Example sentences of "confine [pn reflx] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The advantages and disadvantages of objectives can be examined from several viewpoints but we will confine ourselves to three : the practical , ethical and educational . |
| 2 | The social and political implications of Gandhi 's quest for Truth will also be dealt with in later chapters and for the moment we shall confine ourselves to such questions as how he goes about acquiring glimpses of absolute Truth and how he knows that it is absolute Truth he has actually caught a glimpse of . |
| 3 | Here , we will confine ourselves to obtaining all efficient BFSs and , as our first task , we will develop a test to determine whether the BFS corresponding to a given tableau is efficient . |
| 4 | Surely , then , we can confine ourselves to exploring the syntactical properties of such expressions and leave the ontological and epistemological issues , temporarily at least , to one side ? |
| 5 | If it is possible to show that existential propositions are equivalent to denials of the validity of inferences of a certain kind , then instead of talking about existence we can confine ourselves to talking about the validity of inference . |
| 6 | The list of changes in modern capitalism which have been seen as fundamentally questioning the original Marxist theory are too numerous to mention in detail , so we will confine ourselves to the major changes which have fuelled debate amongst Marxists . |
| 7 | He first isolated pure lines of eight paired traits ; of which we shall confine ourselves to the lines of tall ’ and ‘ short ’ peas . |
| 8 | ‘ Especially as once we start , we can never confine ourselves to just kissing , ’ Luke quipped with harsh humour , and paused . |
| 9 | We can confine ourselves to models of the random coil , as this is usually believed to be most appropriate for synthetic polymers ; other models — rods , discs , spheres , spheroids — are also postulated , but need not concern us at this level . |
| 10 | ‘ Oh , we do n't confine ourselves to the town . |
| 11 | Now , shall we confine ourselves to business ? |
| 12 | ‘ We should confine ourselves to maintaining safety and not restrict people 's freedom of expression , ’ he said . |
| 13 | He does not confine himself to ‘ organs of extreme perfection ’ , but also describes , as he believes , maladaptive overdevelopments ( Irish elk ) , nonadaptive organs , useless incipient stages . |
| 14 | Baldwin did not confine himself to Rothermere : |
| 15 | In the reply he is not allowed to introduce any new matter and must confine himself to replying to the points made in the discussion and to summarising the main arguments he put forward when moving the motion . |
| 16 | He should confine himself to the questions put to him . |
| 17 | He plans to stay in Sheffield to compete on the first day of the UK Championships today then concentrate on training , his Olympic place assured without having to jump in the trials in Birmingham on June 27–28 , in which he 'll confine himself to an outing in the 100 metres . |
| 18 | Owen also does not confine himself to writing only one type of poem but uses many different kinds so to appeal to more people . |
| 19 | Nor does the book confine itself to a run-down of the different massage strokes ; it also ventures in to the territory of relaxation tips , body awareness exercises and meditation techniques to instill a sense of calm . |
| 20 | The Labour Party document did not confine itself to proposing Newton Institutes . |
| 21 | Two other oddities are worth noting : first , the list does not confine itself to words of ‘ request ’ , but includes imperative words such as impero ( evidently a doubtful case ) as well as mando , which is placed in the ‘ normal ’ category , and does in fact turn up in several other texts ; second , relinquo and commendo are excluded : why ? |
| 22 | The Wolfenden Committee , in distinguishing between public and private behaviour , also drew a distinction between ‘ crime ’ and ‘ sin ’ , and concluded that ‘ as a general proposition it will be universally accepted that the law is not concerned with private morals or ethical sanctions ’ , and further , ‘ it is not the duty of the law to concern itself with immorality as such … it should confine itself to those activities which offend against public order and decency and expose the ordinary citizen to what is offensive or injurious ’ . |
| 23 | Under the terms of this partnership , Parliament would confine itself to establishing a framework consisting of general principles , leaving it to the courts themselves to decide how these principles should apply in a given instance , and to the Court of Appeal to develop more detailed guidance where appropriate . |
| 24 | In accordance , however , with the normal practice , the court considered the whole case and did not confine itself to the objections in point of form to the surrejoinder . |
| 25 | The importance of the concession theory is that it establishes a theoretical framework sympathetic to state intervention ; the company is a creature of the state , existing to promote the public welfare , and as such the state has the right to interfere in its internal affairs and need not confine itself to external , general-law regulation . |
| 26 | He suggested , as I describe earlier , that the NHS should confine itself to health care , and local authorities should be responsible for social care . |
| 27 | Discussion in this chapter will confine itself to evaluation within an established institution . |
| 28 | In this context it is worth recalling the long-established case law on the judicial review of a Community institution 's discretion where ‘ the evaluation of a complex economic situation ’ is involved : the Court must confine itself to examining whether the exercise of the discretion contains a manifest error , or constitutes a misuse of power or whether the institution did not ‘ clearly ’ exceed the bounds of its discretion . |
| 29 | Since every competitive equilibrium is Pareto-efficient , and since different Pareto-efficient allocations correspond to different initial distributions of income-earning potential in a competitive economy , it appears that the government can confine itself to redistributing income and wealth through income and inheritance taxes or welfare benefits without having to worry about interventions to ensure that resources are allocated efficiently . |
| 30 | The planning sub-committee of Buckinghamshire county council , which meets on Monday to consider the scheme , must inevitably confine itself to the planning application before it , and the planning issues arising from it . |