verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
less
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Finally, these books are less constrained and more cynical in their criticism of science than those written by nonscientists.
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They enjoyed sophisticated pleasures, less constrained than elsewhere, which seemed to purists appallingly perverse.
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For the late fifth and early sixth centuries, however, he was less constrained .
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Fundholding practitioners would be less constrained in their clinical decision making and patients could anticipate more choice and improvements in services.
more
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The detailed are more constrained and continuous with the plot.
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But affirmative action is clearly going to be a more constrained remedy in future years than in past decades.
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The more constrained the grammar the greater the reduction in the number of incorrect partial solutions.
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The factor price equalization set is now, however, more constrained .
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But workers' influence has been more constrained than these provisions might suggest.
severely
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It is also interesting to note that often they are severely constrained .
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But they are severely constrained by the time-table of forty-minute periods.
■ NOUN
action
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Now what is constraining my action here?
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Other sorts of things can constrain my actions too, of course.
activity
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Sixthly, the role of prudence in constraining the activities of states especially when there was a perceived balance of power.
■ VERB
feel
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You could take Richard anywhere too but you would feel constrained to keep explaining he was a genius.
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Because they are unsure of their male identities, they feel constrained to prove them continually.
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Black feels constrained by the threat of xe8 to capture the white rook which has been en prise for nine consecutive moves.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
be/feel constrained to do sth
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I feel constrained to tell the truth.
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Alternatively, the collective good is seen as paramount, and individual freedom must be constrained to achieve that collective good.
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Because they are unsure of their male identities, they feel constrained to prove them continually.
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Mr. Davis felt constrained to accept that such a case might be within the purview of the legislation.
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Republicans who used to back it because the president liked it will no longer feel constrained to do so.
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You could take Richard anywhere too but you would feel constrained to keep explaining he was a genius.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Poor economies abroad may constrain demand for U.S. exports.
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The bill actually constrains the legislature from doing what they are elected to do.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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However, a real plant will be constrained by the amount of already existing plant material and its needs.
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In the boiler overhaul, for example, Taylor found that a worker lost much time because of his constrained position.
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Nature abhors the superfluous, yet is constrained to produce the seemingly extravagant.
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They assume, that is, that the principles of analogy and local interpretation constrain their experience.
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They have also been constrained by Britain's geographic location and limited resources.
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Third, as a government becomes less committed to democracy, the freedom and independence of the media are increasingly constrained.
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Wealth, however, is not similarly constrained.