| It was a period when French cinema was strictly circumscribed by the German occupiers and consisted largely of boulevard comedies. |
| Apart from forest controls, colonial regulations sharply circumscribed elephant hunting and ivory procurement at the turn of the century. |
| They had set a number of fundamental discursive premises that effectively circumscribed much of the subsequent political problematics. |
| It circumscribed boycotts and forms of picketing that teamsters used to establish their power. |
| His right to occupy these areas was circumscribed by the terms of his tenancy. |
| Conversations about race in this country are circumscribed enough as it is, so I'm very uneasy with suggesting further constraints. |
