Example sentences of "limit set by " in BNC.

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1 As the core reaches saturation the inductance falls to a low value and the current rises rapidly to a limit set by the DC resistance of the coil forcing the core well into saturation .
2 The contraction is eventually halted when the subatomic particles enter a ‘ degenerate ’ state in which the space available for each particle hits a lower limit set by quantum mechanics .
3 The driver will control his speed via an adjustable governor , up to a limit set by the local road surface .
4 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 .
5 But , if necessary , it can connect to timers , to a maximum demand controller ( which keeps the site 's power consumption within a limit set by the electricity board ) or , for that matter , to a computer .
6 If they wish to cancel any of the rooms allocated they must do so within the time limit set by the hotel or they will be billed for them .
7 The cheque must not exceed the limit set by the banker 's card , i.e. £50 unless the management personally accept the responsibility of authorising cheques over this amount .
8 He raised the status and majesty of the royal household beyond even the limit set by Diocletian , which included an acceptance of Christianity in a purely formal sense , since it is very doubtful if he understood its true meaning .
9 In modern times , we have effectively removed the third possibility above by redefining the goal of science : our aim is to formulate a set of laws that enables us to predict events only up to the limit set by the uncertainty principle .
10 According to the Iszvestiya report of June 19 the deficit would stand at 27,000 million roubles and would thus be within the limit set by the IMF .
11 It is usual practice for the management of the trust to set the bid price above the limit set by the formula .
12 In September , 10 school buses are to be powered by newly-developed compressed natural gas engines , which emit less than one-third of the limit set by the state authorities on polluting emissions from vehicles .
13 In a random survey of 13,377 pigs , the kidneys of 736 were found to have doses of antimicrobial drugs above the limit set by MAFF .
14 Mercury in Liverpool Bay fish presents no real cause for concern to consumers , for the content is well below the limit set by the European Community [ EC ] .
15 The sale will strengthen Standard 's balance sheet and improve its capital ratios , which have recently sunk close to limits set by the Bank of England .
16 The ‘ cost pass-through ’ mechanism is designed to override the five yearly profit limits set by the director general , called the K-factor .
17 If you are the sort of band that wants an arts council grant , then you are probably too special or too precious to conform to the limits set by ‘ popular ’ taste .
18 Their calculations of reaction rates in the Sun 's interior imply that there must be at least 10 20 times as many monopoles in the Sun as is possible according to the limits set by the non-detection of monopoles here on Earth .
19 This disagrees with the earlier claim by Eddy and Boornazian , but falls within the limits set by theorists ( including Sofia , himself a member of the group headed , alphabetically by Dunham ) on the basis of measurements of the solar constant .
20 A council does not have the ability to help because of the spending limits set by the poll tax and the severe controls set by government .
21 The rationale for this approach is to develop a warm and caring relationship between the parent and child with clear and identifiable limits set by the parent about the child 's behaviour .
22 Was a workable modus vivendi then possible between the rulers of England and France , even within the limits set by the peace of Paris ?
23 This coexistence of change and resistance owes something to the limits set by nature .
24 Many operatives also welcome the independence and freedom , within the limits set by the builder , to choose working hours and in certain circumstances to work unlimited overtime .
25 Almost all the selected authorities ( despite loud protests ) set legal rates within the limits set by ministers ; and councillors in Lambeth — who delayed setting a rate to try and avoid compliance-were subsequently surcharged by the district auditor and disqualified as councillors .
26 The relationship between central government and local government further illustrates this point where local government will have the power to make policy and spend public money but within limits set by Parliament and central government .
27 Since the structure of molecules and their reactions with each other underlie all of chemistry and biology , quantum mechanics allows us in principle to predict nearly everything we see around us , within the limits set by the uncertainty principle .
28 Science seems to have uncovered a set of laws that , within the limits set by the uncertainty principle , tell us how the universe will develop with time , if we know its state at any one time .
29 It established mechanisms to ensure that the limits set by LEAs or governors on the number of pupils a maintained school admits are not lower than the school is physically capable of accommodating , normally the number admitted in 1979 , when school rolls were at their highest .
30 The poll tax bore no relation to the ability to pay , offered no accountability because of capping and limits set by the Secretary of State , and imposed a 20 per cent .
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