fix a limit

Example Sentences

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Lord Kitchener: If you could fix a limit it would clear up the matter.

From The peace negotiations between the governments of the South African Republic and the Orange Free State, and the representatives of the British government, which terminated in the peace concluded at Vereeniging on the 31st May, 1902 by Velden, D. E. van

This would probably place the fugitive upon his guard, and we could not pretend to fix a limit to the time that would be necessary to effect his capture.

From The Burglar's Fate And The Detectives by Pinkerton, Allan

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

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

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