Example sentences of "[adv] [be] limited [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had convened a pan-African conference in Kumasi in 1953 but that had necessarily been limited to consultation . |
| 2 | Although in some cases enterprises have tried to develop realistic ‘ performative ’ plans ( Wernham 1985 : 633 ) , their incentives to do so are limited by the fact that plans are still subject to external political appraisal which may alter their content and assumptions and thus undermine managerial commitment . |
| 3 | Although the numbers will not apparently be limited at the briefings , a notional limit may be set on the number of climbers admitted to the range on any one occasion . |
| 4 | The term ‘ conflict ’ need not necessarily be limited to ‘ a right old barney ’ . |
| 5 | The choice of the electors will not necessarily be limited to those who apply . |
| 6 | We should look at the length or the term of the new franchise which should perhaps be limited to three or five years . |
| 7 | Many of the older generation coming from a rural background had had no opportunity for training and so were limited in the type of employment open to them . |
| 8 | Moments alone were limited to climbing his tenement stairs , smelling different cooking smells on each landing . |
| 9 | This paper has largely been limited to the processes within education — the ways they have been part of a wider process of economic and political domination have been little more than hinted at . |
| 10 | As far as the police part of the Bill is concerned , the er Government er under considerable pressure from erm er er members on their own side er as well as from these benches , have made the er very welcome concession that the chairman of a police authority shall no longer be appointed er by the Secretary of State , by the Home Secretary , but elected from among the members of the police authority er they have also made provision that the er er er i in response to the er criticisms that were made at second reading that the size of the p of a police authority shall no longer be limited to er sixteen members but could er by er order of the Secretary of State be extended to er twenty er er er twenty-four members . |
| 11 | The Court of Appeal has , however , subsequently held that in the exceptional cases in which a Mareva injunction might be granted in support of a foreign judgment or arbitration award ( enforcement of which is being sought in England ) the injunction will normally be limited to assets in England . |
| 12 | It is possible that the selectors only had the E-K telephone directory to hand , and thus were limited in their options , but there is no evidence that this policy is a winning one . |
| 13 | But Steven had a b-i-g problem , because he had spent his whole life in Never Never , a land not best known for its grasp of real life , and his idea of what went on in the world outside was limited to the hazy notions he had picked up … from the movies . |
| 14 | Collagen has long been known for its hydrating power and as a source of nutrients for the skin , but its penetration into the epidermis has always been limited by its high molecular weight . |
| 15 | Where users have been involved , this has usually been limited to the implementation phase of a programme of change . |
| 16 | If proceedings have been issued you may be required to contribute to the Defendants ' legal costs , but this will usually be limited to the same amount that you contributed to the Legal Aid Board in respect of your own legal costs . |
| 17 | When it comes to total processing power , however , the AS/400 will always be limited by the commitment to remain air- , rather than water-cooled — despite the fact that IBM 's rivals in the mainframe world seem to be able to deliver performance matching that of IBM with air-cooled machines , even if the air does have to be gale-force . |
| 18 | Whereas the company had formerly been limited to films which cost between £150,000 and 200,000 , it could now stretch up to £700,000 . |
| 19 | In the case of L Rowland and Co ( Retail ) Ltd , the High Court found that the period of time for which the clock stops during an enquiry by Customs can only reasonably be limited to the period from when the local office initiates the enquiry with the trader to the day when a satisfactory answer is given by the trader . |
| 20 | If their hours of work can also be limited to less than 16 hours a week , then these workers will also fall outside the employment protection legislation , which means they can be used even more flexibly and cheaply as they then forgo rights to certain occupational benefits ( which now comprise a further 9 per cent of labour costs ) . |
| 21 | A decrease in rates payable will also be limited to 10% and 15% for small businesses . |
| 22 | People 's ability to choose between different types of credit may also be limited by their knowledge of what is available . |
| 23 | Movement can also be limited by the body in order to protect itself from further harm , e.g. the pain from a twisted ankle prevents mobility , thus allowing the inflamed tissues to rest and heal . |
| 24 | To be plausible the authority should also be limited in the way ours is : a machine that appeared certain , in the teeth of all the evidence observable by us , that such and such a transistor was failing might well have given itself away precisely because it would lack the ‘ downwards ’ inscrutability that our inner workings have for us . |
| 25 | Such a claim would clearly be limited to the grammatical aspect of style , and even here , to say that a text has a " neutral style " is to mislead : the choice of expressing one 's sense in elemental , disconnected sentences has its stylistic value as much as any other choice ( see 7.4.2 . ) . |
| 26 | A depositor owed £100,000 or £50,000 or any other amount over £20,000 can likewise look to the board , but his claim also is limited to the same top figure of £15,000 . |
| 27 | If the costs of injury are great , the advantages of aggression will eventually be limited by the risks of injury . |
| 28 | The reality is that the scheme has so far been limited to a small number of well managed practices , which for the most part were generously funded and chosen to succeed . |
| 29 | Quality Circles have received a lot of attention in the media over the last three years but , in general , studies of Circles have so far been limited to subjective analysis by interested parties . |
| 30 | With an intensity comparable to the devastating bombardment of February 21st , the heavy German shells rained down on a French division of mediocre calibre , the 67th , whose experience of this kind of thing had so far been limited to second-hand accounts from across the river . |