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constraints

n. (plural of constraint English)

Usage examples of "constraints".

Saddam is not necessarily apocalyptic, but he will do anything to stave off his own overthrow and has absolutely no moral constraints on his actions.

However, the United States countered that such a deadline was not part of Resolution 687 and would introduce artificial constraints into the inspections, something the Security Council had studiously avoided.

With this win under his belt and the new constraints on UNSCOM operations, things were quiet for several months.

Iraqi economy of most of the remaining constraints so that there would be no reason for any Iraqi to suffer from malnutrition or inadequate medicine.

Now it must stand here, not only for us, but as a symbol for all matrix mechanics who refuse the cruel constraints of the Towers, a shelter and a beacon for all those who will come after us.

A true expert could always slip free of constraints if given enough time.

The dream was progressing quickly, which is something dreams are easily able to do, being unencumbered as they are by the constraints of reality.

After Iran seized the al-Faw peninsula in 1986 and Iraq's massive counterattacks failed, Saddam kicked off a new campaign against Iranian shipping in the Gulf, removed the last political constraints on his generals, allowed the expansion and rebuilding of the Republican Guard as an elite offensive force, and ordered the development of longer-range missiles and WMD warheads so that he could strike Tehran and Iran's other major cities to try to force an end to the war.

Played right, minor crimes could be turned into something very interesting indeed, a chance to do a little quiet exploring of the highways and byways of Bern's underworld, without the time constraints of a heavy caseload.

There would be fewer constraints in relation to the charges used, and I'm told it's quite a common technique when you want to gain access.