Sentences with phrase «are tied by»

I know, I know, ask any gas station owner and they say their hands are tied by the big oil companies and crushing taxes from every level of government.

Hey, my hands are tied by crushing taxes from every level of government too!

No longer are you tied by your parents» schedule and whims.

However, judges» hands are tied by the official guidance contained in the fee schedule:

Your hands are tied by your client's belief in what's proper — not just what's right or wrong.

Unfortunately my hands are tied by the censor so I can not discuss extrapolated global temperature movements and supposed causation theories or who is going to be guilty of sacrificing third world lives and living standards to a false weather god.

Unfortunately, my hands are tied by federal regulations and the NDA that I was forced to sign, as well as the extensive background check.

Ultimately, the works presented in Incantations: The Modern Cave are tied by what Georges Bataille refers as a form of transcendental experience explored by artists in their creation process: «to create a sensible reality whereby the ordinary world is modified in response to the desire for the extraordinary, for the marvelous».

Furthermore, since student loan interest rates are tied by law to the private market, so a fundamental change in the system requires political action in a grid - locked system.

Principals and superintendents frequently lament that their hands are tied by contracts, policies, and regulations — especially when it comes to hiring and firing staff, assigning employees to schools or classrooms, designing programs, or allocating resources.

«Councils face an uphill battle creating places where they are needed when their hands are tied by red tape and they are short of money to do so.»

You also have the choice to perform a variety of special moves or use sub-weapons like a rifle or grenade in combat, however they are tied by the same mechanics so you can't spam them.

Most of the Jews who sign up to find soul mates are tied by Judaism and their religion as a whole.

It would be a truly hopeful opening in state politics — if only something, anything, in Paterson had undergone in his professional life seemed like good preparation for whittling down a $ 6 billion deficit while his hands are tied by an obstreperous Legislature.

His hands are tied by the FA..

So before you try to sell the ridiculous notion that our manager's hands are tied by financial constraints or that we were burned by the ineptitude of the Financial Fair Play pie - in - the - sky mandate, or that we are just a humble, family - oriented club that is resigned to counting our pennies and cutting corners to make ends meet, I implore you to take your blinkers off just for a brief moment and honestly examine the harsh realities currently facing our club.

The sacraments are one of many signs God has given us that even in our most spiritual undertakings we are tied by an umbilical cord to the earth.

In fact, theological schools vary in the way they relate to the construal of the Christian thing to which they are tied by history.

The verse implies that God's hands are tied by the decision to turn over to us the work of caring for one another.

They know that the hands of law - enforcement officers are tied by the rulings of a libertarian Supreme Court.

And you are tied by compliance?

Rebels said the vote could strengthen Cameron's position at budget talks in Brussels next month because he will be able to say his hands are tied by the British parliament.

Our «Skins have lost three close ball games this fall — to the likes of the Cowboys, Colts and Cardinals — by a total of only 13 points, and they have been tied by Atlanta and Los Angeles, all within the last moments!

When his tongue was tied by the word «rivalry,» he blurted an expletive that rhymes with pluck.

UCLA avoided being tied by Oregon State — allegedly the conference's patsy — when Beaver kicker Brooke Knight's 32 - yard field goal attempt with 4:22 to go hooked left by less than a foot.

Texas had been voted to # 1 following the Arkansas game, a 7 - 3 victory, but had been tied by Rice, 14 - 14, the next week and slipped to # 5.

The other option is that his hands have been tied by the financial restrictions placed on him from above.

Speaking to the BBC's Andrew Marr show, she said: «Their hands have been tied by the government.

She called the vote he referenced a «set - up vote,» saying the issue was tied by Republican leadership to a bill to reduce student loans that were set to double, so she had to vote against the screenings in order to lower the loans.

Each dog was tied by a lead a metre away from a person, and the dogs» faces were filmed throughout a range of exchanges, from the person being oriented towards the dog, to being distracted and with her body turned away from the dog.

Gigi Year: 1958 Directed by: Vincente Minnelli Starring: Leslie Caron, Maurice Chevalier, Louis Jourdon, Hermione Gingold, Eva Gabor Notable Oscar trivia: Minnelli's second Best Picture - winner of the decade, Gigi held the record for biggest Oscar sweep — nine nominations, nine wins — for nearly 30 years, when its record was tied by The Last Emperor in 1987, and then bested in 2003 when The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King went 11 - for - 11.

Officials say their hands were tied by state law.

She is tied by marriage to the DeVos family.

His hands effectively were tied by legal guarantees put in place by Gov. M. Jodi Rell and the 2007 legislature.

If there was a tie by APY, we went with the product with the lower minimum deposit.

Beyond managing a large quantity of units, success was tied by capitalizing on a chain mechanic, where nearby units were able to link up in an effort to annihilate an unprepared enemy.

If there were no legislation, Australia's position would not be tied by law to Rudd's poor target and pressure would be maintained to catch up with the leading bunch.

All four knots are traditional knots that have been tied by sailors for ages for nautical needs as well as décor.

A married pair of prominent Massachusetts lawyers — one a professor at Suffolk University Law School — have been tied by their son to his business growing and selling marijuana.

She took the view that her hands were tied by the Wells v Wells decision and that she had to apply the rate of return on ILGS, which by then was losing money so resulted in the negative figure.

In addition to the happy hue, each pink fabric is tied by a circular motif, from the large rondels of the duvet cover to the tiny dots of the curtain panels.

Not exact matches

A year ago, the London - based multinational undertook a study entitled «The World in 2050,» which projected Canada would be the only major developed economy to hold its position in the world — at the No. 10 spot — at mid-century, largely because of the demand for its resources and its ties through immigration to emerging markets (which by that time will no longer be labelled as such).

The Russian - Canadian real estate developer was caught up in the federal investigation into Trump's ties to Russia after it was discovered that Shnaider received hundreds of millions of dollars by a Russian state - run bank which may have helped pay for building the Trump Tower in Toronto.

Four Middle Eastern nations — Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, and Oman — are tied for «worst» in this category, since each had a «0» in TOE contributed by renewables.

Though Microsoft board member Hastings has ties to the Seattle area, he stumbled upon DreamBox while visiting a school in San Jose, Calif., that happened to be using the software and was «wowed by how kids were engaged because it has some entertainment built into it,» he told the Seattle Times.

Before the White House intervened on Tuesday, Qualcomm had been working its political ties behind the scenes at least since December, according to a revealing «tick - tock,» as we call such stories in the media biz, by Wall Street Journal reporters Ted Greenwald, Kate O'Keeffe, and Tripp Mickle.

Vulture, or Adrian Toomes, played by a very well - cast Michael Keaton — who probably got this role for appearing as another man with wings in «Birdman» — is one of the rare villains in the MCU that has a personal vendetta against the superheroes who doesn't feel like a desperate tie - in.

Here are a few things I learned at the J.P. Morgan Health Conference this week: (1) Vice-presidential motorcades tie up as much traffic as presidential ones; (2) San Francisco hotels have no compunction about charging pharma - sphere prices, especially when the city is overrun by pharma executives; (3) no one will ever know if you brought more than one blue blazer to a four - day meeting; and (4) in my next life I want to come back as Bryan Roberts.

If you want an unlocked phone (and the greater freedom afforded by not being tied to one phone carrier), Amazon reserves extremely low prices for LG, Moto, and Nokia phones for Prime members.

The awards culminate in a glamorous black tie gala dinner that is attended by over 700 Western Australian business professionals from all industries, the state's leading politicians and other prominent personalities.