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COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a limited circle
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His writing was popular with a limited circle of enthusiasts.
a limited company (= one whose owners only have to pay a limited amount if it gets into debt )
a limited number (= quite small )
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A limited number of copies were printed.
a limited period (= a fairly short length of time )
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From May, the site will be open to the public for a limited period.
a limited time (= a short period of time )
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The offer is available for a limited time only.
a limited understanding
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We have only a limited understanding of how the brain processes this information.
a limited/special edition (= a small number of special copies produced at one time only )
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They have produced a new limited edition CD.
a narrow/limited range
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They only had a very limited range of products available.
a small/limited selection
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We also have a small selection of offices for daily hire.
a small/limited supply
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There is a limited supply of land for building.
a small/low/limited budget
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It was a project with a low budget.
be limited/restricted in scope
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The law is quite limited in scope.
in large/increasing/limited etc numbers
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Birds nest here in large numbers.
limited capacity
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The hospitals have a limited capacity.
limited company
limited edition
limited liability (= when someone is responsible for damages or debts for a limited amount of money )
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Limited liability encourages managers to take more risks with shareholder funds than they would otherwise.
limited liability
limited success (= not very much success )
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The attempt to replace coca with other crops has had only limited success.
limited
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The king's power was limited.
limited/little opportunity (= not many chances )
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They had little opportunity to discuss the issue beforehand.
limited/narrow
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The scope of the research was quite limited.
limited/scarce resources
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We have very limited resources.
limited/small
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He had just started learning English and his vocabulary was fairly limited.
on a wide/broad/limited front
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Schemes of this kind enjoyed success only on a limited front.
private limited company
public limited company
severely limited
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Time for discussion is severely limited.
to a limited extent (= not a very large amount )
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In the USA, and to a limited extent in Britain, the housing market is in recession.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
extremely
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Female access to other forms of working-class self-help also remained extremely limited .
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In fact, it became apparent that opportunities to implement this suggestion were extremely limited .
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But many other researchers have concluded that legal intervention is of extremely limited value in truancy cases.
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Not surprisingly, the food supply in such tiny pools is extremely limited .
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The extremely limited possibilities of the machine yielded images which are at once frankly realistic and curiously mysterious.
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Forty years of extremely limited progress in the sphere suggest that optimism would be out of place.
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Nutrients are extremely limited , and the lakes support only thin populations of algae and bacteria.
more
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Any reconciliation can not be achieved upon the basis that some judges preferred more limited and some more extensive review.
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The answer is yes, but it would have a more limited role.
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In a more limited sense, Piaget, like Hegel, is attempting to transform Kantian ontology into a dialectical movement.
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Whilst a high degree of integration is possible within the InteSoft series external integration is rather more limited .
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As a general argument it straddles the two others, being more limited than either but broader than each.
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They believe that the role of the community educator is much more limited than the rhetoric often implies.
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Its conclusions are, in fact, more limited than those of the Principles.
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Their access to education is even more limited than that of the rural population generally.
only
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Unix schemes, however, vary widely and the worst have little memory management optimization and grant only limited control precision.
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This received only limited press attention outside the country despite the novelty.
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Most do only limited damage to plants, and good garden hygiene is usually adequate treatment if they get out of hand.
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These give only limited vibrational information, and then only for small molecules.
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Predicting fuel consumption and the effects of energy conservation practices has had only limited success.
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Limited Intervention A number of leading authorities support only limited review.
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The second reason was that the principle had received only limited application during the war.
rather
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But if money payments are being used to express the quality of a relationship, the symbolic possibilities are rather limited .
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Even large physical objects like stars consist of a rather limited array of parts, more or less haphazardly arranged.
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Unfortunately he applied the same stricture to himself and some of his works are rather limited .
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The coming of war in 1914 quickly gave new impetus to the hitherto rather limited and amateurish propaganda efforts of governments.
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The explanations are various and, as I argue shortly, rather limited .
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The inconvenience of doing this makes the effect on transactions demand rather limited .
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To this rather limited extent, the methods seem unexceptionable.
severely
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This poses enormous problems for developing countries with severely limited educational resources, especially in the rural areas of those countries.
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Individually, workers may feel that they are severely limited , even powerless, in what they can do.
