31.   But administration officials are determined not to let their hands be tied by the traditions of normal legal procedure or the rules of criminal law.

32.   Bureaucrats have their hands tied until after the elections and unless an extraordinary session of parliament is convened, any stimulus measures will have to wait until this fall.

33.   But as long as he continued to dodge the drug tests that could confirm their suspicions, their hands were tied.

34.   But Bratton also says that in recruiting, at least, his hands are tied.

35.   But Closs said Daly acted like his hands were tied.

36.   But Clinton also let his counterpart know that his hands were tied.

37.   But general manager Doug Melvin says his hands were tied.

38.   But he acknowledged that his hands were tied because as president Chirac enjoys immunity from prosecution.

39.   But he said Hashimoto has his hands tied on deregulation by his coalition partners.

40.   But his hands may be tied.