adaptation to the task on the part of the learner is assumed , of course , but in this account the main burden of explanation for the course taken in acquisition falls on the input . |
| 30 | [ T ] he onus of proving a sham falls on the defendant and , in our judgment , the parties ' subsequent conduct affords … no sufficient support to his case in this respect … |