set bounds to

He had tried to codify the evil uses of might by individuals, so that he might set bounds to them by the impersonal justice of the state.

Challenges alongside improving eco-efficiency are to set bounds to the continued increase in water demands for meat and biofuels and to adapt to changing patterns in water scarcity.

The more conservative element, which adopted the name of Calixtins, or Utraquists, satisfied with what had been acquired, endeavored to set bounds to the zeal which threatened to remove all the ancient landmarks.

It would be difficult to set bounds to the intrusion upon the concerns of every man which was thus rendered possible, or to the influence thence derivable.

It is not easy to set bounds to the sources of influence which the office placed within reach of an ambitious man, and this influence was constantly employed to procure promotion into the ranks of the hierarchy.