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

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1 So some academics fear they might fall behind in the promotion race if they get involved with TCS . ’
2 So some academics fear they might fall behind in the promotion race if they get involved with TCS . ’
3 That is why the Turkish Federation are putting up such huge cash incentives for the team to beat England who , claims Piontek , have fallen behind in the world league .
4 And if some savage peoples had so clearly fallen behind in the race , others , as some authorities maintained , might well represent not simply retarded , or imperfectly evolved , but actually degenerate forms of earlier civilization .
5 A long list of criteria was trundled out to justify the eminent reasonableness of their wage claims : their members had fallen behind in the league table of wage differentials ; the cost of living had increased ; productivity had risen ; firms ' profits were high and their members were entitled to their ‘ fair ’ share .
6 Runcorn had fallen behind in the 19th minute but were unlucky to go in only level at the break through Steve Shaughnessy 's brilliantly taken equaliser - a flashing near post header from a cross by right back Jamie Bates .
7 By the time I was 22 , I 'd run up nearly £4,000 in debt , and was beginning to fall behind with the payments because I rested sending money off to pay for clothes I 'd fallen out of love with .
8 Bolton , unbeaten before Saturday 's match , fell behind in the opening minute when right-winger Ryan Hill drifted into the penalty area , met a cross from the left , and fired in from an acute angle .
9 Franco Malerba has published a detailed account of how Europe fell behind in the semiconductor business .
10 Ards fell behind in the first five minutes when uncertain defence allowed left wing Bell in for a try which was converted from the touchline by Barnes .
11 If on the other hand , you marry a man who already has a home and a mortgage , both of which are in his name alone , you will not be responsible for repaying the loan if he falls behind with the payments .
12 Hence it is a duty which every race owes to itself , and to the human family as well , to cultivate by every possible means its own strength ; directly it falls behind in the regard it pays to this duty … it incurs a penalty which Natural Selection , the stern but beneficent tyrant of the organic world , will assuredly exact , and that speedily , to the full .
13 The garment was worn with an overdress or bed gown , bunched up the waist in front and falling behind to the hem of the petticoat .
14 While he considers that salaries in the City have grown out of all proportion , he is convinced that corporate managers are falling behind in the remuneration they receive .
15 Out of the Regal Trophy and falling behind in the League where they had already lost four games , Wigan players and coaching staff held a meeting to iron out problems caused by a lengthy early season injury list and the loss of Ellery Hanley , to Leeds .
16 The widow had lost ; she had to pay the costs and the fine and she began falling behind in the rent to the landlord since she no longer had a cow and its milk to sell .
17 Remember that landlords and landladies are less tolerant of rent arrears than college authorities and you may be putting your tenancy at risk if you fall behind with the rent .
18 You lose your job , you 're at home all day , you heat the house to stay warm , get cut off because you fall behind with the bill .
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