Example sentences of "fall directly [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 This was given practical effect through the Court 's warning that in implementing the duty of non-recognition , States should not refuse to apply multilateral treaties where the adverse consequences of non-performance would fall directly upon the people .
2 He nodded avidly in affirmation of his train of thought and turned so that the light fell directly on the front of his body .
3 It was n't that the new treatment was particularly bad , it was just that the very idea of a re-mix fell directly against the grain of the code of ethics publicly laid down by The Smiths .
4 The burden of implementing papal decisions and the decisions of councils fell directly upon the bishops .
5 Some archer fish are able to line up their prey so precisely that it falls directly into the water below , and within easy reach of the fish , instead of being knocked inconveniently into the distance .
6 In despair , I scrambled all the way down to the gully that falls directly from the col and tried to climb it quickly before the sun got up .
7 That means close and clear , the light falling directly into the cowl .
8 The latter effectively reduces the amount of sunlight falling directly into the water and generally makes conditions inhospitable for the growth of algae .
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