For three consecutive years, the number of homicides, kidnappings and other terrorist crimes has fallen in Colombia.

Night has fallen!

Worldwide, HIV incidence has fallen by one third, and the cost of HIV drugs has dropped more than 99 . The number of African households that sleep under insecticide treated bed nets has risen from 3 to 53 , and malaria deaths have fallen by one third.

The number of North Korean defectors to South Korea has fallen since Kim Jong un came to power seven years ago, a South Korean lawmaker has said.

Has she ever fallen in love?

That tradition has fallen into desuetude.

The number of Fortune 500 companies headquartered in the EU has grown over the last decade, while the number of those based in the US has fallen. Moreover, big European companies profits have grown 50 more rapidly than those of their American counterparts.

Furthermore, the rate of executions has fallen.

The number of internally displaced persons had also fallen by over 50 per cent since 2002.

A big tree has fallen in the storm.

While a number of initiatives exist to address these problems, encourage diversification and reduce vulnerability to commodity price fluctuations, support for them has fallen far short of what is necessary.

BAGHDAD American officials report that the number of sectarian and other killings in Iraq has declined since the onset of the military surge. But, while the number of killings may, indeed, have fallen, does that mean Iraq is really safer?

Ms. Che Ying (China) noted that, while the number of refugees worldwide had fallen in 2004, the number of people of concern to UNHCR had risen.

Moreover, while 20 states carried out an execution in 1999, the number had fallen to 11 by 2003.

The number of total cases in receipt of social assistance has fallen by 33 percent from 157,845 (with 252,162 recipients) in June 2001 to 105,769 (with 148,638 recipients) in December 2004.

Ours is the generation upon which this responsibility has fallen.

He has dug a hole, and has fallen into the pit which he made.

He has dug a hole, and has fallen into the pit which he made.

Roughly every hundred years since the Lutheran Reformation, the number of independent German political units has fallen by a factor of ten. The 1648 Peace of Westphalia reduced the number of independent units in the Holy Roman Empire from 3,000 4,000 to 300 400.

Since then, the number of construction jobs has fallen by more than 45 per cent, to 1,737 jobs in fiscal year 2003, and stood at 1,660 in the first half of fiscal year 2004.

Jean has fallen out with Paul over the education of their children.

Adam wasn't deceived, but the woman, being deceived, has fallen into disobedience

Adam wasn't deceived, but the woman, being deceived, has fallen into disobedience

What with fatigue and lack of sleep, he has fallen ill at last.

The disciples therefore said, Lord, if he has fallen asleep, he will recover.

The disciples therefore said, Lord, if he has fallen asleep, he will recover.

Secondly, as living conditions have improved, the incidence of poverty has fallen substantially.

Moreover, the number of unpaid family workers had fallen considerably from 70 per cent in 1988 to 49 per cent in 2003.

Your Lord knows best who has fallen by the wayside, and who has remained on the true path.

Your Lord knows best who has fallen by the wayside, and who has remained on the true path.

Finally, I should note that Tanzania has itself fallen victim to a terrorist attack.

The annual number of housing starts has fallen by 1.2 million units, cutting annual GDP by an additional 250 billion. While this will eventually turn around as the inventory of unsold homes shrinks, the recovery will be slow.

The number of women holding political office improved slightly during the initial stage of the democratization process (with five women in the Government and five women deputies in the National Assembly), but it has gradually fallen since then.

So the price of a base, to sequence a base, has fallen 100 million times.

If a man's hair has fallen from his head, he is bald. He is clean.

If a man's hair has fallen from his head, he is bald. He is clean.

To date, however, the National Convention has regrettably fallen short of satisfying these basic requirements.

Since 1990 (the reference year for measuring improvement), the number of people living in extreme poverty (living on less than 1.25 a day) has fallen by 33 , from 1.9 billion to 836 million worldwide, with most of that progress coming after the MDGs entered into effect. The number of people with access to safe drinking water has increased by 15 , to 1.9 billion.

The number of persons per dwelling is low by international standards, having fallen from 3.9 persons per household in 1961 to 2.6 persons in 2001.

While a number of items had fallen behind schedule, most of the target dates in the approved action plans remained within the current calendar year.

The number of students enrolled in primary schools in China has fallen by 18 since 1990, and by an astonishing 33 in South Korea. At the other end of the demographic scale, the share of the aged is growing explosively.

So African agriculture, which is the place of most hunger in the world, has actually fallen precipitously as hunger has risen.

Yahweh said to Cain, Why are you angry? Why has the expression of your face fallen?

Yahweh said to Cain, Why are you angry? Why has the expression of your face fallen?

As a result, the percentage of ethnic illiterates has fallen and by 2002 stood at 22.6 .