Sentence examples for tied because from inspiring English sources

But he acknowledged that his hands were tied because as president Mr. Chirac enjoys immunity from prosecution.

Board officials said their hands were tied because under the current law, the city cannot force children to attend summer school, no matter how poor their performance.

Courts' hands are tied because of sentencing guidelines.

Our hands are tied because we can only give advice".

City officials complained that their hands were tied because they lacked data.

Mr. Hazelwood said his organization's hands were tied because of the rules of the international federation.

Mara said Tagliabue's hands were tied because of the restraints of the collective bargaining agreement.

"I'd say that 90 percent of the velvet bow ties that are so popular for black-tie events are pre-tied because you can't tie that fabric," Mr. Mogul said.

"Personally, I prefer pre-tied because it holds the form better. It's a better bow".

Speculation is that Steinbrenner is tongue-tied (George Steinbrenner tongue-tied?) because he doesn't want to be known as the Grinch who stole the Yankees from the Bronx.

They may be tongue-tied because the unspeakable happened.