Example sentences of "limits set [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Was a workable modus vivendi then possible between the rulers of England and France , even within the limits set by the peace of Paris ? |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | The ‘ cost pass-through ’ mechanism is designed to override the five yearly profit limits set by the director general , called the K-factor . |
| 12 | 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 . |