Consumers had to work through them and with them, which limited choice and fixed pricing.
The inefficiency of farms meant low crop yields, high prices, limited choice, and uneven quality.
When I go to a hockey game at Madison Square Garden, I have limited choice in how much I want to spend to go.
Traditionally, the Linux and open-source software communities focused on solving the software problems of enterprise and computing markets with a limited choice of processor platforms.
Early marriage in many part of Sub-Saharan Africa and Asia means that many engage in intercourse even before they are teenagers and have limited choice over birth control.
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What is particularly important to him is that the music industry has made it clear to him that it values HMV - as an alternative to price-cutting online retailers and supermarkets that offer very limited choice.
China's ZTE, which has somehow silently risen through the ranks to become the world's number six phone manufacturer by volume, is said to be prepping a renewed global assault that will see it move beyond its typical role as a provider of low-end dumbphone fare to occupy the low-end smartphone niche, a market with traditionally limited choice.
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There were no good reasons for these restrictions, the OFT said, and they limited patients' choice.
Thirty years ago, our choice was limited to a handful of European wine-producing countries and California.
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In these, employees use pre-tax money to invest, with choice typically limited to some mutual funds or their company's shares.
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Previously, non-banks in the U.S. would have to negotiate a contract with a chartered, regulated banking entity like Choice Bank Limited in Belize or First Covenant Bank in Georgia or MetaBank in Iowa for their prepaid card issuing.
Online video from BBC News and UEFA Champions League are now available outside the UK by subscription, for example, but the choice is still limited.
So, for this budding lion trainer the choice is rather limited.
Competition is limited and you have little choice.
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Even then, though, choice will remain limited.
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To keep the price down, that often means their optical performance is compromised and the choice of focal lengths limited.
We did get a slight feel of being in "scene to scene" shootouts instead of a free-roaming FPS, perhaps a design choice to mitigate the limited camera movement offered by the controller, but we'll have to see more levels to know for sure.
The Obama administration says it fully supports school choice, but that is limited to charter and magnet schools.
Then again, customers don't have a choice: Electronic trading is limited to off-hours, and competition hasn't forced the issue.
The choice of accounts is too limited -- we still spent ages setting up Facebook, Twitter, Netflix, Evernote and everything else from the phone itself.
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Make choices within that choice around where to invest your limited resources.
Obviously the quality and depth of one far outclasses the other, but with limited financial resources, especially for kids, the choice can often be a no-brainer.
If a car manufacturer, say, were limited to its home market, it would have a choice between producing small quantities of a number of models and large quantities of just a few, which could be produced more cheaply thanks to economies of scale.
This is, to any thinking being, the opposite of narrow and limited: it is an expansion of options, a greater choice available.
This limited edition design sports a natural maple or sandalwood casing and your choice of a black or white leather wristband.
Broker entrepreneurs have a choice of five possible legal structures: sole proprietorship, partnership, limited liability company, S corporation or C corporation.
Sue Croft, director of the independent group Consumers for Health Choice, said the measures would benefit multinational companies that trade in a limited range of low dose supplements.
Tom Fanning, from Midland Expressway Limited, who operate the toll road said they want it to be the route of choice for hauliers.
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Chinese investors can reason that they have little choice but to accept the volatility and the high prices because their alternatives are so limited.
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