Sentence examples for were contained to from inspiring English sources

Officials said the anthrax exposures here were contained to the American Media building.

As we all now know, mortgage woes were contained — to planet Earth.

It was unclear what started the fire but it did not appear to have been set, and the flames were contained to the kitchen, neighbors said.

This 27th victory in 31 matches – with just one defeat, away to Aberdeen – was fairly typical, as Celtic were contained to one early goal in the first half before pulling away in the second.

In the first half of 2007, both Mr. Bernanke and Mr. Paulson sang a similar tune when they opined that problems in the mortgage market were "contained" to subprime loans.

All of the fires were contained to the locomotive and there were no injures, although there were reports of some panic Oct. 23 when the locomotive on the 4 19 p.m. from Penn Station to Port Jefferson caught fire as the train approached Huntington Station.

And trash seems to be contained to garbage cans.

He said the fire was contained to the tyre.

No humans were injured in the fire, which was contained to the barn.

Once inside, firefighters determined that the blaze was contained to a bedroom.

The blaze was contained to the second and third floors and extinguished within a half-hour.