Example sentences of "to fit [adv prt] [prep] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Further motivation this season for student and U21 players is the possibility of a July 1993 seven match England U21 tour to Australia ; but with the U21 county and divisional matches , not to mention student representative matches and the demanding Courage League programme , to fit in to the normal season , it 's hard work being earmarked as a rugby high flier . |
| 2 | We saw in Sweden they tried to modify their game to fit in with the Continental style and it did n't work . |
| 3 | In his 1959 essay " The English School in a Democracy " Bateson outlines the characteristics of the kind of trained mind he envisages , which seem to fit in with the mental attitudes and orientations most suited to the democratic process . |
| 4 | Miracles are supposed to fit in with the unscientific views of the ancients , but not with out own scientific views . |
| 5 | He concludes that the effectiveness of a given system should be based on its ability to fit in with the external systems making up its environment on the one hand , and , on the other hand , on its competence in allowing its own sub-systems to fit in with each other . |
| 6 | For example , he was working out the exposition of the melodic cells which are the basis of most of the movement , so that his use of contradicting notes had to fit in with the melodic intervals , which were probably his primary concern . |
| 7 | I stopped at a pub I used rarely near the BBC and had a ploughman 's and a couple of orange juices , no alcohol , partly because I wanted to keep a clear head and partly to fit in with the cab-driver persona . |
| 8 | The notion of a routine , of a particular time for meals , baths , bed for young children — to fit in with the other interests and commitments of parents working outside the home — is not especially important . |
| 9 | Above : Crockery and cutlery were carefully chosen to fit in with the new style |
| 10 | BR 's corporate planning was reformed to fit in with the new structure by devolving responsibility for planning largely to the five businesses and by developing ‘ action plans ’ to commit lower level management to business objectives ( Heath 1984 : 221 ) . |
| 11 | Two of the five vessels being built for Olsen are designed to comply with this legislation , and this , says Parker , will give it a proven ability to fit in with the new requirements . |
| 12 | They replaced their kitchen crockery with simple black and white octagonal glassware crockery and even the car was changed to fit in with the new image — their champagne-coloured Ford was replaced with a grey and red Peugeot . |
| 13 | The detailed character of financial , administrative and legal restraints imposed by Whitehall may change but the general effect remains the same — local councillors are expected to fit in with the political priorities of the government of the day . |
| 14 | Animals may avoid being eaten by active flight , as do moths escaping from bats ; by camouflage , which requires behavioural adaptations to fit in with the visual markings ; by warning coloration , to teach predators to avoid sickening prey ; by mimicry of successfully warning-coloured species ; or by aggregation in groups , such as the schools of fish . |
| 15 | However , there are always unmarked options in every language which provide ways of changing the position of elements in a clause to fit in with the surrounding context . |
| 16 | These extensions were all done in red brick to fit in with the original structure . |