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The Chinese have always been a great, courageous and industrious nation; it is only in modern times that they have fallen behind.

Dell's market share has declined and its growth rate has fallen behind that of the industry as a whole.

For Villas-Boas to say otherwise would cast doubt on the championship credentials of his own side, who have themselves fallen behind City.

The Dark Twin has come up from behind her in their shared orbit and recently fallen behind the Earth, outside of their shared orbit.

This marks the first time since 2004 that the amount of money raised through IPOs in London has fallen behind New York.

At the beginning the whole party kept together but by the end of the day those who were less fit had fallen behind.

As a group, black men have also fallen behind in education and income, just as black women have surged ahead.

Your work has fallen behind that of the other students.

By the time of Jobs' return, however, Motorola had fallen behind in producing new versions of the chip.

the teacher told me under her breath that if I had spent enough time on my study I would not have fallen behind other students.

No wonder you couldn't find the book - it had fallen behind the chair.

The war in Afghanistan has brought home the reality that much of Europe has fallen behind in military technology.

People who are out of the workforce for a significant period of time may also have fallen behind in skills.

Once the leader in high school graduation, the U. S. in recent years has fallen behind even other advanced countries.

At present, the fashions , methods and means of medical genetics teaching have fallen behind the development of the subject.

His mother was chattering and didn't notice that he had fallen behind.

Although Honda already has developed hybrids, it has fallen behind Japanese rival Toyota Motor Corp. in this segment.

His mother was chatting and didn't notice that he had fallen behind.

Nokia remains the global market leader by volume, but it has fallen behind Samsung in western Europe.

Nonetheless, to date, we have not fallen behind in converting scientific and technological breakthroughs into viable commercial products.

Except for one area of gene expression control, plant research has significantly fallen behind studies in insects and vertebrates.

Latin America has fallen behind with its living standards, declining to 20 per cent of US levels.

In the Republican race, Mr Romney, former governor of Massachusetts, has fallen behind John McCain, the veteran Arizona senator.

Has America really fallen behind the rest of the world in academic achievement?

More troubling, Mr. Jackson had fallen behind on the payments for a $5 million IndyMac loan secured by the house.

For investors counting on stocks for retirement plans, the most recent decade means many have fallen behind retirement goals.

His signature policy, a plan to liberalise the electricity industry, has plainly fallen behind schedule.

In recent years, teachers' salaries have fallen behind those of other non-manual workers.

Other big projects in Angola have also fallen behind schedule, including a planned airport outside Luanda.

In the garage, she tracks a beeping noise to where the oil-stained manual had fallen behind some boxes.

As referenced in the news report I mentioned, we've now fallen behind most wealthy countries in our high school graduation rates.

They are seen as having fallen behind by the Europeans, the leaders (relatively speaking) in clean green growth.

In view of practical production, the original industry indexes have fallen behind the present dressing level and economic conditions.

We invented solar technology, but we've fallen behind countries like Germany and Japan in producing it.

Germany were dropping ever deeper and would have fallen behind but for two near misses.

AS THE world economy slows, the number of people who have fallen behind on loan and credit-card payments is soaring.

Production has fallen behind in the last few months.

it also created opportunities for people who repossess cars and other vehicles when buyers have fallen behind on payments.

This country has fallen behind its competitors in the manufacture of computers.

Some borrowers who have fallen behind on their payments could stop making them altogether.

Germany has fallen behind France and Britain in the production of airliners.

The report points to various reasons why India's English has fallen behind China's.

so much time. Now you've fallen behind in your study.

France has fallen behind (Germany) in coal production.

The tunnel project has already fallen behind schedule.

Progress on the deal has fallen behind schedule, and elections were recently delayed until 2010.

He has fallen behind on his mortgage payment and may face foreclosure.

And on the horizon is the 2012 Olympics, for which security planning has fallen behind schedule.

We have fallen behind in Math, Science and Engineering .

Shares of other carriers, more reliant on high-paying passengers -- such as Singapore Airlines, or Cathay Pacific -- have fallen behind.

A morose France has fallen behind its competitors.

Plans to ease the pain by creating a welfare safety net have fallen behind.

So you've fallen behind--that's never stopped you before, right?

Since 1996, they have fallen behind by 1-2 percent a year.

He's fallen behind with his school work again.

Can only say Jieyang has fallen behind really very much.

She's fallen behind with the payments.

They had fallen behind the mass of people surrounding him.

You have fallen behind others. You have to work harder.

Because the financing management of Tianfuhao is fallen behind, so the behave management is emphasized in the thesis.

The original embedded software, such as foreground and background mode software, has been fallen behind.

A new community program called "One On One " helps elementary students who've fallen behind.

I have fallen behind with my correspondence.

I've fallen behind in the career race.

Not only had they not kept up, they'd fallen behind.

I have fallen behind the time, and am too old to catch it again.

We can say our idea on ocean has fallen behind developing country and time. That can not adjust the new situation of "Ocean Century" .

Japanese women have fallen behind Hong Kong in global life expectancy rankings for the first time in 25 years.

I have fallen behind in English