Example sentences of "[adv] [be] confine to " in BNC.
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| 1 | THE news that Peter Cranmer after having long been confined to a wheelchair , has had both legs amputated in Brighton General Hospital will sadden all who recall with admiration that famous sporting figure of the 1930s . |
| 2 | The Army and RUC had previously decided that , while the demonstration was too big to be prevented , it should none the less be confined to the ghetto . |
| 3 | The apparent extension of the effects of the collision of the Indian and Eurasian Plates to much of central and eastern Asia , and possibly as far as the Baikal Rift ( Fig. 3.21 ) , in fact indicates that the consequences of plate interaction need not necessarily be confined to plate margins . |
| 4 | The movement towards organic production has not been confined to fruit and vegetables . |
| 5 | Of course the influence of Buchanan has not been confined to Western Europe . |
| 6 | Study of these various components of psychoticism as found in normal people has not been confined to the superficial level of observable traits , measured by questionnaires . |
| 7 | The epidemic had not been confined to Bedford . |
| 8 | His interests have not been confined to chest disease and smoking , however : Professor Fletcher has been a tireless campaigner for better communications between patients and doctors . |
| 9 | The difficulties of co-ordinating the work of counties and districts , or regions and districts , has not been confined to questions of status relating to the former county boroughs . |
| 10 | His musical talents had not been confined to the School , for he had been first a choirboy at St. Matthew 's in Edgeley , and then organist for the Sunday afternoon services at Barnes ' Convalescent Home in Cheadle , followed by eight years as organist at St. John 's , Heaton Mersey , then 20 years at St. Peter 's , Stockport , and finally 34 years at the Parish Church , St. Mary 's , from which he finally retired in 1944 . |
| 11 | This kind of pressure had not been confined to the women ; some of the men had been encouraged by their fathers to take science , too . |
| 12 | She left Alexandra in no doubt that whatever services Carlo might have performed on Gina 's behalf , they had not been confined to public relations but had included private ones as well . |
| 13 | The weakness in understanding of geomorphic processes ( and hence also a weakness in the understanding of the origin of landforms ) has not been confined to the American continent . |
| 14 | Interest has not been confined to the UK ; overseas groups and colleges have expressed a wish to use the material , and Norwich City College , our principle international centre , has assessed the material for use by candidates around the world . |
| 15 | Local records of the strike have generally been confined to memorabilia . |
| 16 | But the corporation is ‘ delighted ’ that the government has recognised its claim for an extra VHF network for Radio I , which since 1967 has largely been confined to the medium wave band . |
| 17 | Hitherto , provision of adult deaf organisations had largely been confined to church services and other pastoral services , but in 1871 , a most important step was taken with the founding of Glasgow Deaf and Dumb Football Club , the first sports dub for the deaf in this country . |
| 18 | This could well explain the fact that the trend since 1970 towards deferring first births has largely been confined to women with more education ( see Joshi , 1985 ) . |
| 19 | Research on corporatism has largely been confined to the level of the political centre of the nation state . |
| 20 | Instead , women 's art has largely been confined to ‘ alternative ’ sites . |
| 21 | The problem could just be confined to this guitar and removing the strings and lightly tapping the frets down with a block of wood and a small hammer could well fix it . |
| 22 | A corporate role could just be confined to the provision of specialist services , such as marketing research and specialist advertising advice . |
| 23 | He told the rector at Boston that this was a person of unusual spiritual powers ; that how to train him for the whole Church was a responsibility ; that he was anxious that these abilities should not be confined to academic spheres . |
| 24 | The image you are projecting for your campaign will not be confined to people . |
| 25 | Festivities will not be confined to SW1 . |
| 26 | But the introduction and implementation of quality should not be confined to the design of products and the standard of service provided to customers . |
| 27 | One simple explanation , which is attractive and plausible , is that the strengthening enabled the ammonoid shell to withstand the hydrostatic pressure at relatively great depths in the ocean — they need not be confined to the surface waters or to relatively shallow depths . |
| 28 | Convenient : Distribution should not be confined to making materials available in the general area of use . |
| 29 | It can not and must not be confined to the school and to the classroom . |
| 30 | The law 's concern , it was argued , is with ‘ the attractive presentation of a degraded humanity ’ , the effects of which may ‘ include , but not be confined to , consequential actions ’ . |