Example sentences of "fit for [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That way you keep yourself physically fit for mental activity . |
| 2 | These figures were virtually unchanged when war broke out with Spain in 1739 ; but lack of maintenance under the Walpole regime meant that she had only 35 of the line fit for immediate use . |
| 3 | ‘ We are only 70 per cent fit for international rugby — and the players are well aware of that ’ , said coach Alan Davies . |
| 4 | The language must be correct and stylistically appropriate , so the report will be fit for internal distribution . |
| 5 | This provides that the house will be built in an efficient and workmanlike manner , with proper materials and be fit for human habitation . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 : |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 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 | ( 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | It is heavily chlorinated to ensure it is fit for human consumption , but that does n't mean it is suitable for your fish . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | According to this theory the earlier generational pairing was abandoned because it led to so much inbreeding that people who practised the gens system were genetically more fit for natural selection and therefore survived better . |
| 19 | Many are little more than effluent channels , while some , by an accident of catchment , contain water fit for potable supply . |
| 20 | She went to the Labour Bureau and the clerk there told her that she would be passed fit for clerical work and sent her to the Ministry of Defence Office . |
| 21 | As Iris Murdoch has remarked in admiration of Dickens and Tolstoy , the great novelist creates a house fit for free character to live in : free , that is , to live lives untrammelled by the allegorical or the stereotypical , to be as quirky , unpredictable , and self-contradicting as beings one knows in a real world . |
| 22 | But by the time he was assessed as fit for open prison in Britain he 'd become the leading figure in Australia 's organised crime world … involved in drug smuggling … fraud and firearms offences |
| 23 | It describes the 1000 with 512Mb RAM , nine 3.5-inch disks and two SCSI channels as fit for business-critical client/server workgroups and small departments . |
| 24 | However , Theo Waigel , the German Finance Minister , stressed that the criteria should not be applied mechanically , and that there should be " scope for political judgment " on whether a country was fit for full EMU . |
| 25 | List the names of all men twenty years old or older who are fit for military service ’ ( 1:1–3 ) . |
| 26 | The purpose of the census is to list all men over 20 fit for military service . |
| 27 | The Colonel pronounced the route fit for public service on 13 February . |
| 28 | Alexandra had packed her own trunk — Iskandara had required it — ; and she wondered now if her methods were fit for public scrutiny . |
| 29 | Stockbrokers Beeson Gregory believe the USM performed a valuable service by breaking down the barrier that , until 1980 , meant that only sizeable businesses were considered fit for public company status . |
| 30 | By a surgical procedure , the older concept has been trimmed of its cumbersome ‘ normative ’ and ‘ philosophical ’ parts , leaving the term leaner , no doubt , but now fit for scientific duty . |