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Collocations for restrict - verb

ADVERB

greatly, seriously (esp. BrE), severely, sharply (esp. BrE), significantly
further
The government is considering new laws which will further restrict people's access to firearms.
effectively, largely
The authors largely restrict their attention to three issues.
unduly (esp. BrE), unnecessarily

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VERB + restrict

attempt to, seek to, try to
need to
He needs to restrict his intake of red meat.
tend to
Having small children tends to restrict your freedom.

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PREPOSITION

to
I'm restricting myself to one glass of wine a day.

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PHRASES

an attempt to restrict sth
attempts to restrict the sale of alcohol
measures to restrict sth

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Restrict is used with these nouns as the subject:
law, regulation, rule

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Restrict is used with these nouns as the object:
abortion, access, availability, calorie, capacity, carbohydrate, development, entry, expansion, export, extent, flow, freedom, immigration, import, intake, liberty, membership, motion, movement, number, participation, range, right, sale, scope, supply, trade, usage, use, vision

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