Example sentences of "set limits [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Crown 's practical arguments were that the case was so rare that it could not call for a fundamental reformulation of the law and that it was impossible for their lordships to set limits on the application of the principle which , being a matter of policy , was a question for the legislature . |
| 2 | As we have seen ( Chapter 2 ) , it is not the ideal way to start , but it is a fact of life , and the size of the budget does , to a significant extent , serve to set limits on the opportunities open to the media planner . |
| 3 | As a leading article in The Times put it : ‘ Undaunted by the superior timidity of the House of Lords the Court of Appeal persevered in its determination to set limits to the scope of the immunities granted to trade unions by statute . ’ |
| 4 | The type of argument exemplified by Strawson 's claim undoubtedly has a strong intuitive appeal , and versions of this approach have , ever since Kant , been popular as a means of seeking to set limits to the use of causal explanations in accounting for human affairs . |
| 5 | Yet in its turn climate goes far to set limits to the use that can be made of the physical features of the country in which we live . |
| 6 | The marginal distributions of both explanatory and response variables set limits to the size of effect that is possible ; to put this formally , we say that d is a marginal dependent measure . |
| 7 | The authorities set limits to the expansion of bank deposits . |
| 8 | These set limits to the level of contributions with the aim to prevent candidates from becoming obligated to special interest groups . |
| 9 | Finally , the Anti-Ballistic-Missile Treaty and Protocol of 1974 has limited the development of new ABMs , and the SALT Interim Agreement ( SALT I 1972 ) set limits to the growth of the strategic arsenals . |
| 10 | Insofar as municipal systems set limits to the use of force and punish at least some of those guilty of crimes of violence it has some success as law and an undisputed claim to be regarded as law for as long as the officials of the system pursue these objectives by taking steps against non-compliance ( Hart , 1961 , pp. 79–88 and 213ff . ) . |
| 11 | It is vital that you set limits for the amount of money that you will deposit with each bank . |
| 12 | ( d ) Special problems Provisions relating to time The terms may contain a number of provisions concerned with periods of time : for example , they may set limits on the time for action to be taken , including the time for delivery , the service of notices , notification of claims and payment of the price . |
| 13 | Moreover , Bukharin greatly underrates the real freedom involved in the freedom to ‘ choose one 's own master ’ , since it sets limits to the exploitation of the class as a whole . |
| 14 | The former contradiction , which Marx describes as ‘ the fundamental contradiction of developed capitalism ’ , is one between the social character of production , with its tendency towards unlimited development of the productive forces , and the private ownership of the means of production ( and therefore private appropriation of the product ) from which derives the aim of maintaining and increasing the value of capital itself , and hence setting limits to the expansion of production . |
| 15 | Using a ‘ time out ’ procedure for managing hitting , biting , and destructive behaviour is an effective way of setting limits for the child . |
| 16 | The overlap between Oakeshott and Hayek on the critique of rationalism , for example , sets the scene for setting limits on the ability of government sensibly to re-order society . |
| 17 | From the government 's point of view , the settlement complemented the ‘ Social Contract ’ between unions and state ; it accorded the unions considerably more leeway than the joint management-union training scheme proposed in 1972 by the Commission on Industrial Relations , with the stated purpose of ‘ improving industrial relations ’ through corporatism in the workplace , while setting limits on the scope and nature of the expansion . |