Example sentences of "[vb pp] [prep] [art] confines " in BNC.
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| 1 | At least there would have been some measure of impersonality about a restaurant , whereas here , trapped in the confines of her small office with Luke so close , there was a definite air of intimacy . |
| 2 | Women tend to commit few crimes of violence , and those which do occur are mainly committed within the confines of the family . |
| 3 | But as Erskine May points out , it does not follow that everything which is said and done within the confines of the chamber during a debate or other business forms part of a proceeding in Parliament . |
| 4 | Dividend stripping is to some extent considered legitimate tax planning by the Inland Revenue , provided it is done within the confines of s176 and provided also that reserves out of which to pay a dividend are not " artificially " created . |
| 5 | Frustrated by the confines of the stage , Flav and Chuck quickly mount the monitors , as Public Enemy turn the temperature up even further with a blistering version of ‘ Do n't Believe The Type ’ and an explosive ‘ Fight The Power ’ that sees Chuck spit out the admirable line , ‘ most of my heroes do n't appear on no stamps ’ with a real conviction . |
| 6 | Frustrated by the confines of the stage , Flav and Chuck quickly mount the monitors , as Public Enemy turn the temperature up even further with a blistering version of ‘ Do n't Believe The Type ’ and an explosive ‘ Fight The Power ’ that sees Chuck spit out the admirable line , ‘ most of my heroes do n't appear on no stamps ’ with a real conviction . |
| 7 | The place was heaving when we arrived ; there must have been a thousand people squashed into the confines of the Blue Angel club , all waiting to do three minutes for Les Cox and his production team , sitting invisibly beyond the strong footlights on the small stage . |
| 8 | Rangers prospered so emphatically in their encounter against Leeds , but that was because the games were played within the confines of the British style . |
| 9 | Thus whereas the bare infinitive allows for the incidence of its event to a support situated within the confines of event time , the mechanism of incidence provided for by the verb form itself is inoperative when called upon express an incidence to a support situated prior to the time contained in the event . |
| 10 | We suggest that the issue is not that ‘ a considerable possibility of overtreatment ’ exists but that potentially damaging and ineffective treatment may be undertaken outside the confines of a randomised controlled trial . |
| 11 | Stan is not limited to the confines of a library . |
| 12 | Three of the Reagan-Bush appointees — Sandra Day O'Connor , Anthony Kennedy and David Souter — have worked within the confines of precedent like good ‘ legal ’ ( if not ‘ political ’ ) conservatives . |
| 13 | Merton only really came into his own , though , when his quirky ( ‘ surreal ’ if we must ) vision of the world was put within the confines of the broadcast medium . |
| 14 | ( Many serial writers — not only students — seem to write in twelve-note groups , the music being compartmented within the confines of each recurrence of series . |
| 15 | Moreover , as the ILO ( 1974 ) points out , although many aspects of collective bargaining are usually discussed within the confines of specific national contexts , comparative analysis can provide important insights into the operation of collective bargaining and the ways in which different systems respond and adapt both in convergent and divergent ways to the environmental changes generated within modern societies . |
| 16 | Where possible , some work at this level should also be directed beyond the confines of the school and individual pupils should be encouraged to undertake real transactions on behalf of others , eg by making use of the telephone , or in representative roles . |
| 17 | Climbers Some climbers are so strong-growing — almost rampant — as to be unsuited to being kept on a lead , restricted and cramped to the confines of arches and pergolas . |
| 18 | Others may come or go , but the entire life-cycle of many is lived within the confines of quite small areas . |
| 19 | His understanding of the use and quality of light , gained from his experiments at Napier , bring a subtlety to his work ; something rarely achieved within the confines of press photography where speed , deadlines and catching that fleeting moment all work against you . |
| 20 | The motor control routine shown in Fig. 8.3 is entered with the number of steps loaded into accumulator A ( if the number of steps can not be expressed within the confines of an eight.bit word corresponding to 256 steps the routine must be executed several times ) and the index register X pointing at a location in the list between ENDLOW and ENDHI . |
| 21 | A loving relationship between two people constructed within the confines of flexible lycra sculpture . . |
| 22 | Although his work in Kidderminster took up so much of his time and energy , Richard Baxter 's vision extended beyond the confines of his own parish . |
| 23 | Laboratory experiments can only last for a relatively short time , and have to be held within the confines of the laboratory . |