Example sentences of "limit be [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | At first the allowance was £10 for each child under sixteen years of age , but this and the income limit were raised during the First World War , and later , in 1919 , the age limit for the child was abolished provided he or she was still in full-time education . |
| 2 | Alternatively , it was suggested that a limit be placed on the amount of money a solicitor could handle in a personal/ family transaction . |
| 3 | It is essential that some time limit be placed on the time within which the ( landlord 's ) works are to be completed and the certificate of practical completion issued ( see clause 2.8 ) . |
| 4 | A simple administrative procedure needs to be established where a limit is placed on the length of time for which a particular vacancy is reserved to the Compact . |
| 5 | However , difficulties may arise if a strict time limit is set for the publication of the decision , and the decision is published after it has expired : it may suit one of the parties to refuse to accept it on that ground . |
| 6 | Fourthly , a limit was imposed on the duration of each warrant . |
| 7 | In the nineteenth century , the number of bishoprics increased considerably and a limit was imposed upon the number entitled to sit , ( e.g. , by the Bishoprics Act 1878 ) . |
| 8 | No limit was imposed upon the spending of a PAC on behalf of a candidate as long as its activities were not coordinated with the candidate . |
| 9 | Some limit was placed on the company 's power to create charges having priority to the floating charge by the decision of Sargant J. that a company could not create a floating charge on the same assets ranking in priority to or pari passu with the original floating charge . |
| 10 | No limit was set on the number or size of political parties , although each was prohibited from receiving more than 20 per cent of its budget in the form of grants or donations from abroad , and each was required to pay a registration fee of 1,000,000 francs CFA ( approximately US$3,900 ) . |
| 11 | The 28-week limit was set in the 1967 Abortion Act , and since then many premature babies born before 28 weeks have survived . |
| 12 | The lower age limit was set by the National Institute for Neurological and Communicative Disorders and Stroke and the Alzheimer 's Disease and Related Disorders Association ( NINCDS-ADRDA ) and the upper age set by convention for presenile disease . |
| 13 | Because Statementing is concerned with the allocation of resources rather than with the identification of needs strict limits are placed on the power of parents to affect the Statementing process . |
| 14 | Substantive limits are placed on the power of the public body , and the appropriate test for such limits is a topic of much contention . |
| 15 | No such limits are applied in the UK . |
| 16 | Because of the need to respect the sensitivities of foreign States , careful limits are set to the power to make orders : |
| 17 | That is when all limits are lifted from the amount of alcohol and tobacco that can be brought into the country from Europe for personal use . |
| 18 | Many limits were imposed on the duration , nature and volume of brand advertising — largely because of newspaper opposition : the ORTF law of 1972 stated advertising revenue should not exceed 25 per cent of total ORTF revenue . |
| 19 | Cash limits were imposed for the value of the PSO , external financing limits and total investment spending ( MMC 1980 : ch. 3 ) . |
| 20 | At the Potsdam conference in July 1945 all the occupation powers agreed to disarm Germany , and limits were placed on the types of goods which German factories could produce , to prevent her regaining any war potential . |
| 21 | Limits were placed on the numbers of doctors registered with the system and drug companies were required to lower prices by 5 per cent from Jan. 1 , 1993 , and to impose a two-year price freeze . |
| 22 | Although later in the fourteenth century some limits were placed upon the vulnerable houses , those outside royal patronage which had once yielded to pressure had forfeited their immunity . |
| 23 | The limits were instigated by the social worker or the residential staff , but were not a condition imposed by the court , and they remained largely unchanged over time . |
| 24 | Inadequate limits being set on the child 's behaviour , possible reinforcement of the aggression and modelling of aggression , and poor control of emotional reactions were all part of the learning history of these abusing children . |
| 25 | In most cases the choice of parameters and limits is made by the officer in the field in response to an application from the would-be discharger , a choice which is routinely ratified by senior staff . |