Example sentences of "was bind [prep] [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Walking during this heatwave was bound to be warm work and I was determined to avoid sandwiches of chalk and modelling clay . |
| 2 | Thus , even in ideal circumstances , merging these two companies was bound to be tricky . |
| 3 | From the start this was bound to be contentious , for it tied in so obviously with concern about newspaper chains , the power of large circulations and the alleged dangers of a too one-sided party press . |
| 4 | It was bound to be one of the young reporters . |
| 5 | In spite of this awareness , it seems extraordinary that the candidate in Madrid favoured by Prim and his government was one who was bound to be unacceptable to Napoleon III for the simple reason that he was a son of King Louis-Philippe and so represented the Orléanist dynasty . |
| 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 | The process was bound to be self-accelerating , as new cities provided new opportunities for greater cultural contact . |
| 8 | A Hungarian with relatives employed at a Timisoara hospital told Budapest radio that at least 250 bodies had been admitted to one hospital and that the death figure was bound to be higher . |
| 9 | Until now my only objection to living in a water-mill had been a conviction that it was bound to be dark , water-mills having a habit of being in valleys , Nigel explained , but it was wonderfully light up there , with two large , deep-set windows . |
| 10 | Any interplay between scholarship and life , under such circumstances , was bound to be exceptional and random . |
| 11 | Then , gripping her lips firmly together , because whatever else she said was bound to be wrong , Ellie continued to stare at Phena in horror and worry . |
| 12 | But the general secretary of the Scottish Trades Union Congress , Campbell Christie , said that the Budget was bound to be bad for jobs . |
| 13 | I mean , he is n't run of the mill , is he ? … and I thought any lady friend of his was bound to be unusual . ’ |
| 14 | COUNTY councillor David Clark warned of significant changes to bus services affecting Liss residents at the parish council annual general meeting last week , saying that there was bound to be some confusion for a time . |
| 15 | He is n't a rapist but there was bound to be some sexual element . ’ |
| 16 | This was my big chance — on the other end was bound to be some beefcake . |
| 17 | There was bound to be some tension when he teamed with Marlon Brando for Guys and Dolls in 1955 . |
| 18 | It 's just that I have n't had time to think about it and I only thought that with all those shepherds in the area there was bound to be some traffic in illegally slaughtered lamb . |
| 19 | There was bound to be some tension between the governmental bureaucracy and that of the CPSU . |
| 20 | ‘ I suppose you would have liked to drive down together , but of course he had to deposit Emma at her cousin 's house first , so there was bound to be some delay . ’ |
| 21 | However , even if he had added these , the list was bound to be short . |
| 22 | So , manifested as the co-operative store , Co-operation was bound to be acceptable . |
| 23 | She was bound to be sick before the last race , either then or on the road to the meeting , or on the road home . |
| 24 | For those females who had concentrated on love affairs rather than their studies , graduating with low grades and low status was bound to be distressing , giving rise to depression and even thoughts of suicide . |
| 25 | Oh yes anything that happened down the glen or way was heard that from the pack man so it was bound to be true . |
| 26 | Putting air pollution , especially invisible , smokeless pollution , back onto the political agenda , particularly in the teeth of determined opposition from the CEGB , was bound to be difficult . |
| 27 | In first time and a better fish , we even joked it was bound to be another twenty ! |
| 28 | Separation was bound to be painful , and the republics are now in the middle of their most serious tiff since independence . |
| 29 | The gap between the ride and the swamp was a different matter , for if the children were attempting that route their progress was bound to be slow . |