Example sentences of "[adv] fit into the [adj] " in BNC.

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1 We turn now to foregroundings which are less easy to recognize , because they are less absolute , and do not fit into the traditional rhetorical categories .
2 It was accepted that some specialists and a class of supplementary clerks would be needed , but they did not fit into the overall scheme .
3 The problem was that the robots were usually too big and would not fit into the existing booths .
4 It had been realised by this time that , even if polythene did not fit into the then accepted mould for plastics , which tended to be glassy substances like polystyrene and Perspex , it might still be useful .
5 The Cornish lands , however , do not fit into the normal pattern of tenures , for demesne exploitation there had been abandoned before 1300 , if indeed it had ever existed ( 76 , pp.10–11 ) .
6 In many cases , it does not fit into the administrative systems of the parties , nor is it a usual way of doing business .
7 But given that many conceptions of the good do not fit into the individualistic pattern , how can this be described as a fair choice situation for principles of justice ? ( p. 10 )
8 The parfum of ice-cream would certainly not fit into the English category .
9 Individuals with more complicated problems , that do not easily fit into the overall structure of the programme , may either be neglected or take up an inappropriate amount of group time .
10 He and I do not perhaps instantly fit into the standard parliamentary stereotypes of the steady old stallion and the keen young foal who are usually harnessed together for this occasion .
11 Or , if you like to spend a long time in the tub , you might like a wider one , which may well fit into the existing space .
12 Have you seen something that just does n't fit into the normal pattern of things ?
13 He was not one of us ; he did not quite fit into the measured compartmentalised minds of the Service at that time .
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