Example sentences of "limits set [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Within the limits set for him , Mr Perez de Cuellar did well .
2 There was nothing particularly remarkable about these views ; though some brave women in each age may have tried to overstep the limits set for them .
3 Were the limits set on their radiation exposure acceptable ?
4 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 .
5 Venues will have capacity limits set with regard to fire safety .
6 Over-pampered children often have few limits set for their general behaviour or their eating habits .
7 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 .
8 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 .
9 The ‘ cost pass-through ’ mechanism is designed to override the five yearly profit limits set by the director general , called the K-factor .
10 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 .
11 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 .
12 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 .
13 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 .
14 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 .
15 Was a workable modus vivendi then possible between the rulers of England and France , even within the limits set by the peace of Paris ?
16 This coexistence of change and resistance owes something to the limits set by nature .
17 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 .
18 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 .
19 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 .
20 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 .
21 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 .
22 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 .
23 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 .
24 The net effect is to produce a loss if the share price does not move beyond the limits set by the high and low exercise prices but a small and limited profit if it does .
25 Statistics show that all discharges and disposals of radioactive waste there during 1991 were within the authorised limits set by Government departments — as were all facilities and sites operated by the Company .
26 If fewer than ten suitable students are identified , there is a provision for substitute funding ; I think you suggested half the fees for places that are taken up , and that would certainly fit within the limits set by the Executive .
27 Nitrogen dioxide levels were found to be above the guideline limits set by the EC at 13 out of 14 sites .
28 Starting at page A two , paragraph five and nine indicate that there is presently a gap of so of some eleven point four million pounds , between the overall spending limits of three hundred and eighty-one point four million pounds , agreed by the Policy Committee last November , and the provisional cutting limits set by the Government of three hundred and seventy million pounds .
29 Although difficult to meet , the consent limits set by the National Rivers Authority are consistent with ICI ; s plans to cut discharges by half by 1995 but call into question the viability of some Teesside plants .
30 Today North West industry meets all the Mercury quality standard and load discharge limits set by the regulatory authorities and the UK fulfils all the requirements of the EC mercury directive .
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