Sentence examples for be handcuffed by from inspiring English sources

But if the plan fails, the government will be handcuffed by trillions of dollars in shortfalls.

If the Senate fails to ratify the treaty, your country will be handcuffed by its own reluctance to lead.

For another season, he will be handcuffed by Johan Santana's and Jason Bay's bloated contracts, creating curious timing.

The administration said it was standing up for basic business principle: private industry should not be handcuffed by ad hoc government mandates.

Administration officials stressed that Secretary Powell told the European reporters that the United States would not be "handcuffed" by the United Nations if it failed to authorize force.

At least half a dozen times, Sampras, the former world champion, charged the net after a deep serve, ready to pounce, only to be handcuffed by the return.

He was handcuffed by officers and tearfully led away.

The store is handcuffed by its own rules.

"We were handcuffed by California law," Mr. Alexander maintained.

He had been handcuffed by one hand to a pole.

Gerald Ford was handcuffed by post-Watergate assertions of Congressional oversight.