Example sentences of "[noun] to fit [adv prt] with the [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | 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 . |
2 | 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 . |
3 | 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 . |
4 | The other principle which determines the character of the drawing is its deliberate adaptation to fit in with the character of the surrounding ornament . |
5 | The furniture was clearly old , and had been chosen with some care to fit in with the atmosphere of the hall . |
6 | Walker is ready to make the effort to fit in with the locals . |
7 | ‘ From 1976 to 1986 I worked part-time in Family Planning Services to fit in with the demands of three children ’ , she writes . |
8 | The minaret added to the present mosque is of brick and of a design to fit in with the rest of the church . |