a fully signed vs fully signed

Both 'a fully signed' and 'fully signed' can be correct depending on the context. 'A fully signed' is used when referring to a specific item or document that has been completely signed. 'Fully signed' is an adjective phrase that describes something that has been signed in its entirety.

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This phrase is correct when referring to a specific item or document that has been completely signed.

"a fully signed"

Use 'a fully signed' when you want to emphasize that a particular item or document has been signed in its entirety.

Examples:

Please submit a fully signed copy of the contract.
I need a fully signed permission slip from your parents.
The form must be a fully signed original document.

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A fully signed up member of the celebrity circuit of Life's Victims.
A formal declaration fully signed and executed.
Mr President, as my friend Mr Bloom quite rightly said earlier, it is simply not true to say that the accounts have been fully signed off by the auditors.
In the last few days I think the Irish voters showed us that far from all Europeans are fully signed up or are clear about the role and benefits of the European Union, about European cooperation and why Europe-wide regulations are necessary in the first place.
In Oslo, the final touches are now being put to a fully fledged convention, which is likely to be signed by more than 100 countries in December.
If the UK is to enter into an agreement with the US it must be a fully reciprocal arrangement and not the almost one-way-traffic one that the EU has signed up to here.
This is a fully deniable operation.
This is a fully legal receipt and statement.
Mr Coelho adopts a fully justified tone of impatience.
Option B: a substantially new and comprehensive Postal Directive anticipating a fully competitive postal market in 2009 and providing a fully harmonised approach to all sector issues.
I was busy being a fully functioning member of society.
First of all, I am a fully qualified masseuse.
I'm a fully-trained Secret Service agent.
Chief, we got a fully involved structure fire.
A fully committed murderer would stay in character.
I'm a fully licensed operative.
My order has a fully-stocked infirmary.
From that point on, detective Rollins was a fully cooperating U.C.
I have a fully stocked lab downstairs.
Doctor's prognosis, I'm a fully fertile male specimen.

Alternatives:

a completely signed
a fully executed
a fully endorsed
a fully completed
a fully approved

This phrase is correct when used as an adjective to describe something that has been signed in its entirety.

"fully signed"

Use 'fully signed' before a noun to describe that the item or document has been signed completely.

Examples:

Please provide a fully signed contract.
The document must be fully signed by all parties.
Make sure the form is fully signed before submitting it.

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A formal declaration fully signed and executed.
A fully signed up member of the celebrity circuit of Life's Victims.
Mr President, as my friend Mr Bloom quite rightly said earlier, it is simply not true to say that the accounts have been fully signed off by the auditors.
In the last few days I think the Irish voters showed us that far from all Europeans are fully signed up or are clear about the role and benefits of the European Union, about European cooperation and why Europe-wide regulations are necessary in the first place.
Serbia shall implement fully the Central European Free Trade Agreement signed in Bucharest on 19 December 2006.
We consider that the European Union fully qualifies for a waiver under ILSA and that obviously includes Total, which signed an agreement fully compatible with Community and international law.
The TDCA agreement, which is partially operational will become fully into force by 2004 when signed by all Member States.
Mr President, the Commission fully supports the opinion of those Members of Parliament who have signed the resolutions you are considering on the recent events in Mexico.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, being fully authorised thereto, have on behalf of the Parties signed the present Agreement.
Following this merger, in 2007 an agreement was signed at the Italian Ministry for Economic Development whereby NSN undertook to ensure that its Italian sites remained fully operational and to safeguard employment.
They know that in order to make progress in the negotiations they must fully implement the protocol, as they have signed it and will soon ratify it.
I have consulted some of those who signed the oral question and they fully agree that it should be debated in the April part-session.
In Oslo, the final touches are now being put to a fully fledged convention, which is likely to be signed by more than 100 countries in December.
Name, address, nationality and signature - I fully agree that this should be sufficient in order to ensure that the person who signs does exist and has not signed twice.
If the UK is to enter into an agreement with the US it must be a fully reciprocal arrangement and not the almost one-way-traffic one that the EU has signed up to here.
It is also up to Russia to participate fully in the cooperation agreements signed with Lithuania (such as the 'Nida' initiative which covers projects linked to the operation of border crossings) and in the Baltic region within the framework of the task force on crime.
This communication clearly identifies that safety may be effectively enhanced by ensuring that aircraft comply fully with the international safety standards contained in the annexes to the Convention on International Civil Aviation signed in Chicago on 7 December 1944.
This communication clearly identifies that safety may be effectively enhanced by ensuring that aircraft, as is already the case within the EU, comply fully with the international safety standards contained in the annexes to the Convention on International Civil Aviation signed in Chicago on 7 December 1944.
Such meetings were, she said, "an important testimony of importance EU attaches to fully free and pluralistic Iran, in accordance with international conventions it has freely signed up to."
Mrs Qandah's situation is related to the wider problem of compatibility of the application of the Shari'ah law and the international human rights conventions that Jordan has signed, but not yet fully transformed into internal law.

Alternatives:

completely signed
entirely signed
thoroughly signed
duly signed
properly signed

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