Sentence examples for formally bound to from inspiring English sources

Hard delegates are formally bound to a candidate on at least the first ballot at the convention, while soft delegates are not.

The hope among some in the Republican party is that even if Trump achieves a clear majority, delegates formally bound to the real estate mogul on the first ballot would in fact vote to change the rules and then defect.

There are delegates who are selected through a complex, multistep caucus process that may bear little resemblance to the popular vote in those states, but who are formally bound to a candidate once that process has taken place.

Considering the critical role of hydrides in storing reducing equivalents, we also suggested that the E1 and E3 states, respectively, might well contain one and two bridging hydrides bound to a formally oxidized metal-ion core, in which case the single redox couple accessed would formally be that between M and M+.

The official count produced by the Republican National Committee, which includes only formally bound delegates, gives Romney 596 delegates to 205 for Santorum, 134 for Gingrich and 27 for Paul.

But Pottermore is the first site formally authorized and conceived by Rowling, and is bound to become the place fans gather to communicate about Harry Potter and his world, buy e-books, and play interactive games (if indeed they are games).

Moreover, since the policy is voluntary, no outside entity will have the authority to monitor whether the White House is applying exceptions appropriately and no future presidents will be formally bound by it, although it may be hard for them politically to make records secret again after the precedent is established.

"While the Fisa court isn't formally bound by the second circuit's ruling, it will certainly have to grapple with the second circuit's interpretation of the 'relevance' requirement.

Unlike other federal judges, the Justices are not formally bound by federal ethics rules, an exemption that some in Congress have tried to change in recent years.

Brooks the character hopes that the film will be psychologically nuanced and formally groundbreaking; Brooks the director and co-writer knows that the whole thing is bound to go down in flames.

For example, the ethylene ligand in Zeise's salt is bound to the platinum centre through both carbon atoms, and it hence formally has the formula K[PtCl3 η2-C2H4 K[PtCl3 η2-C2H4