fall - use in sentences

Preposition: at

  • hurdle: This decision seemed to acknowledge that higher targets were unlikely to be met รข and the efficiency agenda would fall at the first hurdle.

Preposition: within

  • scope: Note * IT Services will provide guidance on which computers should fall within the scope of this policy.

Preposition: into

  • trap: Don't fall into the trap of a context transfer which takes longer than the computation itself.
  • disrepair: Buildings like these fall into disrepair for a variety of reasons: 1. Redundancy.
  • category: Peter Shaffer's 1964 epic, alas, seems to fall into the last category.

Adjective complement

  • silent: By sheer coincidence, as soon as the stadium falls silent, United begin to play better.

Followed by an intransitive particle

  • through: This is where your fire will sit; the mesh allows the ash to fall through.
  • off: I used to fall off about once a week.

Preposition: from

  • grace: Before his fall from grace Henri Meyer was a man of a morally neutral disposition.

Preposition: by

  • wayside: Do you see yourself coming from a more visual or literary background -- or are these distinctions meant to fall by the wayside?

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