Example sentences of "bound [prep] [be] [adj] [conj] " in BNC.

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1 Of course , any definition of ‘ sufficient public element ’ is bound to be complex and controversial .
2 Our ideas about rationality , within a pluralistic society , are bound to be complex and fuzzy , but even so we can readily see that certain kinds of rationality are dominant .
3 cos they er they 're bound to be cheaper than they are in the shops .
4 Everybody 's bound to be better than I am , yes .
5 Since a process of individual wage reductions in such circumstances is bound to be ragged and discontinuous , it will be hedged about with uncertainty and apprehension .
6 Use of the facility was bound to be capricious until there was some agreement about the intent and purpose in committing the equivalent of a full-time senior post in this way .
7 She was n't sure whether there were any artists or writers in town at the moment , but there were bound to be one or two back in the city after the Christmas recess .
8 anywhere near as if you were prepared , because if you were prepared there are bound to be one or two things that you would want to ask for , own by the standard of interpretation of whatever it is , or a particular word if it 's a language and so on , erm and that is something that er I think people erm come across as
9 The present squeeze on resources of all kinds in CMEA economies has made them so taut that the short-term consequences of market-orientated measures ( inflation , unemployment ) are bound to be sharp and widespread .
10 And then there 's a , a series of er oh and they add er er during the people 's governments or at or above the may in accordance with the local land agency set apart certain land bound to be nationalized and used for the establishment of experimental farms or one or more county 's or model state farms , so there 's provision for the creation of so a form of socialism over the countryside but it 's , it comes a long way down the list .
11 bound to be , bound to be awful when a woman ca n't talk it must be terrible
12 ‘ But the impact of rationing on the small , independent cheese-making sector is bound to be greater than on larger sectors . ’
13 It is obvious that , heard horizontally , this series on its own would give no tonal impression , and if any group of three or more notes is used vertically as a chord the effect is bound to be dissonant and non-tonal .
14 Using such a bureau as a back-up to your in-house facility is obviously a possibility — except that he 's bound to be busy when you need him !
15 Try to understand that the child is bound to be angry and resentful .
16 Any interplay between scholarship and life , under such circumstances , was bound to be exceptional and random .
17 Any match of nine tries ( five by Stanley 's ) is bound to be entertaining but Oxford committed so many errors in every department that it was hard to keep a straight face while assessing their contribution .
18 The majority of severely handicapped persons need some help in the routine of ordinary living , as travel , shopping , housework , catering and so on are bound to be difficult and sometimes impossible .
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