Example sentences of "fall [prep] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A slight ‘ upstand ’ at one end of the roof ensures that the water will not fall off the wrong end . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Even countries such as Indonesia , India and Japan , though they might not succumb to communism , could fall under the red shadow . |
| 9 | It clearly does not fall into the easy trap of arguing that for crime to exist there must first be intention . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Most innocuous sadism would fall into the first category ; sadistic murder would mark the extreme of the second . |
| 13 | If you do n't fall into the professional category however , you will need to be very sure that you are going to get a lot of use out of the People disk to justify the cost . |
| 14 | On the other hand , if we ignore the ego and its functions in man and concentrate on his instincts as if they could totally account for his behaviour as they do in animals who lack an ego , we should fall into the alternative trap of failing to account for his culture at all except as the outcome of doubtful instinctual behaviour of an altruistic or civilized kind . |
| 15 | Objects could fall into the black hole , but nothing could escape . |
| 16 | The forsaken particle or antiparticle may fall into the black hole after its partner , but it may also escape to infinity , where it appears to be radiation emitted by the black hole . |
| 17 | Its forsaken partner may fall into the black hole as well . |
| 18 | The same survey showed that the majority of meetings would fall into the 100–280 delegate bracket , and that provincial hotels would be the greatest beneficiaries . |
| 19 | Stalin adhered to the agreement because he wished to maintain satisfactory relations with the United States if possible and perhaps because he felt that sooner or later Korea would fall into the Soviet sphere in any case . |
| 20 | Stalin was usually cautious and calculating in his foreign policy and if he bided his time , Korea would almost certainly fall into the Soviet orbit . |
| 21 | It was argued in Chapter 2 that central information is that which is necessary to the driving task , it is likely that much of the information specific to an individual location ( e.g. buildings , signposts , or trees ) would thus fall into the peripheral category . |
| 22 | I think she would fall into the lazy slob category , Peggy ? |
| 23 | This is not surprising ; and we should not fall into the obvious trap of righteous indignation after the event nor judge them too harshly . |
| 24 | You must not fall into the common error of trying to fill your tank with Dwarfs using the usual inches of fish/surface area criterion . |
| 25 | You must not fall into the common error of trying to fill your tank with Dwarfs using the usual inches of fish/surface area criterion . |
| 26 | Finally , delegation ensures that you do not fall into the fatal trap of trying to become or seem indispensable . |
| 27 | Through these she would fall into the muddy embrace , dirty with droppings , of the chicken coop below . |
| 28 | Society reaps a benefit because the invention will eventually fall into the public domain and because , in the meantime , commercial enterprise is stimulated . |
| 29 | In some circumstances , it may be preferable simply to keep the idea secret and rely on the law of confidence ; this costs nothing and there is no requirement that the invention must eventually fall into the public domain . |
| 30 | Her blood seemed to have turned into heavy oil in her body , and something was dragging her down so ruthlessly that she let herself fall into the harsh carpet of pebbles . |