| They had set a number of fundamental discursive premises that effectively circumscribed much of the subsequent political problematics. |
| Apart from forest controls, colonial regulations sharply circumscribed elephant hunting and ivory procurement at the turn of the century. |
| Conversations about race in this country are circumscribed enough as it is, so I'm very uneasy with suggesting further constraints. |
| It circumscribed boycotts and forms of picketing that teamsters used to establish their power. |
| The Egyptian system has allowed a carefully circumscribed amount of competition for legislative seats. |
| Private patriarchy became increasingly circumscribed by laws that undermined male authority within the family. |
