Which preposition to use with limit

of Occurrences 1843%

Where, then, are the limits of Myself?

to Occurrences 1336%

Is there a limit to this onward movement?

in Occurrences 171%

They had purposely avoided highways and habitations, and, as a result, were limited in food to such corn-cribs as they found far from human abodes, or the autumn aftermath of vegetables sometimes found in the shadow of the woods.

for Occurrences 62%

Again you have given a satisfactory definition; for you have permitted no doubt that the genus is smoking-tobacco, and have prescribed such limits for the species as exclude tobacco intended for a pipe or a cigarette.

on Occurrences 37%

Oregon, which has a long season, from July 15 to November 1, puts no limit on the number to be killed, while in Nevada there appears to be no protection for the species.

by Occurrences 27%

Definite variations from within, modified between narrow limits by accidental variation from without, is coming to be acknowledged as the chief factor of progress.

within Occurrences 26%

Sir William Thomson believes that he is able to prove, by physical reasonings, "that the existing state of things on the earth, life on the earthall geological history showing continuity of lifemust be limited within some such period of time as one hundred million years" (loc. cit.

at Occurrences 25%

There is however a limit at which forbearance ceases to be a virtue.

as Occurrences 17%

" He could, however, place strict limits as to how much a patient might work.

beyond Occurrences 15%

" "Yet tell me, I pray thee, Paolo mio, and be not displeased by mine insistence,perchance it may help me to comprehend this mystery,how knowest thou the limit beyond which one may without sin, judge that the Holy Father shall not command obedience of the sons of the Church?"

with Occurrences 14%

"That fellow Pen is bound to go the whole limit with you.

between Occurrences 14%

In the works even of those mystics who efface the limits between things human and divine, who put Judaism, Christianity, and Paganism on the same line with the revelation of Mohammed, and who are therefore duly anathematized by the whole orthodox world, almost every page testifies to the relation of the ideas enounced with Mohammedan civilization.

than Occurrences 8%

A short occupation causes more irritation on account of its arbitrary limit; everyone understands an occupation without other limit than the complete carrying out of the treaty.

from Occurrences 6%

The twelfth article of the treaty negotiated by Mr. Hise in effect guarantees the perfect independence of the State of Nicaragua and her sovereignty over her alleged limits from the Caribbean Sea to the Pacific Ocean, pledging the naval and military power of the United States to support it.

without Occurrences 5%

In this wise and grateful attitude he did justice to himself and others, reposed unshaken in his old beliefs, and recognised their limits without anger or alarm.

like Occurrences 3%

It is more difficult to explain the origin of bare savannas enclosed in forests, than to recognise the causes which maintain forests and savannas within their ancient limits like continents and seas.'

until Occurrences 2%

but in reality we did not acquire these limits until a dozen years later, by the treaties of Jay and Pinckney.

under Occurrences 2%

France is willing to propose in the Conference that to Turkey should be offered the alternative of a Greece with extended limits under Suzeraineté, &c., according to the Protocol of March 22, or a Greece with narrower limits, entirely independent.

below Occurrences 2%

While the preparation for war must be completed irrespectively of the political influences of the day, the military power of the probable opponents marks a limit below which the State cannot sink without jeopardizing the national safety.

before Occurrences 1%

"I tell you I'm sure going to rip the heart out of this limit before spring.

through Occurrences 1%

All the Federal officers within its limits through whose agency alone these laws can be carried into execution have already resigned.

around Occurrences 1%

But in man it is necessary not only for health, but even for life, that the temperature should vary only within narrow limits around the mean of 98-1/2 degrees

among Occurrences 1%

Intelligence, at that day, was confined to narrow limits among those who dwelt on the ocean.

along Occurrences 1%

Instead of an oceanic climate prevailing over the entire continent, it is found to have but very narrow limits along the Pacific coast of the United States, being broken entirely from the interior by the elevated mountain ranges, conforming to them throughout their entire extent, and having a sweep from near the thirty-sixth parallel to Sitka and the Aleutian Islands, away to the extreme northwest.

across Occurrences 1%

"Fair!" "Come on"; and Gordon started for the town limits across the river, Richards following on horseback.

Which preposition to use with  limit