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
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
Neither can we set a limit to it, for wherever we fix a limit, space is springing up beyond.
From Theaetetus by Jowett, Benjamin
"I think it is not your duty to fix a limit in that way," said Deronda.
From Daniel Deronda by Eliot, George
It might be advisable to fix a limit beyond which no citizen of the United States residing abroad may claim the interposition of his government.
From The Writings of Abraham Lincoln — Volume 7: 1863-1865 by Lincoln, Abraham
