Sentence examples for to circumscribing from inspiring English sources
verb
To draw a line around; to encircle.
A key claim in Fodor's work is that when it comes to circumscribing the consequences of an action, just as in the business of theory confirmation in science, anything could be relevant (Fodor 1983, 105).
There is an urgent need to search for better morphological synapomorphies of the major clades identified here, and to determine just how much homoplasy is present in morphological characters that were previously regarded as essential to circumscribing genera and species within this important group of orchids.
But it has since tried to circumscribe that power.
And, again: "To circumscribe poetry by a definition will only show the narrowness of the definer".
The amendment sought to circumscribe the conservative body's ability to exclude candidates.
They are attempts to circumscribe democracy on behalf of corporate power.
"A search warrant exists and is required not simply to permit, but to circumscribe, police intrusions".
The party's conservative wing wants to circumscribe those benefit programs, despite their popularity among voters.
"There's nothing expressed in legislation that [shows] parliament has attempted to circumscribe the powers to make treaties.
But we'll have to freely decide whether to circumscribe our own forbidden desires -- a mental trap no rodent needs to fear.
It would be a mistake to circumscribe the ability of scientists to study embryonic stem cells and learn to manipulate their evolution into repair cells.