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In that severely limited sense, and only in that, the new anti-Modernism was anti-intellectual.
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Once eukaryotes had evolved, it seems that opportunities for genetic exchange would have been severely limited .
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Yet charities' resources are often severely limited and funding in this sector is notoriously precarious.
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Our potential to influence the structure, responsibilities and policies of government is severely limited .
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He worried over the pace of his build-up, which he knew should be quickened though resources for this were severely limited .
strictly
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In relative terms, Britain was shown to be a middle-ranking power with her ability to take independent military action strictly limited .
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We saw in Chapter 6 that fixed-term contracts offer one, strictly limited , means of contracting out of statutory rights.
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She knew their offers of support were perfectly genuine and of strictly limited extent.
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Only archaeologists and scholars are allowed to visit now, in small, strictly limited groups.
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She now gave piano lessons, on a strictly limited basis, to suitable children.
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The remainder of the formal powers of the monarchy are strictly limited .
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Such a person manages the curriculum in an important but strictly limited way by affecting the conditions within which it is delivered.
very
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The problems posed by authors changing their names are thought to be very limited .
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In 1660 provision was very limited , especially in the rural parishes.
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There is very limited cover on the market today, and any cover there is will not be retrospective.
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Even tuning your radio can be done over a very limited range.
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Their success was greatest, though very limited , in London, and far from complete elsewhere.
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Our very limited resources are all tied up in getting on with the work.
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The work of wind erosion is therefore very limited .
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Murren is very limited , with one spectacular descent from the famous Schilthorn.
■ NOUN
amount
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The centres are essentially for advice and usually offer only a limited amount , if any, of further assistance.
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The smoothing recipe described below generally gives satisfactory results and involves only a limited amount of computational effort.
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These notes are largely extracts and only contain a limited amount of comment.
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A major restriction in the cementation brass-making process was the limited amount of zinc which could be introduced into the alloy.
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The limited amount of discussion that members of the Working Party were able to hold with colleagues suggested a certain defensiveness.
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They are not capable of enjoying more than a limited amount of leisure.
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In the end the humanitarian arguments won and instructions were issued for the release of a limited amount .
area
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The body is perfectly straight while leaning into the attack, presenting the opponent with a limited area to strike.
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Stylistically it asks few questions, becoming quickly locked into a limited area of harmonic discourse.
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Programs typically reference the same limited areas of storage for relatively long periods of time.
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An end-user need only deal with information retrieval within a limited area .
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The eventual landfall of the aircraft could only be within that limited area .
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A mist is applied to a limited area and wiped over immediately with the cloth.
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Today it remains rare and is confined to a limited area .
company
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The many theories which concern themselves exclusively with needs of shareholders in public limited companies are typical of this approach.
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It did not refer specifically to the grounds upon which the nullity of a public limited company might be ordered.
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Acorn is a limited company formed in 1955.
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Each week we receive exclusive notification of thousands of commercial credit agreements relating to sole traders and partnerships as well as limited companies .
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Being public limited companies , the investment trusts can raise debt capital and gear their portfolios.
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Large hotel and catering organizations, as well as breweries and other large enterprises, fall into the category of public limited companies .
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To meet the challenge the public authority would have to be transformed into a public limited company .
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Why is it advantageous to set a business up as a limited company ?
edition
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There was considerable interest in three limited edition prints by Russell Flint when they came up at Bloomfield auctions.
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Three which weren't securely fastened include the stunning limited edition Ovation 1992 electro-acoustic with its great sound and gorgeous top.
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The book, available in paperback and limited edition hardback, is published by Xanadu on September 16.
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A very limited edition single was put out by Red Rhino, to promote the album it was actually unable to release.
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These and many others have worked for private presses and in limited editions where fine illustrations are especially prized.
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Making a return will be Charles Booth-Clibborn's Paragon Press which publishes limited edition livres d'artiste.
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The limited edition flexi-disc can also be obtained on a first-come, first-served basis by sending 30 pence worth of stamps to.
extent
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Now - but only to a limited extent - the officer has lost some discretion in handling routine cases.
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A few instances of forged documentation and fraud have subsequently occurred, but only to a limited extent .
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Only to a limited extent are these new electronic services yet replacing specific print products.
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The company's hotels are run as autonomous units, and their operations are only co-ordinated to a limited extent .
