fix a limit

Example Sentences

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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

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 Bourinot, John George, Sir

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 Spofford, Ainsworth Rand

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

They were considered as exempt from the common frailties of schoolboy nature: no one ventured to fix a limit to their power.

From Guy Livingstone; or, 'Thorough' by Lawrence, George A. (George Alfred)