Example sentences of "were bound [prep] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In these circumstances facile and fallacious deductions about the consequences of having abolished the death penalty were bound to be rife . |
| 2 | Both Warnie and Minto were jealous of anyone who claimed Jack 's love ; this meant that they were bound to be jealous of one another , since for both of them Jack was the most important person in the universe . |
| 3 | Professor Gordon Higginson , Southampton University vice-chancellor , who chaired the committee , said its proposals were quite modest and were bound to be implemented by the mid-1990s . |
| 4 | In such a young , fast-growing market as that for junk , many investors were bound to be novices . |
| 5 | The search continued for drugs which would relieve anxiety , although in the absence of good models , approaches were bound to be somewhat speculative , and good luck also played its part . |
| 6 | We were too far out now to risk heading in : we were bound to be caught smack in the impact zone . |
| 7 | But at the same time , it is clear that as soon as the war was over the purely economic contradictions were bound to be excessively aggravated . |
| 8 | And with those computers they were bound to be receptive . ’ |
| 9 | Young intellectuals eager for knowledge , progress and a better future , were bound to be impressed by new solutions to the problems facing contemporary China . |
| 10 | He stressed that ‘ Heshang ’ was mainly intended to raise questions and some of the reactions were bound to be critical . |
| 11 | The idea that older people should leave the labour force at some point gained ground in the earlier part of the twentieth century with the popularity of ideas about scientific management , which implied that older people were bound to be inefficient workers . |
| 12 | So most certificates distinguish only the clergy , as was required , and the gentry were bound to be noticed as landowners and the lords of many other men . |
| 13 | These sorts of policies were bound to be self-defeating , as we indicated in Section 7.2.4 , since the volume of world trade contracted and therefore output and employment stagnated on an international scale . |
| 14 | Henry II would need to have been an unusually stupid man not to realize that there were bound to be difficult moments in the relationship between him and his heir . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Although this certainly coincided with attempts to breakdown the work process , matters were bound to be more complicated in such an unequivocally skilled trade . |
| 17 | But some of the mystique surrounding the presidency had gone for ever , and future holders of the office were bound to be scrutinized more closely than ever before . |
| 18 | But then , as RSPB members we were bound to be biased ! |
| 19 | There were bound to be some who felt as Frank did . |
| 20 | Two of us decided in favour of The Sunday Times and against Mrs Thatcher , and those two did n't give a damn for Mrs Thatcher , we each of us decided it was a matter of principle , knowing that we were bound to be criticised , whatever we did , and we decided it , and there 's an end of it . |
| 21 | It was positively dangerous because it involved the Jews in a game in which they were bound to be discredited . |
| 22 | After all , put any man and woman alone together and there were bound to be misapprehensions . |
| 23 | Very often slow communications meant merely a slowing-down in the whole pace of events , an acceptance of the fact that important negotiations were bound to be protracted . |
| 24 | It was years since she 'd played , of course , and her fingers were bound to be rusty , but she could n't resist trying out some of the pieces of music she used to play so long ago . |
| 25 | All the other decisions that were taken were bound to be opposed by the local community , the local youth and community staff and so on . |