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She knew their offers of support were perfectly genuine and of strictly limited extent .
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It is open to human reason and, to a limited extent , to human control.
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On the other hand the accountancy profession has only contributed, to a limited extent , to improving commercial and professional accountability.
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The result is a deeply flawed book in many ways, though useful, to a limited extent , in others.
liability
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Because of the limited liability of shareholders, creditors had no redress.
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There are three main alternatives: sole practitioner; partnership; or unlimited or limited liability company.
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We can see by reference to the Salomon case the great advantage of limited liability .
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If institutional investors are involved, the buy-out vehicle could be a limited partnership, to afford the institutions limited liability .
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The distinctive attributes of the company, separate legal personality and limited liability , are beyond the reach of private agreement.
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Thus, it has hitherto been appropriate for the professional partnership where limited liability is forbidden.
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Only limited partners may claim limited liability .
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Unsurprisingly, dinner-table talk often turns to incorporation and limited liability .
number
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The faculty receives a very large number of applications for the limited number of places available.
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A limited number of schools offer post-graduate courses which are scheduled over one year.
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The blue-chip market is confined to a very limited number of names.
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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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They suggest that peculiar factors may account for the high levels recorded on a limited number of ground-based instruments.
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This type of award is, however, highly competitive and only a limited number of candidates will be successful.
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The new training scheme will be targeted at a limited number of high-calibre graduates.
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A more limited number of courses are available by part-time study only.
opportunity
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So I consequently never really learned to dance because of the limited opportunities .
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Personal perception An executive might have a limited opportunity to see for himself/herself conditions in a foreign country.
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The other factors account for that: home life, perception of limited opportunities , images of black successes.
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There is limited opportunity for mapping and indirection between user views and storage structures.
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The social factors are also similar, including high rural populations, small landholdings and limited opportunities for alternative occupations.
partnership
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If institutional investors are involved, the buy-out vehicle could be a limited partnership , to afford the institutions limited liability.
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Assuming a free choice becomes possible, it is difficult to foresee any great increase in the numbers of limited partnerships .
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Rules relating to limited partnerships are in line with the provisions of other similar legislations.
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History is no longer a limited partnership or enterprise between these two groups.
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Most of the normal rules outlined above concerning partnerships are relevant to the limited partnership, but with some crucial differences.
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A limited partnership comprises both limited and full partners.
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The protection which is conferred by a limited partnership leads to extra rules of law.
period
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However many of the existing publications deal with specific countries, limited periods or specialist subjects.
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Faced with these forces, governments have found they can support their national producers for only limited periods .
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Civil servants can be appointed for life, for a limited period or on probation.
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Voluntary Severance that staff will have individual voluntary Severance options made available to them for a limited period . 5.
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If a statutory demand is served, the debtor has only a limited period within which to apply to set it aside.
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This arrangement is not popular with staff and should therefore be for a predetermined limited period .
range
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Even tuning your radio can be done over a very limited range .
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How useful including this software is debatable since it has a limited range of file transfer protocols.
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Most clothes shops sell nothing we can wear, and specialist shops are expensive and offer a very limited range of images.
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They come with either a silvery anodised finish, or a factory-applied colour coating in a limited range of colours.
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Each compartment can be used to hold a particular type of component over a limited range of values.
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These last two usually have a very limited range and can be quite expensive.
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Most polar lakes are highly oligotrophic, with clear waters and a very limited range of species inhabiting them.
scope
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Thus there is only limited scope for crop and livestock production in Lewis and Harris.
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The 1964-70 Labour government found that its alliance with the trade unions limited scope for action in this field.
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It is investigative journalism of a very limited scope .
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But anomalies are bound to arise with any investigative scheme of limited scope .
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In other words, it has a most limited scope .
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Since there is a limited scope for polished versification of good sense and elegant learning, poetry declines towards extinction.
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His contribution was professional, but not more than that, within the limited scope available.
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The remarkable aspect of the first, the investigative, stage is the limited scope given to the police.
space
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He seemed to Robbie's eyes to fill the limited space .
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There is now only the one pool, which he designed with the specific purpose of encouraging Koi-keepers with limited space .
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On small packs with more limited space the information may be set out in linear form.
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Women's limited space is being clearly marked out.
