Example sentences of "[noun sg] fell [adv] short " in BNC.
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| 1 | His eighth minute back-pass fell fatally short of the courageous Stephen Pears in the Middlesbrough goal , but it still took an exceptional finish from Rosenthal to find the net from an awkward angle . |
| 2 | For that year the comparable figure fell just short of half a million at 498,576 . |
| 3 | By achieving availability once again in the Mediterranean , Iraq hoped to be able to raise its output to 2 million b/d for 1986 , though this figure fell well short of its potential , widely estimated at nearer 4 million b/d . |
| 4 | The 25,572 crowd at Ayresome Park on Wednesday night fell just short of capacity when Manchester returned around 400 tickets . |
| 5 | Though marginally better in quality than that provided for the black population , their education fell far short of that which was provided in privileged white schools . |
| 6 | Such a request fell far short of creating a civil-law obligation to do so . |
| 7 | Where the technique of etching fell woefully short , he discovered , the art of lithography excelled . |
| 8 | Viscount Dilhorne , at p. 631 , when reviewing the evidence , expressed the opinion that the facts of the case fell far short of establishing that Mr. Occhi , the Italian student who was the victim of the taxi driver , had consented to the acquisition by the appellant of the £6 , as argued at p. 628 . |
| 9 | In the first place , Viscount Dilhorne had already expressed the opinion that the facts of the case fell far short of establishing that the victim had consented to the acquisition by the appellant of the money he was alleged to have stolen . |
| 10 | Prior to the introduction of the Merger Regulation and for historical reasons , the control of mergers at Community level fell lamentably short of these objectives . |
| 11 | Above all , the coercive force at the disposal of the Tsar fell far short of its imposing image . |
| 12 | Unfortunately practical reality fell somewhat short of the theoretical ideal . |
| 13 | By 1910 ) there were 155 pupils on the roll ; although this was only five more than that for which the original buildings had been designed , and there was now also the extra Sykes classroom , the Board of Education indicated that there was serious overcrowding and something would have to be done : the School fell considerably short of modern standards , and unless the Governors could provide suitable accommodation , the grant would not be paid after July 1915 . |
| 14 | The stone fell very short , landing not far from his hiding-place . |
| 15 | In fact Carter 's performance in office fell far short of his and other people 's expectations . |