Sentence examples for confines of existing from inspiring English sources

Russian officials have said they are working on a "framework accord" for expanding trade, but only within the confines of existing United Nations sanctions.

Dr. Thomas R. Frieden, the city health commissioner, said the increased testing at city hospitals, clinics and jails represents the city's attempt to see what it can do within the confines of existing state law.

The three key points, according to diplomatic sources, are: no new settlements, no construction beyond the confines of existing ones and no taking of Palestinian-owned land for settlements.

They are like the hill-station residences of British India, holding its genius loci in absentia.Ghosts linger too in the countryside round about, ironically preserved by Ceausescu's order forbidding development beyond the confines of existing settlement.

It's piecemeal stuff, though it's more ambitious than Obama's pledge to work within the confines of existing law.

"There are a number of things the president and I, within the confines of existing law, can do to fix the broken immigration system.

With local opposition and strict environmental laws still weighing heavily against refinery construction, industry experts have said that expansions in the years ahead will be confined to upgrades of existing plants, but they have said its pace could be affected by how the environmental agency enforces the pollution laws.

"The structures we currently have can still accommodate some of the new procedures and processes and we will have to work within the confines of the existing structure.

Do I acknowledge that the decisions Clinton made were within the confines of our existing political system?

I think that by nature, every person who works to change the shape of the world, and not just works within the confines of the existing world is queer by nature.

We did not believe it was possible to deal with these issues in adequate detail within the confines of an existing first aid course.