Example sentences of "were [adv] confined to [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Although the protests were largely confined to the student population , they went beyond the country 's usual " Spring protests " both in their size and the violence which accompanied them .
2 Thus political links were largely confined to the Comintern network which , notwithstanding this fact , was initially extremely weak .
3 The lands of the middling sort of squire were usually confined to a handful of parishes , often in the form of a main property , on which he probably resided , with smaller outlying holdings .
4 Sport and recreation were strictly confined to the amphitheatre .
5 They were now confined to the inside of the barn .
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