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
We find it as vain to foresee a cause as to fix a limit for the arbitrary inconsistencies in the dispositions of mankind.
From Antonina by Collins, Wilkie
Another rule should fix a limit to the number of volumes to be drawn by any reader.
From A Book for All Readers An Aid to the Collection, Use, and Preservation of Books and the Formation of Public and Private Libraries by Spofford, Ainsworth Rand
"I think it is not your duty to fix a limit in that way," said Deronda.
From Daniel Deronda by Eliot, George
Ander's voice still failed him and did not improve, and no doctor was prepared to fix a limit to his malady.
From My Life — Volume 2 by Wagner, Richard
