Example sentences of "[noun pl] fall [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Basal plasma gastrin concentrations fell significantly after the eradication of H pylori ( Fig 1 ) . |
| 2 | The words fell harshly into the silence and Emily looked at her cousin in disbelief . |
| 3 | Sales of units fell sharply after the crash of October 1987 . |
| 4 | At the beginning of October , as the German Bundesbank took no immediate steps to reduce interest rates , both the British and Italian currencies fell sharply against the deutschmark , but then recovered . |
| 5 | As in a fairy-story , when the great man entered the room where the models were displayed , his eyes fell immediately on the glittering and finely crafted work of the youngest and least known of the competitors . |
| 6 | Then her eyes fell briefly on the painting her grandmother had given her . |
| 7 | Her eyes fell irresistibly to the firm , broad chest , the gleam of hard , taut muscle and then he was pulling her to him , kissing her mouth , her neck , the base of her throat , finding the clasp of her bra , discarding it , so that her breasts hung heavy and exposed , aching with longing and desire . |
| 8 | He had seen too many waves fall harmlessly upon the shore . |
| 9 | She was anxious not to make a noise , but even though her feet fell softly into the leaves strewing the path the wood was so still and silent that she really felt as if she were thudding through the wood . |
| 10 | Soft , feminine styling incorporating beautiful ringlet curls falling delicately onto the shoulders . |
| 11 | Such an approach has become possible now that the overall structures of the models fall broadly within the same theoretical framework . |
| 12 | Financial service companies operating costs fell sharply in the final quarter of 1991 and a more modest decline is expected over the next quarter . |
| 13 | The Falangists fell mostly into the first category , while Great Britain was the model society for those for whom monarchy was the ultimate political goal . |
| 14 | Individual contributions fell sharply in the recession of the early 1980s . |
| 15 | Walker died instantly ; his F-104 bursting into flames , the pieces falling away to the desert floor 25,000 feet below . |
| 16 | However , once managerial utility depends not just on income but also on effort , and it is recognized that cost reductions require a non-trivial amount of effort , it is clear that the monetary incentive will not lead to costs falling automatically to the efficient level . |
| 17 | The test authorities refuse to admit that the tests threaten either the immediate or long term safety of the area but frequently postpone tests ‘ because of adverse wind conditions ’ , that is , when the nearby Shoshone Indian reservations fall down-wind of the blast . |
| 18 | For the daily chores fell mainly on the shoulders of the women : shopping , running around to find particular things . |
| 19 | Mr. Beazley invites me to give a very broad interpretation to paragraph 12 of the Kalfelis [ 1988 ] E.C.R. 5565 judgment and to say that all these swap actions fall broadly within the test that it is expedient to hear and determine them together ; he argues that the use of the plural in that paragraph shows that the principle there laid down covers several defendants in groups of actions as well as several defendants in an individual action ; and he submits that there is a risk here of irreconcilable judgments , seeing that both at first instance and thereafter , if the cases proceed up to the appellate process , different decisions may be reached in England and Scotland respectively , on the questions of English law which arise ( there is no suggestion that Scottish law applies to these actions ) . |
| 20 | All these changes fall well within the observation that ‘ political activity in its contemporary form ’ owes a great deal to the existence and practices of the mass media . |
| 21 | In England , literacy and educational level increase , church attendance and Communion figures fall markedly at the end of the century ( Woods 1987 ) . |
| 22 | Death rates fell steadily through the 1970s then levelled out and began to rise again in the '80s . |
| 23 | Instead Banks stresses the importance of the development of a meritocratic career pattern for men and a concomitant future-time perspective on the part of all the mainly middle class occupational groups whose fertility rates fell fastest during the late nineteenth century . |
| 24 | Enrolments at both primary and secondary levels fell sharply in the early 1980s before beginning to rise steadily from 1984 onwards . |
| 25 | Thus point stimuli located at the centre of the receptive field produce a large output while stimuli falling away from the centre produce a smaller output . |
| 26 | Mr E. Myer of Guestling , Sussex , well remembers the night he was on sentry duty from midnight to 2am ; several bombs fell close to the tunnel entrance and he decided to take refuge in one of the recesses let into the tunnel walls . |
| 27 | Morrells Brewery says it 's planning to offer managers at its pubs extra cash to cover the tax which is due to be introduced in just over a fortnight 's time , but the Oxford-based firm says it 'll only pay the equivalent of the initial government estimates for the charge , which in most cases falls well below the actual figure . |
| 28 | ‘ I think that in six or seven months I 'll be much more competitive and able to do more justice to myself , ’ he said , adding that his current form in matches fell well below the standard he is reaching in practice . |
| 29 | After the meeting , world petroleum prices fell well below the $18 per barrel reference price agreed at the November meeting , even though buyers ' stocks were at their lowest levels since 1974 . |
| 30 | Bombay : Prices fell sharply for the second day running . |