Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] fall on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The entire incidence falls on the workers . |
| 2 | It can determine that the trustee should be paid a percentage of the value of the assets realised and/or distributed , or by reference to the time spent by the trustee and his staff , and must have regard to the complexity or otherwise of the matter , any exceptional responsibility falling on the trustee , the trustee 's effectiveness and the value and nature of the assets dealt with by the trustee . |
| 3 | As his bloodshot eye fell on the brilliance of the three Campbell ladies , he winced . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | The inn was crowded and a sudden hush fell on the customers as the landlord said loudly , ‘ Gipsies are n't served at my inn . ’ |
| 6 | A tense silence fell on the passengers as they peered over the sides . |
| 7 | The House will remember that we had the effrontery to propose that we should have a property-based system founded largely on capital valuation and with legal liability falling on the householder alone . |
| 8 | In GEC 's Patent , the hearing officer held that the initial onus fell on the employer to establish that he did not benefit from obtaining a patent . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Do you really believe that the first contact after weeks of silence just happened by sheer coincidence to fall on the same day as your arrival here ? |
| 11 | A 15 minute shower provided the only rain to fall on the course yesterday and Liverpool was bathed in unexpected sunshine . |
| 12 | Only as long as old age is presented as an intolerable burden falling on the shoulders of the young are we persuaded to be pessimistic about the future . |
| 13 | Particular opprobrium fell on the new Beer Shops ( inaugurated in 1830 ) which were : |
| 14 | Now , I served on the island many years later and became friendly with a host of people , and I personally researched a great deal on our raid when not a single bomb fell on the seaplane base . |
| 15 | Held , dismissing the appeal ( Lord Keith of Kinkel and Lord Jauncey of Tullichettle dissenting ) , that although the common law had previously only admitted recovery of money exacted under an unlawful demand by a public authority where the payment had been made under a mistake of fact or under limited categories of compulsion , which did not apply to the payments by the building society , the nature of a demand for tax or similar impost on the citizen by the state , with the perceived economic and social consequences of non-payment stemming from the inequality of the parties ' respective positions , and the unjust enrichment falling on the state where the citizen paid an unlawful demand to avoid those consequences , warranted a reformulation of the law of restitution so as to recognise a prima facie right of recovery based solely on payment of money pursuant to an ultra vires demand by a public authority ; and that , accordingly , since the building society 's claim fell outside the statutory framework governing repayment of overpaid tax , it was entitled at common law to repayment of the sums from the dates of payments and to interest in respect thereof pursuant to section 35A of the Supreme Court Act 1981 ( post , pp. 384H , 387D , F–G , 389B , 390F — 391C , E–F , 392E , 396C , 414B–C , F–G , 415E–F , 416A–B , 417B , 418A–C , E–F , 421D–F , G ) . |
| 16 | At 11 a.m. a heavy rain of ash was falling , and by 11.20 the air was so thick with ash and pumice dust that the sun was blotted out , and total darkness fell on the city , remaining until 1 p.m . |
| 17 | Er I think my other question falls on the . |
| 18 | The entire burden of hatching , feeding and caring for the young cuckoo falls on the hapless foster parents . |
| 19 | Nuadu knew that the Robemaker must have summoned one of the creatures from the Cruachan Cavern to take his victim 's soul and , as he watched , the winged creature fell on the remains of the young boy , and settled on his chest , nibbling and clawing its way into his face . |
| 20 | The 15-month-old coalition fell on the issue of peace with the Palestinians . |
| 21 | And , as we know so well , the Holy Spirit fell on the day of pentecost with tongues as of fire . |
| 22 | The conventional cell is , typically , 12.5 per cent efficient ; for every 100 watts of solar energy falling on the cell 12.5 watts of useful electricity are generated . |