verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a confined/enclosed space (= small and enclosed )
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It was difficult being together in such a confined space.
confined to a wheelchair (= has had to use a wheelchair )
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Lynn has been confined to a wheelchair for the last year.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
largely
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Until now it had been thought that the problem was largely confined to Devon and Cornwall.
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Polls suggest that cultural snobbery is largely confined to intellectuals.
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The third type seem to be solid, and are largely confined to the lower half of the main cloud.
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The single-subject academic course is largely confined to the universities, reflecting their traditions of specialized scholarship and their stronger research orientation.
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These institutions were concerned mainly with gymnastics and confined largely to women until after the Second World War.
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Moreover, its big-name client base so far is largely confined to Sainsbury, Gateway and the main petrol retailers.
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Most trade unionists had been indifferent to any political theory beyond an instinctive syndicalism which was itself largely confined to industrial disputes.
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Thus political links were largely confined to the Comintern network which, not withstanding this fact, was initially extremely weak.
longer
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Fruit is no longer confined to heavy syrup; you can find it in light syrup or packed in its own juice.
mainly
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The era of class confrontation in Britain's coalfields had been confined mainly to the short period 1910-26.
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Most firms regarded the cost as low and confined mainly to power used for pumping and to maintenance.
to
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On 18 January 1956 the Committee's Joint Declaration rejected the notion that integration should be confined to only six countries.
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In far too many instances real hard preparatory work is confined to well trained union negotiators.
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Disasters of this sort were confined to neither traditionally flooded land nor the winter months.
usually
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Such networks are inevitably built up on a regional basis because the finds are usually confined to a limited geographical region.
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In practice, detailed attention is usually confined to double correlations with briefer investigation of triple correlations.
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The ventral interradial area is also covered with granules, if spinelets are present they are usually confined to the distal edge.
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The epoch of blue shift is usually confined to the time when the object is still inside the event horizon.
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Such problems are usually confined to ponds in which there is little or no water movement, and generally occur at night.
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It was employed on marble and was usually confined to capitals, pulpits and fonts.
■ NOUN
activity
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Gawley confined his activities to short circuits.
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In general, science policy-making institutions can not just confine their activities to provide policy directions.
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He did not confine his activities to Claudine, then?
area
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The work will not be confined to the Glasgow area .
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It is not confined to the area touched but shoots along the entire distribution of the nerve branch.
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Anderson very carefully demonstrated the flight schools procedure for getting into and out of confined areas .
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The company, which employs 70 staff, say work goes on as usual, the fire was confined to a storage area .
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His work was not confined to this one area , however.
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At the touch of a button a huge gate opens and I am confined in a small area between fences.
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Commercially viable deposits of lignite were confined to the area around Lough Neagh in the early 1980s.
attention
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The mean velocity also varies vertically, and we shall confine attention to two-dimensional flow.
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The project does not intend itself to collect actual papers and confines its attentions to non-governmental records only.
bed
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He suspected she could have wished for nothing better than to have him confined to bed and reliant on her care.
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Throughout the crisis of 1931, however, he was confined to bed after an operation.
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Many such programmes are unnecessarily harsh and increase isolation by confining the patient to bed .
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His heart was not strong either, and by the end of the month he was confined to his bed .
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Perhaps Mrs Longhill had already written during the days Ruth had been confined to bed .
case
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The rule is not confined to the case of adjacent freeholders.
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Mr Straw will also reintroduce the mode of trial bill restricting the right to trial by jury in confined cases .
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However, it seems that the principle is not confined to such cases .
discussion
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Here I propose to confine my discussion to the contemporary debate surrounding the electoral system as an electoral system.
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They are confined to discussions of a very general nature and to providing the resources necessary for an efficient service.
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Other forms of taxation may be introduced as well, but for the sake of simplicity we will confine our discussion to income taxation.
home
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This has a twin aim of befriending and loving those who are confined to their home all day every day.
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Older people are prone to ill-health, which often confines them to their homes .
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She suffered from arthritis and was largely confined to her home .
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Women were confined to the home behind blackened windows and could not take jobs.
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She suffers from arthritis in her hip which keeps her confined to her home in the town of Maesteg.
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We pray for those who are confined to their homes for long periods.
hospital
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He held back at first, but only until she was confined in the hospital at Leyden.
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I confined it to a hospital tank for two weeks and treated it with Aquarian Whitespot Remedy.
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I fear, however, that Woodward's vocation would have been better exercised if he had confined himself to hospital portering.
question
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He should confine himself to the questions put to him.
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Doctrinal issues were never ventilated, and the dispute was confined to questions of legal rights and political jurisdiction.
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This internal dialogue will not be confined to technical questions framed within the discipline.
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We have confined ourselves to the question of power.
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Argument before the House of Lords in B's appeal and the judgments were confined to the certified question .
role
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Charles was confined to a walk-on role .
wheelchair
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Pauline Paul was confined to a wheelchair as calcium drained from her bones.
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He was confined to a wheelchair after that, and the confinement contributed to the diminishing of his body and spirit.
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She was discharged from hospital and went home, but was confined to a wheelchair , as she could not walk.
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Having been confined to a wheelchair for 18 years I had been in similar situations to this.
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She is confined to a wheelchair and her sight is badly impaired.
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It developed into rheumatoid arthritis, but being confined to a wheelchair didn't stop Jackie marrying and bringing up three children.
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In February this year, the pain grew so much that she was confined to a wheelchair .
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The Londoner was paralysed and is confined to a wheelchair .
work
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We are not confining ourselves to small-animal work .
■ VERB
seem
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Criticism of the war seems to have been confined to a few individuals.
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The pope seems to have confined himself to insisting on the prohibition of lay investiture.
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The house longhorn beetle is another insect pest which seems to be confined to parts of Hampshire and south-west Surrey.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
be confined to sb/sth
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A corporate role could just be confined to the provision of specialist services, such as marketing research and specialist advertising advice.
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All non-managerial personnel belong to the same union, but the privilege of membership is confined to regular workers.
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Even the cities were secured by the settlers: native people were confined to rented property in peripheral townships.
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However, its benefits were confined to those already holding land, and it did nothing to relieve the problem of landlessness.
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Pauline Paul was confined to a wheelchair as calcium drained from her bones.
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The blue-chip market is confined to a very limited number of names.
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They also will be confined to base, except for official business in town.
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Typically, the patient remains conscious if the disturbance is confined to one hemisphere.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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All the illegal immigrants were confined to a small island in the harbour.
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Brett was eventually confined in a psychiatric hospital, where he committed suicide.
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Rebel troops have confined their attacks mainly to the southern part of the country.
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The boy had been confined in a dark narrow room from early childhood by his parents.
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The judge has confined the jury to their hotel until after the verdict.
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The report confines itself to known and verifiable facts.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Active volcanism at any one time is normally confined to a limited number of centres within a particular cluster.
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Both amphibians and reptiles are paralyzed by cold, and are therefore confined to the temperate zones and tropics.
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It has been confined to an interpretation of the specific regulations.
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Lord did not confine his ventures to cricket.
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Significantly, this new prosperity is not confined to the business elite or even the emerging middle class.
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The occurrence of violent confrontations on campuses and on the streets was no longer primarily confined to the summer months.
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The second assumption is also valid if we confine the analysis to a reasonable range of operations.
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While they ate, the conversation was confined to business.