Sentence examples for cannot be tied from inspiring English sources

The decline cannot be tied to a decline in deposits.

They cannot be tied again the same way.

Generally, property given by testament cannot be tied up by the testator for an indefinite future.

The spokesman said the policy "does not prohibit relationships within the company — only that they cannot be tied to an employee's performance".

Speaking up for equity and rationality in the tax code, he said taxes for the rich have to go up, as scheduled, on Jan . 1 and cannot be tied to some kind of amorphous tax-reform package.

Impeachment, Alexander Hamilton explained in Federalist 65, cannot be "tied down" by "strict rules, either in the delineation of the offense" by the House, or "in the construction of it" by the Senate.

Although these groups cannot legally be tied to a candidate, several of the most-active ones are run or advised by former associates or campaign staff.

A second project will modernize the signal equipment on most of the lettered lines, so antiquated that it cannot even be tied into computers.

With so little room to maneuver, Mr. Bush cannot afford to be tied, early on, to divisive secondary issues like gays in the military, which cost President Clinton so much momentum at the onset of his first term.

The University of Alberta researchers won the world checkers championship in 1994, and earlier this month they reported that they had developed a program that cannot lose, and at best can be tied at checkers.

But economic futures and political events are too complex, do not lead to clear patterns, cannot be predicted, and rarely can be tied to single actions that have clear results and immediate feedback.