Example sentences of "[adv] be bound [prep] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He says having two children close together is bound to be hard work . |
| 2 | However hard modern choreographers may try there are bound to be similarities to older ballets because their vocabulary is not limitless . |
| 3 | This may sound bureaucratic and boring but without it there are bound to be anguishing problems of the kind : ‘ I handed in my work on time but it must have got lost in the pile ’ . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | ‘ I should think he looked around for something heavy that would take glue , and with all that junk lying around there was bound to be something . |
| 6 | Over a period some mistakes had been made and several members of the Committee were not in full agreement , but if ideas and plans were to be achieved there was bound to be hard talking at Meetings . |
| 7 | She said moving the pupils back and forward was bound to be unsettling and confusing for them . |