Example sentences of "[prep] be confined to [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Words in category ( 2 ) seem to be confined to black speakers , though this remains at this stage an untested observation . |
| 2 | Access to the system is nearly always indirect and therefore slow , and likely to be confined to certain times because of a need to load the payroll or manpower tapes within the computer centre . |
| 3 | Given that the harmonizing measure is to be confined to international transactions , what test is to be applied to determine internationality ? |
| 4 | Various outcomes have been examined in randomised controlled trials of intrapartum fetal monitoring ; the only complication to show a lower ( and largely consistent ) decrease in the monitored groups was neonatal convulsion , and this protective effect seemed to be confined to prolonged , induced , or augmented labours . |
| 5 | Even if its efficacy proves to be confined to symptomatic behaviour , and not cognitive improvements , this may well provide knock-on benefits in other treatment areas . |
| 6 | Because AIDS was initially seen to be confined to particular groups , some countries which associated drug-taking and homosexuality with deviant or criminal behaviour took punitive measures . |
| 7 | 81% want breeding to be confined to registered organisations and breeders . |
| 8 | In the immediate future , the biological synthesis of specific products is likely to be confined to bacterial cultures under strictly controlled conditions . |
| 9 | This use seems to be confined to British English . |
| 10 | Those means would be extra-parliamentary ; they would be unlikely to be confined to constitutional and lawful action and it would not be difficult to mount persuasive moral arguments for such activities . |