prescribed limit

collocation in English

meaningsofprescribedandlimit

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prescribed
adjective
uk
/prɪˈskraɪbd/us
/prɪˈskraɪbd/
set by a rule ...
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limit
noun
uk
/ˈlɪm.ɪt/us
/ˈlɪm.ɪt/
the greatest amount, number, or level of something that is either possible ...
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(Definition ofprescribedandlimitfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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This process is completed when no trial configuration is able to shorten the trajectory while keeping the path tracking error withinprescribedlimit.
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Word reading errors are corrected up to aprescribedlimit: testing is discontinued when this is reached.
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Special advances are those advances made by building societies to corporations or advances exceeding a certainprescribedlimit.
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Of 729 blood specimens analysed, the forensic science laboratories reported 157 as being below theprescribedlimit.
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It may be a matter of hours that there is still a probability of alcohol in one's blood exceeding aprescribedlimit.
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We want to encourage as many people as possible to stop driving as soon as they feel that they may have exceeded theprescribedlimit.
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It is important, therefore, that being in charge of the vehicle with more alcohol in the blood than theprescribedlimitshould be an offence.
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Two appeared for having a blood-alcohol concentration above theprescribedlimit.
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First, certain items such as excavations, foundations and underbuilding, hitherto classified as common costs, are being reclassified as special costs outwith theprescribedlimit.
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The roadside breath tests indicated that 299 of these persons had a blood alcohol concentration above theprescribedlimit.
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This will mean that the returns received by producers cannot fall below aprescribedlimitfrom the weekly standard prices.
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I did not quite follow what was theprescribedlimit.
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I appreciate that for different drugs theprescribedlimitmay have to be a different figure.
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Therefore, if we set theprescribedlimitbelow 80 mg.
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Naturally, we are all anxious that theprescribedlimitshould be set at a right level.
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He also pled guilty to the charge of driving while the proportion of alcohol in his breath exceeded theprescribedlimit.
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They intend to introduce aprescribedlimitthat will eat into the capital regional development grant which is available to companies investing in the regions.
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Theprescribedlimitfor the size of classes is 40 for children over 11 and 50 for those under 11.
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For those reasons, it is right to be cautious about reducing theprescribedlimit.
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We have no evidence which would warrant raising theprescribedlimit.
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