Example sentences of "[vb -s] fall [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The detection rate is well down and has fallen steadily in the past four years — the detection rate for burglary in dwellings is now less than 20 per cent . |
| 2 | In fact , there seems to be some feeling here that China has fallen right behind the rest of the world in matters of language study and language teaching methodology , so I found myself , on one day , giving a résumé of Linguistics in the west over the past 50 years ! |
| 3 | I am pleased to say that unemployment in all these areas has fallen dramatically in the last 12 months-by 21 per cent . |
| 4 | In effect , the purchasing power of members in Britain has fallen dramatically in the past number of years . |
| 5 | Air pollution is still a major cause , he said : " Exposure to sulphur dioxide and nitrogen dioxides has fallen dramatically in the past decade , but forest ecosystems react only gradually . " |
| 6 | Right Chairman , yes , the report 's for information , there are a few things to update , occupancy remains healthy , erm , the working total has fallen slightly over the Christmas recess , but erm , really by ten there . |
| 7 | IBM will , of course , supply OS/2 with its machines , but its market share has fallen rapidly with the advent of low-cost clones , so the number of users out there may not be as high as might have been the case a few years ago . |
| 8 | Similarly , GDFCF has fallen substantially in the recession years of the late 198()s and early 1990s . |
| 9 | According to Miles Barber of Barbers Estate Agents ( 071–381 0112 ) , the level of enquiries about French property remains relatively high , although the number of transactions has fallen sharply since the peak of 1989 . |
| 10 | Separate studies by the Roper Organisation , a research group , and DDB Needham , an ad agency , have found that the proportion of shoppers seeking out particular brands and willing to pay more for them has fallen sharply since the late 1980s . |
| 11 | Local government spending has fallen significantly since the middle 1970s both as a proportion of state spending and of national income . |
| 12 | Now while there is no reason to doubt that the first kind of structure contributes in one way or another to the effect of the poem , it can be and has been argued ( Riffaterre 1966 : 206ff. ) that the second is in most cases irrelevant to the text 's poetic status , since it tends to fall well below the ordinary reader 's level of consciousness . |
| 13 | Sadly , in the second half , the play begins to fall apart at the seams as Harwood attempts to combine comedy with more serious themes . |
| 14 | Beecham 's comments are worthy of repetition : ‘ these two Concertos have a refinement and distinction that never fails to fall fragrantly on the ear , and offers to the musical amateur , who may feel at times that the evolution of his art is becoming a little too much for either his understanding or enjoyment , a soothing retreat where he may effectively rally his shattered forces ’ . |