The tenth article of the treaty of 1842, one of the earliest compacts in this regard entered into by us, stipulated for surrender in respect of a limited number of offenses.
Motschutkoffsky's statement, that when a slight post-critical rise occurs a relapse will follow, must be applicable only to a limited numberof cases.
In the present state of our scientific knowledge it is necessary to admit that there is a limited number of febrile and inflammatory disturbances occurring in puerperal women, the bacterial origin of which may be fairly questioned.
A limited number of Japanese youths might at the same time be educated in our own vernacular, and mutual benefits would result to both Governments.
Where seed is scarce, the burrs are sometimes planted in squares 3 feet apart each way, a limited number of burrs being dropped at one time.
A limited number of these will thus form after the crop has been mown for hay.
Note: The genus is restricted by modern zoölogists to a limited number of species similar to Lernæa branchialis found on the gills of the cod.
Particular redemption, the doctrine that the purpose, act, and provisions of redemption are restricted to a limited number of the human race.
By modern ornithologists restricted to a genus including a limited numberof species having omnivorous habits, as the sacred kingfisher (Halcyon sancta) of Australia.
A species of lyric poetry so composed as to contain a refrain or repetition which recurs according to a fixed law, and a limited number of rhymes recurring also by rule.
He had not given them in vain; and, besides, the practice of them, although confined to a limited number of the faithful, exerted on all sides a beneficent influence which facilitated and secured the observance of the precepts.
As governments are composed of a limited number of individuals, all that has been said of tolerance, considered individually, may be applied to them.
We will sell a limited number of these engravings at the price of 85 cents each.
It is a book of 400 pages, imperial octavo, and a limited number is offered at $6.
Another principle to be mastered is this: A vine should bear only a limited number of clusters,--say from 30 to 80.
The essential operation of pruning a Grape vine, therefore, is each year to cut back a limited number of good canes to a few buds, and to cut off entirely all the remaining canes or wood of the previous season's growth.
In a limited number of cases the distal fragment lies in front of the proximal, and there is inversion of the limb.
In a limited number of cases the equinus attitude is assumed to compensate for shortening of the limb.
In a limited number of cases, even with the aid of an anæsthetic, reduction by manipulation is found to be impossible.
At that time, similarly to the Orders of the Garter and the Thistle, the order was of one class only and composed of a limited number of knights.
Yet the principle of compulsory arbitration for a limited number of international differences was by no means negatived by the Hague Peace Conferences, especially not by the Second Conference.
A limited number of men were totally blind, mostly from bomb explosions, and a large number of others had received wounds in one eye or in the orbit.
It is the old story--the reversion to direction by a limited number of experienced and responsible people.
The finely printed Chancellor's Edition, of which only a limited number of sets have been issued to subscribers only.
The well printed Newstead Edition, of which only a limited number of sets were issued for subscribers only.
Warwick Edition, of which only a limited number of sets were issued for subscribers only.
It must be remembered, that both speak different languages intelligible to each other only in a limited number of words.
Moreover, the town council, instead of being freely elected, filled up vacancies in its ranks by co-optation, with the result that all power became vested in a limited number of rich families.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "limited number" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.