Example sentences of "fallen [adv] from " in BNC.
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| 1 | They have fallen much from their early splendour , and are today really just roving gypsies of the Eastern seas , though they ply their various trades in the only true " tall ships " still sailing for a living — for even the giant dhows of the Arabian Gulf are now powered by Perkins , Mitsubishi and Rolls-Royce engines . |
| 2 | Now the years had fallen away from him . |
| 3 | The fuselage has broken off behind the pilot 's seat , the propeller shaft and gearing , having fallen away from the engine on impact , lie nearby . |
| 4 | He had known the Christian challenge as a younger man , but had fallen away from it . |
| 5 | Maybe you have fallen away from the regular practice of your faith ; perhaps , you have a feeling of hurt or of being let down or ignored — well , it 's easy to come back again . |
| 6 | The report made a series of recommendations on increasing CID strength , which has fallen sharply from 10 per cent of the force in 1973 to 7.4 per cent , despite an overall large increase in numbers and a recommendation by Her Majesty 's Inspectorate that provincial CIDs should make up 12.4 per cent of police . |
| 7 | The larger ‘ aréolé ’ or Mirandais variety , which has pink mucosae , is nearly extinct and has fallen sharply from about 1,000 in 1979 , mainly through crossing with the Piedmont , the old Garonnais and the black-mucosae variety . |
| 8 | The reduced number of banks participating in venture capital financing has meant a dramatic reduction in the availability of debt , and gearing levels demanded by the banks who do participate have fallen sharply from 7:1 or 8:1 at the height of the boom to 1:1 or less . |
| 9 | Laura said " used " because letters were no longer brought by the postman ; after he had fallen twice from Maurice 's ill-secured gangplank , the whole morning 's mail soaked away in the great river 's load of rubbish , the GPO , with every reason on its side , had notified the Reach that they could no longer undertake deliveries . |
| 10 | But over time the Conservative party divisions on economic policy became less marked , partly because of electoral success and partly because unemployment has fallen steadily from June 1986 . |
| 11 | While male activity rates have fallen steadily from 58.1 per cent in 1970 to 55.6 per cent in 1986 , female activity rates have risen over the same period from 26.6 per cent to 32.5 per cent . |