Sentence examples for bound to be close from inspiring English sources

The election was bound to be close, and I knew that Kerry couldn't win Florida.

I just had a strong sense that the news media, feeding on itself, had lost sight of reality and that the election was bound to be close.

There is bound to be close scrutiny of oil deals struck when the Iraqi dictator was handing them out on political merit rather than for proper tender.

It estimated that lower bound to be "close to, but a little above, zero". .

It is handled as if Iran's nuclear research were the sole danger in the case; and as if it were a foregone conclusion that in this matter, the fears of some Israelis are bound to be closer to the truth than the National Intelligence Estimate of 2007.

The signatures scandal, which has unfolded with one local news bulletin after another over the past month, may cost Taylor votes in what's bound to be a very close election, said Quentin Kidd, political analyst at Christopher Newport University.

The location, however, is bound to be a place close to the artist's heart. .

However, against the backdrop of globalization, the boundaries between countries are bound to be broken by ever-closer political and economic contacts.

Acts who are already well known tend to do well in the competition and performers are bound to be familiar in the countries close to where they are from.

And he concedes that the Bank's estimate of the output gap and the rate at which it will close are bound to be wrong.

Closing those loopholes is bound to be difficult, politically costly and not at all fun.