Example sentences of "[noun] have fallen back [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Gold Coast had fallen back from the situation 50 years earlier when English-educated Africans had played a leading part in administration , Christian leadership , the judiciary and the learned professions . |
| 2 | Jake turned and looked urgently at his son ; but Adam 's gaze had fallen back to Undry , and Ruth was n't sure he 'd heard . |
| 3 | Fergus had fallen back across the table and Taliesin and Fribble both moved to stand between him and the Lad . |
| 4 | From a longer-term perspective , it can be said that the number of transactions per day has shown no tendency to increase since the mid-1970s ; there was a surge in total number of transactions during 1987 and 1988 due to a large number of deals between the newly established market makers but both transactions on behalf of customers and intra-market business has fallen back since then . |
| 5 | Suppose now , however , that B , having accepted S 's repudiation in June , sees the market beginning to rise rapidly in July and , in an attempt to minimise his loss before the market rises further , buys replacement goods on July 15 at £115 per ton — ; only to discover that by the delivery date under the original contract ( December 1 ) the market price has fallen back to £110 per ton . |
| 6 | According to the National Statistics Office , the inflation rate in December rose to 14.1 per cent , the highest rate since Aquino came to power , although by January the rate had fallen back to 13.1 per cent , compared with 12.8 per cent for November 1989 . |
| 7 | Then it turned out there was a glut of oil ; within a week , petrol prices had fallen back to pre-August levels . |
| 8 | The number of students who have entered chartered accountancy training contracts since the start of the 1992/93 academic year has fallen back to around 1982 levels , according to the Institute . |
| 9 | The ICI shares have fallen back from £14 to near £10 . |
| 10 | THE Tories have fallen back on a quack cure for the economic ills they are forcing upon our country — even higher prescription charges . |