Example sentences of "fall [prep] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Could you fall for a younger man ? |
| 2 | ‘ I 'd promised I would never fall for the obvious attractions of another beautiful woman , but from the moment I held you in my arms my instinct told me that you were as different from Lotta as wine is from vinegar . ’ |
| 3 | Once again Charles was astonished how easily Malcolm would fall for the oldest cons in the business . |
| 4 | A slight ‘ upstand ’ at one end of the roof ensures that the water will not fall off the wrong end . |
| 5 | Of course , where the science fiction writers really go to town is on what happens if you do fall in a black hole , A common suggestion is that if the black hole is rotating , you can fall through a little hole in space-time and out into another region of the universe . |
| 6 | For example , as a plagioclase-rich layer sediments , fast-settling olivine formed in the overlying layer can fall through the interfacial zone and the excess density flux can overturn the layer . |
| 7 | The acquisition will initially increase Pilkington 's gearing to 90 per cent , but this will fall after the anticipated sale of the spectacle-lens business , Sola . |
| 8 | Next month I will finally fall of the back page , to be replaced by columns of Classified Ads inserted by 60-year-old male Vl Diff leaders seeking 24-year-old female partners for climbing and what have you . |
| 9 | Features that have been attached to FRNs include floors ( the coupon can not fall below a minimum rate ) , caps ( the coupon can not rise above a maximum rate ) , droplocks ( if the coupon falls below a certain minimum the FRN converts to a fixed-rate instrument for the remainder of its life ) , convertibility ( into a fixed-rate instrument at the option of the issuer or investor ) , callability , and a sinking or purchase fund . |
| 10 | The 1959 Defence White Paper announced that the Army would be allowed to recruit up to a ceiling of 180,000 ‘ to ensure that its strength shall not fall below the planned figure of 165,000 ’ — a lame excuse since this requirement was just as valid in 1957 . |
| 11 | There was thus a legal obligation to ensure the packets did not fall below the required weight , but on the other hand the company did not want to give free biscuits to customers by making the packets heavier than necessary . |
| 12 | Assuming that the 20 per cent of pupils outside the TGAT 's expectations were equally divided above and below the ‘ normal ’ range , then 10 per cent of 5 to 16 year olds might fall below the required levels . |
| 13 | However , if there are adverse exogenous shocks to the established unionized sector ( such as a worsening of outside opportunities , an adverse demand shock , or increasing polarization in attitudes to the trade union movement ) , then equilibrium wages and membership may fall below the critical level , and the union vanish from the sector . |
| 14 | And as he did so he continued to speak , letting his voice rise and fall like a flowing stream , lulling the sleeping child . |
| 15 | It would fall like a rotten fruit into Soviet Hands . |
| 16 | The coffee cup is a round white lake , the salesgirl 's laughter echoes for miles and for hours , the inadequate lasagna will fall like a ravaged sierra . |
| 17 | They saw Gwion fall with a smashed skull , a Ralarth ‘ Ware hurled down to the street below ; and then the enemy Myrcans confronted Isay and Riven . |
| 18 | But although the cane continued to rise and fall with a terrible regularity , and they continued to hear the awful blows landing , no sound came from their brother . |
| 19 | If it is not renewed , which may well be the case , the products which it now covers will then fall under the general rules of the EEC Treaty . |
| 20 | Even countries such as Indonesia , India and Japan , though they might not succumb to communism , could fall under the red shadow . |
| 21 | The cat may even fall into a deep coma . |
| 22 | Where the issue does not fall into a familiar category , there may be more scope for the draftsman . |
| 23 | Only as the cloverleaf began to appear as a grey shape in the otherwise black wall did I at last fall into a dream-wracked sleep . |
| 24 | Of this view of bilingualism , Martin-Jones ( 1991 : 50 ) writes : " As the empirical work in bilingual communities has developed , it has become clear that the languages within the communicative repertoire of bilingual minority groups do not necessarily fall into a neat pattern of complementary distribution across domains . " |
| 25 | If we decide that this traditional strophic form does not suit our needs , we have the more difficult alternative of a looser form , in which the words are given more importance , while the music , intensifying their meaning and emotion , may fall into a supporting role . |
| 26 | For if we suppose this we shall fall into an infinite regress ; we shall find ourselves looking for a further interpretation . |
| 27 | It clearly does not fall into the easy trap of arguing that for crime to exist there must first be intention . |
| 28 | When you receive the buyer 's requisitions on title , try to be more helpful than " cagey " in your answers and do n't fall into the easy habit of giving stereotyped and evasive replies if you could be more helpful . |
| 29 | Any piece of computer equipment which has to be fitted to some other equipment , such as a replacement " card " ( printed circuit board containing integrated circuits ) which has to be a certain shape , or have a certain type of connector , in order to fit into a computer will also fall into the first part of the exception . |
| 30 | Most innocuous sadism would fall into the first category ; sadistic murder would mark the extreme of the second . |