21.   Beatrice would be found, in the bound-and-locked box, inside the large sack, hands tied.

22.   Because of vaguely worded laws about charter schools, the McLennan County district attorney says his hands are tied in dealing with alleged misappropriation of charter school funds.

23.   Before he signed the law, Riordan met for nearly an hour with hunger-striking gardeners in wheelchairs to resolve the dispute, saying his hands are tied.

24.   Borys Kiejliches had been shot once in the head with a large-caliber pistol and his hands had been tied, Allee said.

25.   A dark hood was placed over the head of each man, and their hands were tied behind their backs.

26.   Administration officials say their hands are tied by archaic laws and that there is nothing they can do.

27.   Additionally, Goldman does not want its hands tied by fiduciary obligations in the event of a sale of the property.

28.   Business interests say without reform their hands are tied if they want to improve workplace conditions.

29.   But a supervisor in the family violence unit said their hands were tied because they needed to talk to Rodriguez before filing charges against Dehoyos.