fix a limit
Example Sentences
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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 Cutten, George Barton
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
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.
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