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Perhaps such abbreviations of thought are inevitable in the limited space available for text on a display label.
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There was limited space here and only residents were allowed to park.
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There is limited space for media as the filter is inside the tank.
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But can we really afford to take such risks with our limited space and natural resources in Britain?
success
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Eisenhower as president battled against protectionists in Congress with only limited success .
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These limited techniques were applied with limited success to limited organizational problems.
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An attempt was made to introduce a non-fraternisation policy, but with limited success .
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In fact the survey was only a limited success because rather few observers took part.
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Trapping is a method which meets with limited success and involves feeding within a specialised wire cage for a period of time.
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Modifying the behaviour of drivers and victims, or improving the design of the vehicle has had only limited success .
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Predicting fuel consumption and the effects of energy conservation practices has had only limited success .
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So far, his efforts to set up a maintenance fund for Bemersyde have met with limited success .
time
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Each such coherent structure is identifiable for only a limited time .
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Continual assessment and updating of instructors would ensure that the limited time available for training was used to best effect.
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This makes it possible only to use one part if there is limited time available.
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I am afraid that due to limited time available I do not have time to write your articles for you.
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Extensive space and limited time show overt status.
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This alternative was also deemed impossible in the limited time available.
use
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Much of the equipment used at today's slalom is of no or very limited use for anything other than slalom.
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This is of limited use in personal injury work where these items can not be recovered separately on a taxation.
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However, the concept of social responsibility and service is of limited use in developing a radical social movement.
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Thus the Pareto principle is of only limited use in comparing allocations on efficiency grounds.
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Unfortunately a monochromatic beam is of only limited use for spectroscopy unless it is tunable.
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Departmental and faculty offices make limited use of the student management system.
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Children of primary school age seem to make only limited use of Creole.
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Colour facilities are of very limited use in personal injury cases.
value
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Although the pulsed dye laser is often considered of limited value in mature portwine stain, Tan has recently reported excellent results.
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Our data support the results of other studies which have found the erythrocyte sedimentation rate to be of very limited value .
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But many other researchers have concluded that legal intervention is of extremely limited value in truancy cases.
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The use of unemployment rates as a criterion of the effectiveness of regional policies is of limited value .
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Frankly however without cost guides which depend so much on shape such an exercise is of limited value .
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These data are of limited value in making a genetic analysis.
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But for much else in polytheism and monotheism it is of more limited value .
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The stiffer penalties announced by Mason were of limited value by themselves.
way
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If quality is to be controlled in a tight and limited way , the price can be that of narrowness and aridity.
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Cash is better than travellers' cheques and credit cards, which can be used in a limited way in the cities.
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Assimilation of voice is also found, but again only in a limited way .
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In this limited way care programming can be used to set targets and measure progress in developing mental health services.
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Piphros had given her all the information possible in a limited way .
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Data can be passed between these programs but only in a limited way through a copy buffer.
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Perhaps in our limited way that remained true to the end.
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And later this year, Sanyo plans to enter the business of home automation itself - albeit in a limited way .
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
be limited to sth
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The damage was limited to the roof.
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About eighty were injured, and most of the property damage was limited to broken windows and overturned cars.
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Both trips are limited to 15 participants.
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Classes are limited to 25 children.
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If that means the hunt is limited to those physically capable of the trek, then so be it.
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Labour hours are expected to be limited to 800 next year.
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Roberts was limited to nine minutes of action on Friday against Utah.
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The liability of members is limited to £1 each.
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With this technique the activity is limited to the tumour cells.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a person of limited intelligence
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Call now - this offer is good for a limited time only.
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Open space for new businesses is limited .
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Police departments enjoy a limited immunity from lawsuits.
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Take the number 38 limited to downtown.
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The class is limited to 20 students.
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We only have a limited amount of time in which to finish the work.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Car Rental is available on either a limited or unlimited mileage basis.
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It's sometimes limited if the winds are strong and we have only a few experienced sailors on holiday.
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Members battle for limited resources, status, rewards, professional values etc.
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The added stability that this imparts to the crystallite far outweighs the limited loss of energy caused by chain flexing.
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The choice may be quite temporary and for limited purposes - using contingent loyalties as strategies for action.
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We will produce limited resources: a major popular book, a short report and some support material.