Example sentences of "[am/are] limited to the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The following possibilities of choral orchestration are limited to the most-used textures ; traditional forms such as fugato , fugue , and canon are omitted , being too closely identified stylistically with past epochs to be of effective use today ( though some mention of them will be made later ) . |
| 2 | In this first chapter , however , the illustrations are limited to the Judaeo-Christian tradition . |
| 3 | From a non-evolutionist standpoint , however , the problems that can be posed concerning the state , within a Marxist conception , are limited to the following : the formation of the state as a consequence of a structural transformation of primitive communal societies ( so far as these can be properly located and studied ) ; the types of state which correspond with determinate , historically realized , modes of production , and the conditions which produce a transition from one type to another ; and in the case of capitalist society , the structural characteristics , including the contradictions , which may effect a transition to another ( unknown ) type of society . |
| 4 | Third , as the powers of the national park authorities are limited to the normal development control procedures , agriculture is excluded , although it contributes so much to the valued cultural landscapes of the parks . |
| 5 | This will not be surprising since it has by now become apparent that such adjectives inhabit a very restricted niche in the world of English syntax ; in fact they are limited to the prenominal attributive position . |
| 6 | Even curse tablets are limited to the human reactions to theft and perjury and the instant demand for painful retribution , echoed throughout the primitive world . |
| 7 | Their appetites are limited to the exorbitant enjoyment of expensive and clashing furnishings . |
| 8 | In practice , it seems that ‘ spread ’ effects are limited to the journey-to-work catchment areas ( Moseley 1973 ) , and the ‘ key ’ in rural areas therefore is the availability of private and public transport . |