Example sentences of "[vb mod] [be] [prep] limited [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Firstly , clients suffering from senile dementia , and their carers , are deliberately excluded from investigation , the argument being that ‘ Issues of choice and participation may be of limited relevance to elderly people with mental impairment ’ . |
| 2 | The bill of quantities may be of limited use because many items of the work will be presented in a summarised form . |
| 3 | The main exclusions of the policy still operate and such a clause may be of limited use , but its existence is worth investigating . |
| 4 | While the power of dismissal may be of limited use , where the government has been able to appoint a new rail chairman , it has the opportunity to shape a management team more in tune with its thinking . |
| 5 | Work itself may be a pleasure and the monetary reward may be of limited importance after a minimum income is gained . |
| 6 | However , it should be stressed that diagnosis is only one of the aims of assessment and diagnosis on its own may be of limited value in developing strategies for intervention ( Crystal 1984 ) . |
| 7 | When this is not the case , as with non-Western cultures ( and as it might be with deaf people ) , then the theories produced may be of limited value . |
| 8 | The reason is that while it may be in limited supply , it is n't unique . |
| 9 | Julian Spalding , the director of Glasgow museums , says he did not want to ‘ create just a museum of Christianity , because that would be of limited appeal and too narrow in range . ’ |
| 10 | But this would be of limited value to the defendant , since any costs recovered by the defendant would be subject to a charge in favour of the board under section 16 of the Act and the operation of regulation 103 of the Civil Legal Aid ( General ) Regulations 1989 , the detail of which I need not examine , and would have the effect in this case that the defendant would in fact recover only a very small proportion of the costs he actually incurred . |
| 11 | It also suggests that educational reforms will be of limited success unless complemented by policies such as contract compliance which act directly upon demand-side institutions . |
| 12 | As Laffin and Young ( 1985 , p. 59 ) conclude , ‘ it is quite clear that chief officers are going to have to live with an increasingly uncertain and tempestuous political environment and any new ground rules will be of limited value ’ . |
| 13 | As a result , there use as a deterrent for enforcing Chinese Walls will be of limited effect . |
| 14 | ELITE OF THE FLEET by Peter Morgan is a book composed entirely of photos of embroidered ‘ patches ’ as worn by American Naval aviators from 1927 to the present day and as such will be of limited interest to the general reader of aircraft literature . |
| 15 | Fighter Pilot 's Handbook ( Arms and Armour , 224pp , illus , sbk , £14.99 ) by John Roberts , will be of limited interest to the die-hard FlyPast reader . |
| 16 | They will be of limited use as evidence that system requirements are being met . |
| 17 | That they are an essential part of any system of parliamentary democracy will be of limited consolation to them . |