fix a limit
Example Sentences
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It was impossible to fix a limit to the number of these malevolent spirits constantly provoking diseases and infirmities upon men.
From Three Thousand Years of Mental Healing by Cutten, George Barton
But we fix a limit when we close our souls to further experiences by the practical denial that they exist.
From Our Lady Saint Mary by Barry, J. G. H.
Who can fix a limit to the intelligence or the achievements of our species?
From Caesar's Column by Donnelly, Ignatius
Where property has been clothed with the public interest, the legislature may fix a limit to that which shall in law be reasonable for its use.
From The Railroad Question A historical and practical treatise on railroads, and remedies for their abuses by Larrabee, William
They were considered as exempt from the common frailties of schoolboy nature: no one ventured to fix a limit to their power.
From Guy Livingstone; or, 'Thorough' by Lawrence, George A. (George Alfred)
