fix a limit
Example Sentences
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Nor is there any superlation which can fix a limit to the idea of more and more in infinitude.
From The Grammar of English Grammars by Brown, Goold
Neither can we set a limit to it, for wherever we fix a limit, space is springing up beyond.
From Theaetetus by Jowett, Benjamin
Give a chimpanzee articulate expression and language, and no one could fix a limit to his progress.
From The Minds and Manners of Wild Animals A Book of Personal Observations by Hornaday, William Temple
Who then can forecast what may be possible five hundred years, or even a century hence; and who will be bold enough to fix a limit to the possibilities of science!
From To Mars via The Moon An Astronomical Story by Wicks, Mark
As well fix a limit of ninety hours!
From The Iron Furrow by Botkin, Henry A.