Example sentences of "fall [adv] [prep] the [num ord] " in BNC.

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1 But the ratio would then fall sharply in the second and third decades of the twenty-first century .
2 ‘ The funds are currently being invested in our bogus companies ; their value will fall dramatically over the next six months . ’
3 Nor had the problems begun only at that time : the Bank for International Settlements had already warned that net bank lending had fallen steeply in the second quarter of the year , from $90,000 million to $65,000 million , while the amount raised in the world securities markets had shrunk from $44,000 million to $25,000 million .
4 Prices have fallen steeply in the last year , and while this year 's drop will not be so dramatic , prices will continue to fall .
5 M F I traditionally has a stronger second half cash flow and net borrowings are expected to fall further in the second half of the year .
6 Work on the drift deposits of the Livingston and Falkirk areas in central Scotland indicate that sea-levels have risen and fallen repeatedly during the last 13 000 years .
7 The distribution of raised marine sediments and associated well-marked shorelines reveal that sea-levels have risen and fallen repeatedly during the last 13 000 years .
8 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 .
9 I am pleased to say that unemployment in all these areas has fallen dramatically in the last 12 months-by 21 per cent .
10 Road accidents in the North-East have fallen dramatically in the last ten years .
11 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 .
12 Scotland has steadily declined throughout ; Northern Ireland fell steeply in the nineteenth century since when it has been relatively stable .
13 In the Arab World and East & South East Asia & Oceania regions , infant mortality at the two birth order groups is about the same , so that the minimum falls probably at the third or fourth birth order .
14 Let us begin by looking at the word ‘ around ’ , where the stress always falls clearly on the last syllable and the first syllable is weak .
15 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 .
16 Bombay : Prices fell sharply for the second day running .
17 When I published this group , with an enormous amount of help from Philip Corder ( Webster , 1947 ) , I was confident that it fell well into the fourth century .
18 The TSB falls primarily into the third category ; while taking advantage of the ability of computers to process its payroll , the benefits of computerization extend far beyond , into the heart of the bank 's planning and policy making decisions .
19 Sarah Loosemore beat Jennifer Santrock , ranked 95 places above her , 6-4 , 7-6 on the first day of Great Britain 's defence of the Maureen Connolly Trophy in Cardiff , but Valda Lake fell apart in the second set against the Australian Open junior champion , Kim Kessaris , losing 1-6 , 6-4 , 6-2 .
20 Sarah Loosemore beat Jennifer Santrock , ranked 95 places above her , 6-4 , 7-6 on the first day of Great Britain 's defence of the Maureen Connolly Trophy in Cardiff , but Valda Lake fell apart in the second set against the Australian Open junior champion , Kim Kessaris , losing 1-6 , 6-4 , 6-2 .
21 United nearly drew first blood , but they fell apart in the second half .
22 The race was really on now , and as the quartet came away from the third last and turned into the straight Desert Orchid suddenly had a fight on his hands — not from Ten of Spades , who had exhausted himself in drawing the grey 's sting and now fell heavily at the second last , but from Toby Tobias and Norton 's Coin .
23 Adoptions have fallen steadily in the last 15 years .
24 Ramblers , weeping standards — which are for the most part rambler types budded into tall standard stems — climbers , climbing sports and several species types all fall largely within the first category , but so often have peculiarities of their own that we should not generalize .
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