Example sentences of "[be] [adv] confine to " in BNC.
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| 1 | The changes in O 3 concentrations are predominantly confined to the latitude band of injections in July . |
| 2 | Part of the reason for this is , again , the way in which women are effectively confined to the home at least for some part of their lives . |
| 3 | ‘ No less than 80 are entirely confined to the Celebesian fauna , a degree of individuality which , considering the situation of the island , is hardly to be equalled in any other part of the world … ‘ |
| 4 | In denying that bilinguals are special in this respect , I am arguing for an approach to the study of linguistic interactions which bridges the old barrier between " variationist " studies , which deal with social and stylistic variation in " monolingual " , socially stratified speech communities , and " ethnographic " studies of code switching and related phenomena which are normally confined to bilingual or diglossic bidialectal communities . |
| 5 | Such terms are best confined to an appendix . |
| 6 | Until Livingstone , various Right-On pet publishing and campaigning projects had been largely confined to tedious discussion documents and papers wrangled over at interminable meetings . |
| 7 | Identifiable links between the Mycenaeans and Egyptians have until now been largely confined to deposits of Mycenaean pottery in Egypt , and sporadic finds of Egyptians objects in Greece.If this papyrus does show Mycenaean warriors fighting alongside Egyptians , perhaps as mercenaries , it provides the first evidence for more direct interaction between these two major Bronze Age cultures of the Mediterranean . |
| 8 | A few works , such as Jesus the Magician and The Gnostic Gospels , have been widely reviewed , discussed and distributed , but their readership has been largely confined to people with a particular interest in their subject matter . |
| 9 | External validation in PSHE has familiarized institutions with an evaluation process in which their own role has been largely confined to passively displaying data . |
| 10 | If curve B applies then the erasure could have been largely confined to the lull between formation and the subsequent peak in bombardment , possibly extending into that bombardment . |
| 11 | Excavations have been largely confined to the western side , revealing an earth rampart made up of material from at least one contemporary ditch to the west . |
| 12 | * A new report suggests that coastal marine pollution as a result of the Gulf War has been largely confined to a strip of several hundred kilometres along the northern Saudi coastline . |
| 13 | Twite , however , are largely confined to saltings and the maximum number in recent years has been 335 . |
| 14 | This will ensure that the effects of any system thrashing are largely confined to their own work . |
| 15 | Pictorial designs ( pls 4,40 ) based on scenes taken from life , history or mythology , are largely confined to workshop rugs from Persia ( in particular , Kerman , Tabriz and Kashan ) , India and , to a lesser extent , Pakistan . |
| 16 | What chances there are of the underclass obtaining any work are largely confined to this secondary and flexible labour market , and that part which is characterized by less security of employment , low pay and little or no pension or fringe benefits . |
| 17 | The third type seem to be solid , and are largely confined to the lower half of the main cloud . |
| 18 | On the Earth such compounds are largely confined to the oceans , common salt ( sodium chloride ) being an abundant example . |
| 19 | You can also see that the maria are largely confined to the near side . |
| 20 | The form of the Jovian field indicates that the currents which constitute the dipole source are largely confined to between 0.6 R J and 0.9 R J . |
| 21 | Again this is not a view which has been endorsed by all , but it does provide an explanation as to why the government 's proposed reforms are largely confined to measures concerned with speeding up the investigatory process and making existing policy more efficient . |
| 22 | Privity of estate means that there is tenure between the parties , i.e. that the relationship of landlord and tenant exists between them ; cases in this category are thus confined to leases and tenancies . |
| 23 | ( 4 ) Wings ( see p. 50 ) , which are always confined to the meso-and metathorax and attain their full development in adult insects . |
| 24 | Although few characters from the professions appear to influence demi-caractère dance ( their activities are usually confined to character works ) , the Navy and Army have regularly inspired choreographers. first comes the Navy' . |
| 25 | Pubic lice are usually confined to the pubic and anal areas , although , in very hairy people , they may be found on the chest and in the axillary hair . |
| 26 | Since telephone conversations are usually confined to you and just one other person , not a group of people , it is easier to take initiatives and control the conversation . |
| 27 | Such networks are inevitably built up on a regional basis because the finds are usually confined to a limited geographical region . |
| 28 | Such problems are usually confined to ponds in which there is little or no water movement , and generally occur at night . |
| 29 | The ventral interradial area is also covered with granules , if spinelets are present they are usually confined to the distal edge . |
| 30 | Because the majority of infections are acquired either in the milk of the dam or by ingestion of paratenic hosts , there is no migratory phase and any changes are usually confined to the intestine , showing as pot-belly , diarrhoea , poor coat and failure to thrive . |