Example sentences of "[adj] for human [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 In assays using antibody L289 , specific for human progastrin derived peptides extending beyond the C-terminal region , there were significantly higher concentrations ( p<0.001 , Wilcoxon ) of immunoreactive material in tumour extracts ( 1.54 ( 0.2 ) pmol/g , in 40 of 44 patients ) compared with control samples ( of which only nine of 44 contained measurable activity , Figure 3 ) .
2 Thus , for the Piaroa , ‘ hunting ’ includes all capabilities for acquiring animal meat and for making it edible for human consumption .
3 An area of 1 million square miles , or 15 per cent of Russian territory , is regarded as ecologically unsafe for human habitation .
4 However , energy planners in the Third World tend to overlook this essential need even though it is the most crucial for human survival and the most sensitive to environmental conditions .
5 His purpose was to demonstrate not that the earth did spin but that it was impossible for human reason to prove that it did not .
6 This provides that the house will be built in an efficient and workmanlike manner , with proper materials and be fit for human habitation .
7 Section 1(1) imposes on builders , sub-contractors , architects and other professional persons a three part duty : that the work will be done in a workmanlike manner , proper materials will be used , and the house will be fit for human habitation .
8 At common law , if a house is let furnished , there is an implied term that the premises are at the commencement of the tenancy fit for human habitation .
9 On the particular facts McCardie J found that the house and its contents were not free of tuberculosis bacilli and it was not fit for human habitation .
10 There are also statutory covenants requiring landlords , of properties let at a low rent , to ensure that they are both fit for human habitation at the start of the tenancy and are kept fit for habitation throughout the lease :
11 8 ( 1 ) In a contract to which this section applies for the letting of a house for human habitation there is implied , notwithstanding any stipulation to the contrary — ( a ) a condition that the house is fit for human habitation at the commencement of the tenancy , and ( b ) an undertaking that the house will be kept by the landlord fit for human habitation during the tenancy .
12 8 ( 1 ) In a contract to which this section applies for the letting of a house for human habitation there is implied , notwithstanding any stipulation to the contrary — ( a ) a condition that the house is fit for human habitation at the commencement of the tenancy , and ( b ) an undertaking that the house will be kept by the landlord fit for human habitation during the tenancy .
13 ( 3 ) This section applies to a contract if — ( a ) the rent does not exceed the figure applicable in accordance with subsection ( 4 ) , and ( b ) the letting is not on such terms as to the tenant 's responsibility as are mentioned in subsection ( 5 ) … ( 5 ) This section does not apply where a house is let for a term of three years or more ( the lease not being determinable at the option of either party before the expiration of three years ) upon terms that the tenant puts the premises into a condition reasonably fit for human habitation .
14 Today the rebêche is only used for distillation ( into either prestation vinique — alcohol for oath-taking , or eaux-de-vie — grape brandies ) and table wine ( if the natural alcoholic content is 6% or more , unlikely for vin de rebêche ) or ‘ wine not fit for human consumption ’ ( but presumably fit for distillation into industrial spirits ) if less than 6% natural alcoholic content .
15 It is heavily chlorinated to ensure it is fit for human consumption , but that does n't mean it is suitable for your fish .
16 The new policy , introduced on 1 October 1992 , zero-rates fresh fish used as bait which is of a kind used for human consumption , and is fit for human consumption when it is supplied .
17 The government 's Advisory Committee on Novel Foods and Processes has ruled that the carcasses of animals used in experiments on genetic engineering are fit for human consumption , and can be sold for butchering .
18 For example , in terms of food , cattle that we eat ; we eat meat in the rich countries , these are fed on grains that are fit for human consumption that are produced , for example in Central and South America , soya meal and so on .
19 Fish are judged to be unfit for human consumption at just 2 ppm .
20 The policeman , seeing the expiry date on the cartons of tinned milk , promptly issued a summons against the Jordanian manager for selling milk which was unfit for human consumption .
21 Brown , fibrous bread is frequently perceived as a primitive food , unfit for human consumption .
22 Previously most food had become unfit for human consumption after forty-eight hours : now the use of ice extended its ‘ shelf life ’ , and undoubtedly contributed to contemporary improvements in diet and food hygiene .
23 An illegal trade in meat which is unfit for human consumption is flourishing in Britain .
24 The scallop beds at Pentland Firth , between Orkney and mainland Scotland , contained unacceptable levels of cadmium and were declared unfit for human consumption .
25 A report in The Northern Echo on Wednesday said that 438 pigs in the Wear Valley were condemned as unfit for human consumption in November and December .
26 To be branded an unfeeling brute reinforced the image he had made for himself of a man who was dog-rough , ‘ a foul beast ’ , unfit for human company , not to be tolerated in civilised drawing rooms .
27 One city of a million people , Ufa , 700 miles east of Moscow , was described in Pravda in 1987 as having become unfit for human habitation .
28 The slums built during the Industrial Revolution soon became unfit for human habitation .
29 That single room was unfit for human habitation .
30 They pronounced the attic unfit for human habitation and Jean-Claude inadequate to support me .
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