Example sentences of "[vb mod] confine [pn reflx] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | She told herself that she must confine herself to anger only , but it was easier said than done . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | And [ wa ] others felt a similar shock at my intention to talk about political jokes relating to contemporary leaders of the modern Arab World and suggested that I should confine myself to the days of the Prophet and the early imams . |
| 5 | He should confine himself to the questions put to him . |
| 6 | Trade unions should confine themselves to the business of wages and conditions . |
| 7 | Women were told unequivocally that they should confine themselves to the sphere of home and family ; the middle class husband unlike his working class counterpart , could be safely relied upon to provide . |
| 8 | ‘ We should confine ourselves to maintaining safety and not restrict people 's freedom of expression , ’ he said . |
| 9 | 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 ’ . |
| 10 | He suggested , as I describe earlier , that the NHS should confine itself to health care , and local authorities should be responsible for social care . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | If you 'd confine yourself to finding out what Corporal Blagg knows , we 'd be very grateful . ’ |
| 13 | Nor is it ‘ negative ’ to raise doubts about whether Mr Kinnock and his team would confine themselves even to these immodest proposals . |
| 14 | She would confine herself to the final phase of Marie 's life . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | If this legislation was repealed , the Pope promised , the church would confine itself to religious matters . |
| 17 | Instead I shall confine myself to what I find directly relevant to anorexia in Erikson 's writings on adolescence . |
| 18 | The examples are too numerous to quote , so I shall confine myself to two . |
| 19 | I confess to not being in a position to bring his painstaking research into question so I shall confine myself to what is set before me . |
| 20 | This task , in any comprehensive sense , is beyond the scope of the present book , and I shall confine myself to a very schematic presentation of a few salient issues . |
| 21 | I shall confine myself to mentioning that under the present Government NHS spending has increased as a proportion of gross domestic product . |
| 22 | I shall confine myself to ’ muddled ’ . |
| 23 | My discussion has already set the parameter by the title above and I shall confine myself to these social issues of culture and education . |
| 24 | However , I shall confine myself to believing that it was an unintentional consequence . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | We shall confine ourselves here to the statutory requirements which must be observed . |
| 27 | He first isolated pure lines of eight paired traits ; of which we shall confine ourselves to the lines of tall ’ and ‘ short ’ peas . |
| 28 | In this section we shall confine ourselves mainly to inorganic nomenclature and leave a more systematic treatment of organic nomenclature until chapter 17 . |
| 29 | On page 48 , Jim Levi profiles the man who will occupy one of the hottest seats in British banking , so I will confine myself to a few points . |
| 30 | A fuller description of this can be found in the paperback edition of A Presumption of Innocence , so here I will confine myself to the main points . |