fix a limit
Example Sentences
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Who can fix a limit to the intelligence or the achievements of our species?
From Caesar's Column by Donnelly, Ignatius
If it is a labour to us, who will fix a limit to another person's industry?
From The Academic Questions, Treatise De Finibus, and Tusculan Disputations, of M.T. Cicero, With a Sketch of the Greek Philosophers Mentioned by Cicero by Yonge, Charles Duke
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
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.
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
