Example sentences of "unfit for [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fish are judged to be unfit for human consumption at just 2 ppm . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Brown , fibrous bread is frequently perceived as a primitive food , unfit for human consumption . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | An illegal trade in meat which is unfit for human consumption is flourishing in Britain . |
| 6 | The scallop beds at Pentland Firth , between Orkney and mainland Scotland , contained unacceptable levels of cadmium and were declared unfit for human consumption . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | The slums built during the Industrial Revolution soon became unfit for human habitation . |
| 11 | That single room was unfit for human habitation . |
| 12 | They pronounced the attic unfit for human habitation and Jean-Claude inadequate to support me . |
| 13 | The main safeguards in this area are the Housing Acts , supported by public health legislation , which is intended to ensure that no person should be allowed to live in a dwelling that is unfit for human habitation . |
| 14 | Much of the housing is unfit for human habitation , and the proportion of dwellings which are overcrowded or lack basic amenities is much higher in these areas than elsewhere . |
| 15 | The figures reveal : ( a ) 5% of the total housing stock is unfit for human habitation ; ( b ) a further 2.4 million dwellings are in poor repair ; ( c ) 15% of the total housing stock is in poor condition ; and ( d ) 543,000 dwellings lack basic amenities . |
| 16 | The scale of disrepair disclosed by the survey affects all tenure sectors although , as usual , the condition in the private rented sector is worse than elsewhere ; for example , one in six dwellings in the private sector was found to be unfit for human habitation … |
| 17 | 10 In determining for the purposes of this Act whether a house is unfit for human habitation , regard shall be had to its condition in respect of the following matters — repair , stability , freedom from damp , internal arrangement , natural lighting , ventilation , water supply , drainage and sanitary conveniences , facilities for preparation and cooking of food and for the disposal of waste water ; and the house shall be regarded as unfit for human habitation if , and only if , it is so far defective in one or more of those matters that it is not reasonably suitable for occupation in that condition . |
| 18 | 10 In determining for the purposes of this Act whether a house is unfit for human habitation , regard shall be had to its condition in respect of the following matters — repair , stability , freedom from damp , internal arrangement , natural lighting , ventilation , water supply , drainage and sanitary conveniences , facilities for preparation and cooking of food and for the disposal of waste water ; and the house shall be regarded as unfit for human habitation if , and only if , it is so far defective in one or more of those matters that it is not reasonably suitable for occupation in that condition . |
| 19 | Some 2.7 million people still live in affected areas--400,000 of them in areas made unfit for human habitation because of radiation levels or in areas from which they should have been moved . |
| 20 | That was 1983. 1988 a Government report declared there was a million houses in Britain unfit for human habitation . |
| 21 | According to the visitors the track was unfit for competitive speedway . |
| 22 | I tried to make my excuse sound plausible , but I fear I did hurt him ; he had been pronounced unfit for military service and he was lonely and smarting at his exclusion from the experience of his peers . |
| 23 | When told that his two years at sea did not count , he resignedly attended his medical only to discover that his hearing was impaired and he was declared unfit for military service . |
| 24 | Being unfit for military service , in 1917 he accepted appointment as lecturer in history and English literature for three years at St Paul 's College , Calcutta , where the poverty of the people made a deep impression on him . |
| 25 | Although unfit for military service , he joined the Artists ' Rifles Officers ' Training Corps and began an active social career . |
| 26 | A variant theme in recent historiography has been that by the mid-ninth century , nobles had been too much influenced by the church 's stress on peace , and had thus become unfit for military service . |
| 27 | The Guynemers could trace courageous ancestors back to Charlemagne , but few heroes looked less the part than Georges , with his almost effeminate beauty and frail , spindly body that was three times rejected as unfit for military service . |
| 28 | However , this was not without some opposition : in 1139 a council presided over by Pope Innocent II banned the crossbow as a barbarous weapon unfit for Christian use , a decision confirmed by Innocent III . |
| 29 | Twenty five patients were treated ; 13 patients were considered unfit for conventional treatment ( complex group ) and 12 elected to have the procedure ( non-complex group ) . |
| 30 | He had broken his leg some time before and so had been unfit for active service till then . |