Example sentences of "be confined to " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had clearly learned a thing or two from his family 's entrepreneurship , and was not willing to be confined to any form of anonymity such as overtook some would-be poets . |
| 2 | The floor patterns ceased to be confined to the curved , angled or straight lines decreed by the older rules which proposed that certain geometrical figures had great significance . |
| 3 | Her sister , Khieu Ponnary , is married to Pol Pot , and was influential in the 1975 government , but is now understood to be confined to hospital because of mental illness . |
| 4 | He told the rector at Boston that this was a person of unusual spiritual powers ; that how to train him for the whole Church was a responsibility ; that he was anxious that these abilities should not be confined to academic spheres . |
| 5 | The house longhorn beetle is another insect pest which seems to be confined to parts of Hampshire and south-west Surrey . |
| 6 | On one occasion when Tolkien tore a ligament playing squash , and was told that he would be confined to his bed for ten weeks , Lewis went to see him — but , as Warnie recorded , he ‘ found Madame [ i.e. Tolkien 's wife ] there , so could not have much conversation with him ’ . |
| 7 | They are expected to fall across the board among the firm 's 38,500 employees but will be confined to New York . |
| 8 | Despite the all-party Social Services Committee report which criticised the pace at which Mr Kenneth Clarke , the Health Secretary , intended to introduce the reforms , as much as the proposals themselves , Tory dissent is likely to be confined to those rebels with detailed knowledge . |
| 9 | If there was no offside , games would be confined to packed goalmouths and creative football disappear . |
| 10 | Then one can address the question of whether rape should be confined to cases where submission arises from a threat or fear of violence , or whether it should be phrased more widely . |
| 11 | For this reason and for reasons of space , the discussion here will be confined to the way in which the coins themselves can be used to reveal information about their date or mint . |
| 12 | The image you are projecting for your campaign will not be confined to people . |
| 13 | Festivities will not be confined to SW1 . |
| 14 | It has been argued ( 12 ) that the use of arable land for livestock production is wasteful and this activity ought to be confined to the ‘ upland ’ areas . |
| 15 | Most pupils ' experience of drama must be confined to ‘ drama lessons ’ and the easiest way to conduct such a short lesson is to devote it to improvised drama and movement , with its focus on individual objectives . |
| 16 | But the introduction and implementation of quality should not be confined to the design of products and the standard of service provided to customers . |
| 17 | One simple explanation , which is attractive and plausible , is that the strengthening enabled the ammonoid shell to withstand the hydrostatic pressure at relatively great depths in the ocean — they need not be confined to the surface waters or to relatively shallow depths . |
| 18 | It is sometimes suggested not only that postmodernism scarcely exists in Britain , but that it would not be a good thing if it did : like structuralism , it is seen as a form of literary rabies , to be confined to the Continent for as long as possible . |
| 19 | Mid-point should be confined to a standards inspection reproducing that conducted pre-trial . |
| 20 | Convenient : Distribution should not be confined to making materials available in the general area of use . |
| 21 | Alternatively , the infection may be confined to the inside of the mouth , where it may not produce any symptoms , or may cause ulceration which is difficult to distinguish from ‘ aphthous ’ ulcers ( the small mouth ulcers that are so common and so difficult to treat ) . |
| 22 | 81% want breeding to be confined to registered organisations and breeders . |
| 23 | I am an enthusiastic Darwinian , but I think Darwinism is too big a theory to be confined to the narrow context of the gene . |
| 24 | It may be that a gene 's effects , as a matter of fact , turn out to be confined to the succession of bodies in which the gene sits . |
| 25 | First , all the activity may be confined to the summit crater at the top of the volcano , just where one might expect it to be . |
| 26 | Technology itself , and its effective use , is not to be confined to the traditional science subjects . |
| 27 | Arts groups have only just begun to take on board the fact that they have to be much more proactive if they are to tap the creativity of people who may be confined to their homes or only get out to day centres with help . |
| 28 | However , although these initiatives are welcome , they tend to be confined to ‘ non-standard ’ forms of employment and lower-paid jobs in the service sector . |
| 29 | Its use will be confined to that of a village public open space , with parking of vehicles absolutely prohibited . |
| 30 | I ruled that they would be confined to the Promenade and Fleetwood line ’ . |