Example sentences of "to fit in [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The cast-iron bath continues the Victorian theme and has been painted pink on the outside to fit in with the rest of the decor . |
| 2 | The minaret added to the present mosque is of brick and of a design to fit in with the rest of the church . |
| 3 | It just seemed to fit in with the story and the early part of your visit about somebody getting killed . ’ |
| 4 | Sonia said : ‘ It seemed to fit in with the spirit of the Festival — how political change in history is articulated — and celebrated the most remarkable use of language , worldwide . |
| 5 | Walker is ready to make the effort to fit in with the locals . |
| 6 | To fit in with the minimalist style of living , the couple had to pare down their possessions drastically . |
| 7 | In the original DES document in which the proposals for the schools were outlined the overall aim was said to fit in with the Government 's aims set out in their document Better schools , ‘ to improve standards ’ being the key phrase . |
| 8 | Well , after the er publishers had approached me and , and asked me if I would be interested in doing this book er the next thing to do was actually get hold of all the Ordinance Survey maps for Oxfordshire , er you know , quite a big county , so er once we 'd done that er the next thing to do was to actually just work out exactly where we wanted the walks to be , and they 've obviously , for commercial reasons they 've got to be fairly evenly spread throughout the county , but you can tell quite quickly and quite easily by looking at an Ordinance Survey map , you know , where all the paths are , they 're all clearly marked , er public footpaths , public bridleways , that sort of thing , and the next step was to actually create from the maps , circular walks to fit in with the requirement . |
| 9 | The other principle which determines the character of the drawing is its deliberate adaptation to fit in with the character of the surrounding ornament . |
| 10 | ‘ We have changed the model slightly to fit in with the look of now . |
| 11 | Some candidates were unhappy about the selection process , claiming the region wanted someone more willing to fit in with the council 's corporate stance , than head a professional service . |
| 12 | This refusal to fit in with the system continued when he returned to London , having jumped ship after a series of incidents — chopping down the house of someone 's aunt ; being technical supervisor on a failed bank robbery — had made him somewhat too conspicuous to the New Zealand authorities . |
| 13 | To the right of the front panel the power and reset buttons are cleverly moulded to fit in with the contours of the case . |
| 14 | I was yes I er I got my degree in was qualified and er the hours they , they were offering happened to fit in with the family so I was quite glad to get the extra income . |
| 15 | ‘ From 1976 to 1986 I worked part-time in Family Planning Services to fit in with the demands of three children ’ , she writes . |
| 16 | The furniture was clearly old , and had been chosen with some care to fit in with the atmosphere of the hall . |
| 17 | There is considerable difficulty in ascertaining precisely what was Kim 's relationship with Moscow , since the accounts of Kim 's early life and guerrilla activities contain wide variation , not to mention ideological ‘ realignment ’ to fit in with the nature of Kim 's foreign policy in later years and the state of his current relations with Moscow and Peking . |
| 18 | This explanation might be thought to fit in with the prerogative nature of the original public law remedies of certiorari , prohibition and mandamus . |
| 19 | " Employment on the railways as in other sections of the transport industry can not be said to have been of such a character as to fit in with the theory of labour aristocracy . " |
| 20 | Benny struggled to fit in with the saying accurately . |
| 21 | The door under the stairs was as he recalled it , low and cut on a slant to fit in under the balustrade . |