Example sentences of "limit [verb] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For example , if a programme successfully absorbed a cash limit squeeze in one year by increased efficiency , this expenditure saving was not carried forward into future plans . |
| 2 | KLM 's part in the NorthWest deal falls short of the 25 per cent limit placed on foreign ownership by the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 . |
| 3 | But the Department of Social Security confirmed that the government is serious about this 5 per cent limit applying to all schemes and ‘ envisage no exemption . ’ |
| 4 | And viability , the point at which the fetus is able to survive outside the womb , is the limit accepted by most modern-day proponents of abortion . |
| 5 | The target beneficiary was the salaried ‘ family man ’ who , by reason of earning more than the £250 limit applied to non-manual workers , was excluded from participation in the new 1925 contributory state scheme , under which a retirement pension became payable at 65 and a modest pension became available to widows of any age ( Groves , 1983 , p. 41 ) . |
| 6 | Only four areas were above the EC recommended limit compared with ten the year before . |
| 7 | If the number of successful matches is less than some specified number ( the system has been tested with this limit set to 100 ) , then the actual words for the saved array subscripts are retrieved from the structure . |
| 8 | To be practical ( and tolerable ) a computer should be able to find its move in an average of three minutes , which is the limit set by normal tournament regulations . |
| 9 | The budget kept within the overall expenditure limit set in 1988 , and provided for an 11.3 per cent increase in expenditure to ECU65,200 million , as compared with a rise of 19 per cent budgeted for 1991 . |
| 10 | The symbolism is interpreted in the same way as Figure 4.9(a) with the exception that the character H indicates a value beyond the upper limit specified by elective 5 . |
| 11 | The symbolism is interpreted in the same way as Figure 4.9(a) with the exception that the character H indicates a value beyond the upper limit specified by elective 5 . |
| 12 | Also from 1976 all public supply contracts above a specified limit awarded by local , regional and central governments had to be publicly advertised in advance . |
| 13 | ‘ The old six five-minute rounds and best of three falls has gone , it is now time limit matches with one fall to decide . ’ |
| 14 | ( 5 ) A statement of the basis on which the customer will incur any contingent liability , including margining requirements , such as rights to fund margin calls and the maximum limits placed on such funding . |
| 15 | Naturally , this discretion is constrained by the limits placed on local authority current income ( see below ) . |
| 16 | Key to this stage of planning is the acceptance ( once again ) that there must be some time limits given to each ‘ activity ’ , or the whole project will become lopsided and wo n't be completed in time . |
| 17 | A rival interpretation points to the limits operating on any Prime Minister — for example , constraints of time , the greater departmental resources available to other Cabinet Ministers , and the premier 's need to keep the Cabinet together , conciliate rivals , and manage the political party in parliament . |
| 18 | The trouble is that there are just not enough places available at the moment , and in recent years local authorities have been unable to provide more owing to the shortage of funds and the cash limits imposed on local authority expenditure by central government . |
| 19 | This contrasts with the cash limits imposed on public sector housing subsidies and other government expenditure . |
| 20 | Blanket speed limits applied to all vehicles must be set at such a low figure as to ensure reasonable safety with the most badly designed vehicle when it is in the worst acceptable state of maintenance . |
| 21 | COLA was in the privileged position of being a statutory objector , which meant its barristers were not limited by the ( sometimes severe ) time limits applied to other questioners . |
| 22 | The conference 's failure to set limits came under fierce attack from environmentalists . |
| 23 | This is taken as natural but is a cultural definition of law 's limits produced by those with the power of speech . |
| 24 | It abolished the limits set on secondary educational expenditure in 1902 , and removed the exemptions to the requirement to attend school between the ages of 5 and 14 . |
| 25 | Thus was shared space introduced to Germany , with a new traffic sign indicating a rest and play area , new priorities , changed parking arrangements , speed limits set at walking/running pace and a street design using similar principles and infrastructure to the now familiar array used in the Woonerf So popular have these approaches to residential area layout become that some variant of restraint is now the norm in newly constructed housing areas . |
| 26 | On the same day as the referendum on the abolition of the Army on Nov. 26 [ see p. 37049 ] a proposal to raise the speed limits introduced in 1985 [ see p. 33423 ] was rejected by 62 per cent ( 1,835,421 ) , while 38 per cent ( 1,126,181 ) voted in favour . |
| 27 | At its discretion the Tribunal may abridge or extend time limits specified in this paragraph as it may deem necessary . |