Example sentences of "the [noun] have fallen to " in BNC.
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| 1 | One sample in seven contained residues in 1986 and the level had fallen to one sample in 20 in the first eight months of this year . |
| 2 | In 1979/80 the expenditure per student in polytechnics was 82 per cent of that in the universities : by 1987/88 per capita expenditure in the polytechnics had fallen to 58 per cent of the university figure and by 1989/90 it stood at a little over 50 per cent . |
| 3 | By March 1985 the figure had fallen to 21 per cent . |
| 4 | In that year about 21 per cent of all Africa 's earnings from exports were accounted for by payment of principal and interest on debt ; by 1987 the figure had fallen to 14 per cent and was likely to decrease further . |
| 5 | From 1981 to 1985 the figure had fallen to about 0.33 per cent per annum , and London actually gained population in 1984 , thus reversing a long period of decline . |
| 6 | Tall blocks ( five or more storeys ) accounted for 26 per cent of all local authority buildings in 1966 , though by 1970 the figure had fallen to 10 per cent in the aftermath of the Ronan Point disaster in 1968 , in the London Borough of Newham when , following a gas explosion , a structural failure resulted in partial collapse . |
| 7 | In 1977 , RENFE manual staff worked an average of about seven hours per week overtime , but the figure had fallen to about 4–5 hours per week by 1983 ( based on IGAE 1984 : 14 ) , and total overtime hours were some 15 million for the year ( compared with around 60 million — including Sunday working — in BR ) . |
| 8 | The figure has fallen to less than 60 per cent as overseas banks have become keen lenders . |
| 9 | Reports quoting LTTE sources said on Nov. 25 that an important Army camp at Mankulam in the north-east had fallen to LTTE rebels , with hundreds of casualties on both sides . |
| 10 | The duties had fallen to 5% . |
| 11 | In 1945 , 50 per cent of Labour MPs and half of the cabinet had come from a ‘ working class ’ occupational background , but by 1970 the proportion had fallen to 25 per cent of MPs and one out of twenty-three in the Cabinet ( Butler and Stokes , 1974 ) . |
| 12 | In 1979 almost 65 per cent of places in residential homes were in local authority establishments , but by 1986 the proportion had fallen to just below 50 per cent . |
| 13 | By 1961 the proportion had fallen to one-quarter . |
| 14 | By 1973 the proportion had fallen to 17 per cent . |
| 15 | When the city finally surrendered the population had fallen to less than 16,000 . |
| 16 | By January this year the ratio had fallen to 17.2 pupils per teacher . |
| 17 | However , by the time we have moved forward from the crack tip to roughly the position of the next interatomic bond , the stress has fallen to rather less than half the peak value . |
| 18 | Ten years ago the price had fallen to perhaps $450 per font but the restrictions were much the same . |
| 19 | An opinion poll published a few days before the changes had indicated that support for the PCP had fallen to 19 per cent among the electorate , the party 's worst opinion survey result . |
| 20 | As a result , the fall in numbers has been slower , though still considerable : from a high point of nearly 140,000 during the 1950s , the workforce had fallen to 74,000 in 1984 . |
| 21 | Figures for 1991 for the South West show the rate had fallen to 12.2 whereas for Northern Ireland it had dropped to 16.5pc . |
| 22 | In 1571 the average had fallen to £487 , only nine out of fifty-eight were rated above £1,000 , and the highest was £2,133 . |
| 23 | In 1979 there were over 150,000 vehicles authorised for main-line running , but by 1989 the total had fallen to around 40,000 . |
| 24 | In 1938–39 , the District 's approved list contained 224 tutors but by 1941–42 the total had fallen to seventy-two . |
| 25 | According to a careful investigation of such matters which was published in the West in the late Brezhnev years , Soviet global influence was at its height in the 1950s , when about 14 per cent of the world 's nations could be described as Soviet-aligned ; by the late 1970s , however , the total had fallen to 12 per cent . |
| 26 | Yeah , I 'd have to try and er see if I 've got any of those bills anywhere , I know that that book 's upstairs cos erm , we did that cupboard out the other day and I found all the photographs all our old photographs in a box , but the box had fallen to bits , so |
| 27 | Provisional figures show that by December 1991 the number had fallen to 108,982 , a reduction of 41 per cent . |
| 28 | From a peak of 400 mines around 1850 , the number has fallen to just four . |
| 29 | And opinion polls show the number of voters satisfied with the Government 's management of the country has fallen to its lowest level since November 1990 . |
| 30 | Wilkins said that he and the police constable had hold of one another and the officer had fallen to the ground . |