Unchanging physical laws have limited the size and strength of buildings that can be made with materials discovered long ago.

因物理定律恒定不变，许多早已被发现的建筑材料限制了建筑的大小和有点。

First, it's worth noting that this research has only looked at small, limited sample sizes and is only based on correlations.

首先，值得注意的是，这项研究只研究了很小的、有限的样本量，而且只基于相关性。

Sharp and other fishermen here claim the quotas favor boats from continental Europe. E.U. rules also limited the size of fishing fleets.

夏普和这里的其他渔民声称配额有利于来自欧洲大陆的船只。欧洲联盟。规则还限制了捕鱼船队的规模。

It was not, in appearance, so desirable a habitation as his old quarters: being a mean and badly-furnished apartment, of very limited size; lighted only by one small window in the shelving roof, and abutting on a close and dirty lane.

从表面上看，这里不像他以前的住所那样令人向往：这是一间简陋、陈设简陋的公寓，面积非常有限；只有搁架屋顶上的一扇小窗户采光，紧靠一条又近又脏的小巷。