Example sentences of "limit are set [prep] " in BNC.

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1 there was general consensus among Scottish drivers that current speed limits are set at about the right level .
2 Choice , however limited in scope , implies debate , and debate implies a degree of freedom , even if limits are set on what can be debated .
3 Because of the need to respect the sensitivities of foreign States , careful limits are set to the power to make orders :
4 In psychology , the process where limits are set to generalisations , or summing up .
5 For example , a number of studies have indicated the extent to which age limits are set by employers .
6 I strongly suspect the limits are set by social empathy in interactions with animals .
7 Since cash limits are set in advance of wage agreements and since wages and salaries are the largest element in social service costs , it is not easy to achieve ‘ realism ’ in the cash limits without some long-term understanding with the fairly cowed public sector unions about the scale of pay awards .
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