Sentence examples for off limits a from inspiring English sources

Starting Thursday, huddled masses will once again be allowed to visit Ellis Island and Liberty Island, though Lady Liberty herself will remain off limits, a lingering victim of the Sept. 11 terror attacks.

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Here, the crater itself is off limits — a trail to the top of the cone, which is 1,000 feet above the surroundings, was closed decades ago over concerns about erosion, although there is a short, steep trail to Lenox Crater, a smaller volcano not far away.

Whatever disappointment I felt was replaced only moments later by anguish when I saw he was eyeing the fireplace in the dining room, a fireplace I had sworn was off limits, a fireplace we use often when it's cold, certainly not to heat the house, but for the warm shine it throws across a winter evening.

It was not just the other side that was off limits; a vast area before the border was forbidden too.

On that terrible night, the world saw in gruesome detail the terrible nature of chemical weapons, and why the overwhelming majority of humanity has declared them off limits — a crime against humanity, and a violation of the laws of war".

In cases in which the blood pressure measurement was above the cut-off limits, a second measurement was performed at the end of the consultation.

Does he mean off limits as an amorous exploit, or a professional one?

Most politicians consider the validity of the Constitution off limits as a subject for debate.

Others on Twitter suggested that those topics might have been made off limits as a condition of the interview.

Cooper insists that the entire "footprint," the precise location of the twin towers, be considered off limits for a new building.