Example sentences of "confined [pn reflx] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In his farewell remarks at Speech Day , the Headmaster confined himself to the past 25 years , comparing 1937 — when there were six Old Stopfordians at Oxford and two at Cambridge — with the present , when there were 22 and 15 respectively . |
| 2 | Not many years ago , it seemed that almost all readability research , and almost all research in linguistics confined itself to the analysis of units no larger than a sentence . |
| 3 | After one attack at Kharg , the Iraq News Agency announced the terminal 's destruction ; this was widely reported , although a later report confined itself to the installation 's T-jetty on the eastern side of the island . |
| 4 | She confined herself to the upper part of the house , severing all contact with her husband and the other members of the household . |
| 5 | Since Cox confined herself to the truly great , her sample — unlike , say , Ellis ' and Bowerman 's — naturally contained the names of many individuals whom others have quoted as evidence for the connection between creativity and psychosis ; including , incidentally , one ( Cowper ) who appears in this book . |
| 6 | Thereafter Miss Logan , despite having been engaged for her experience , confined herself to the cabin . |