Example sentences of "[was/were] [adv] confined to [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The problems , however , were not confined to violent upheavals of this kind . |
| 2 | When they participated in the market economy , they were usually confined to menial positions , many of which did not bring them into much contact with men . |
| 3 | Trading wealth was largely confined to southern centres of wool exports ; when England joined other Atlantic states , Spain , Portugal , France and the Netherlands , in expansion to other continents , much of the resulting capital remained in the south . |
| 4 | MHC class 2 positivity was largely confined to subepithelial clsuters of macrophage-like cells ( CD68 + ) with foamy cytoplasm : double labelling of these clusters with anti-IL2R ( CD25 ) confirmed with prescence of activated macrophages . |
| 5 | Two thirds of recognised seroconversions were in men aged 25 years or over , and the increase in sexually transmitted diseases was not confined to young men . |
| 6 | Thus the SEC held that Rule 10b-5 was not confined to traditional insiders but was equally applicable to ‘ those persons who are in a special relationship with a company and privy to its internal affairs , and [ who ] thereby suffer corresponding duties in trading [ on ] its securities ’ . |
| 7 | However the movement for some degree of independence , some autonomy , was not confined to substantial towns . |
| 8 | Questioning of the effectiveness of the accepted methods , and the justification for them , was not confined to penal reformers , being shared by no less a figure than the all powerful Permanent Secretary at the Home Office , Sir Charles Cunningham . |
| 9 | The judge , concluding that the court 's paramount consideration on such an application was the children 's welfare , in accordance with section 1(1) of the Act , and that its power to interfere with the local authority 's proposals for the children was not confined to exceptional circumstances , granted the foster mother leave to apply for residence orders in respect of the children . |
| 10 | The condition was named Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome and , as more cases emerged from the USA , Europe and Africa , it became apparent that it was not confined to gay men . |
| 11 | Baldwin 's practice of dedicated delegation was not confined to foreign affairs . |
| 12 | The Gardeners Dictionary was not confined to English readers ; it was first translated into Dutch in 1745 , an indication of the author 's close association with Holland . |