Example sentences of "limits [prep] what [modal v] " in BNC.
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| 1 | While the USA would continue to sustain a world role , there were limits to what could be expected . |
| 2 | All these options , it should be noted , remain within the basic framework of the categorial schema of objects and attributes , and this inevitably sets limits to what can be achieved by the respective philosophies of mind " . |
| 3 | Ca n't you imagine it ; ‘ I wonder how quickly the church at Philippi , the church at Whitestone , will realise that God 's resources are limitless so that when God gives according to His riches , there are no limits to what can happen ! ’ |
| 4 | However , where technology is concerned , the nature , of things out there , external to man , sets limits to what can be considered normal and correct . |
| 5 | British Rail is doing all in its power to protect its property from acts of vandalism , but , given the many thousands of miles of infrastructure , there are inevitably limits to what can be done by British Rail alone . |
| 6 | As the Committee reminds us , ‘ prepublication censorship ( i.e. today 's broadcasting regulation ) … has no place in a free society … . ’ and there can not be any justifications for imposing limits on what should or should not be published or printed . |
| 7 | The practical limits on what can be achieved by laws have been illustrated repeatedly in recent years in the United Kingdom in connection with trade union legislation . |
| 8 | In the main the structure is permissive ; with some exceptions , setting limits on what can be done rather than laying down by law what must be done . |
| 9 | For Conservative governments as much as for Labour , it was far more common that the inadequacy of resources for allocation to programmes with limited political appeal , in competition with spending programmes by other departments holding out more evident social or financial benefits , set the limits on what could be done . |