Example sentences of "who do not fit " in BNC.
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| 1 | But everyone knows real old people who do not fit the stereotypes : so discarding follows . |
| 2 | This extension of the law has created new criminals who do not fit the picture of the ‘ typical criminal ’ , the young , working-class male . |
| 3 | I assure you that in my professional capacity I come across many jurors who are both indigenous Britons , and quite advanced in years , who do not fit into the ‘ long tradition of honesty and fair-mindedness ’ . |
| 4 | There are people , especially in this region , who would like to follow a university course but who do not fit the usual pattern of an undergraduate student . |
| 5 | And if the committee of the CICCU be taxed with bringing in someone who did not fit the undergraduates of a university , it might be replied , first that they were desperate to find someone at short notice , and secondly , was it desirable that a missioner should fit the undergraduates ? |
| 6 | If there was a Libyan involved , the police proceedings were accompanied by self-help action , although the influx of foreigners had created a number of potential offenders and victims who did not fit into the system . |
| 7 | The latter policy could also entail a drastic withdrawal of royal favour from those who did not fit into Edward 's plans . |
| 8 | The latter policy could also entail a drastic withdrawal of royal favour from those who did not fit into Edward 's plans . |
| 9 | The more highly organised and consciously efficient foreign offices became , the less scope there was for the individual who did not fit easily into these bigger and more complex machines . |
| 10 | And , in fact , the characteristic ‘ bourgeois ’ or member of the middle class in our period included few people who did not fit into one or other of these pigeon-holes . |
| 11 | He and Jenny were sufficient for each other ; they did not want a third person , especially a person whose tastes were so dissimilar and who did not fit in with their lives or their friends . |
| 12 | Try and be aware of this as a problem , asking yourself whether the candidate is genuinely not suitable but simply someone who does not fit in with your own picture of yourself . |