The effort fell short of its goal by about a third.

These efforts fell through, however, and the house was left abandoned for a number of years.

The 42-point effort fell 2 points short of his season high.

If so, the effort has fallen short because most of these messages play straight.

In 2002 the effort was made to rebuild the league but all efforts fell short.

But maybe don't mention that a similar effort once fell short.

His efforts are falling, as ever here, on rich ground.

But those efforts had all fallen short - until now.

The effort made by these fishermen cannot fall on their shoulders alone.

But his efforts fell far short of what was needed to improve the city's revenue collection.