Example sentences of "fall at the " in BNC.

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1 This would fall at the Middle to Upper Coal Measures boundary near to the base of the Westphalian D. In the Coalbrookdale coalfield in west Central England , the so-called ‘ Symon Fault ’ is recognised as a strong angularity , probably within the Westphalian C sequence .
2 Gosport was found to be ‘ virtually without defence , protected on the landward side only by an ill-maintained entrenchment … which would fall at the first assault ’ , while the Isle of Wight contained so few troops , so thinly scattered , that it was bound to succumb to a determined attack .
3 In a business where fees are usually paid on a success only , rather than an hourly , basis , this may come a bit hard to people who have worked hard for two or three months on a deal only to see it fall at the last hurdle .
4 As a result the DES ( 1983 ) forecasts assumed that mature entry rates would fall at the same speed as the fall in 21–25 years olds — who constitute the majority of entrants to HE aged over 20 .
5 The shortest priced favourite can stumble and fall at the very first fence while the 100–1 outsider can achieve the ultimate glory .
6 If one uses the criteria in the Department of Transports manual of environmental appraisal , to which the County Council themselves have referred , most of those levels of reduction do n't even erm fall at the level where you would normally evaluate their environmental impact .
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