fix a limit
Example Sentences
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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 Ainsworth Rand Spofford
Here there is no ancient system of social exclusiveness to fix a limit to the intellectual progress of the proletariat.
From The Intellectual Development of the Canadian People by Sir John George Bourinot
"I think it is not your duty to fix a limit in that way," said Deronda.
From Daniel Deronda by George Eliot
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 Richard Wagner
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 George Barton Cutten
