Example sentences of "can [be] limited " in BNC.

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1 An art critic may have difficulty in deciding how far the picture needs to be considered as devotional imagery , and how far discussion can be limited to artistic merits .
2 The damage can be limited not just by a vow of silence from the government 's critics , but also by intelligent fiscal action from the government itself .
3 Voting rights of shares can be limited by firms ' articles of association .
4 Linda Stapleton , who moved down from Middlesex 10 years ago , and is secretary of the North Devon community health council in Barnstaple , agrees : ‘ Services down here are generally very good , but you have to go further and choice can be limited .
5 It can be limited across the whole country or across wide areas liable to suffer in the longer term ( for example , on all permeable soils such as on chalk , limestone , sand or sandstone ) .
6 Spending can be limited by controlling the speed of promotions but this discourages those contemplating going into the profession .
7 Using this method the idling current can be limited to very low values whilst maintaining the large voltage and current swings required to drive a loudspeaker .
8 Other chemicals media are available , but generally they can be limited to quick removal of disease treatments .
9 Opportunities for shared interests outside the home can be limited .
10 It is a consideration that can be limited to the purchase cost of each vehicle together with its pattern of operating costs ( see Cooke and Glynn , 1981 ) .
11 This can be limited and even stopped by resolute political action .
12 Adult training centres are still often the only daytime occupation or ‘ work ’ available to disabled people , and the choice of activities within the centres can be limited : ‘ There 's no jobs for the young ones leaving school in the adult training centres , they 've got nothing to do , they 're getting no jobs in — they just do jigsaws .
13 The limited evidence suggests that knowledge about the new scheme — particularly among Asian claimants — can be limited ( Craig , 1991 ; Craig and Glendinning , 1990a ; Cohen 1991b ) .
14 There need be no implication that success is identified with indefinite continuation : costs , human and material , can be limited to what is acceptable within an agreed time span .
15 The perceived implication for the self , in undertaking assessments , can be limited by using a large sample , preferably more than 25% .
16 At the other extreme — where mineral working would involve ‘ too great injury to the comfort and living conditions of the people in the area or to amenities generally ’ — mineral working can be limited or even prevented .
17 Solicitors are not permitted to enter into an agreement with their clients that purports to exclude their liability for professional misconduct ( which extends to professional negligence ) though subject to the following rules liability can be limited by contract : ( 1 ) liability may not be limited below the minimum level of cover afforded under the Indemnity Fund ; ( 2 ) liability can not be limited at all for fraud or reckless disregard of professional obligations ; ( 3 ) s60(5) of the Solicitors Act avoids any provision in a contentious business agreement purporting to exclude the liability of a solicitor for negligence or to relieve him of his professional responsibilities ; ( 4 ) ss2(2) and 11(4) of the Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977 will apply to agreements between solicitors and their clients to ensure that limited liability provisions which do not fall foul of any other rule comply with the essential requirement of reasonableness .
18 Lawrence J stated at p601 , " I am unable to see how the word " indirectly " " can be limited so as to exclude the settlements which are made through the inter-position of a company . "
19 The important factors in a regulatory system are the degree to which such practices can be limited ( with the proviso that no system can totally eliminate fraud ) , and secondly , when a fraud does occur or is occurring , the speed with which the regulatory system can detect it and put a stop to it .
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