The kidnappers tied Tom's hands behind his back.

As she was tied and gagged in the dark room, Layla was moaning and she could hear a person moan back.

d) He was also ordered to lie on the floor face down with his hands behind his back, legs tied, and beaten up or electrocuted all over.

The complainant's hands were tied behind his back and he was hit in the stomach a hood was put over his head to induce a feeling of asphyxiation.

The first tied Saddam to Al Qaeda.

But the truth is that Israel s hands have been tied.

Greatest number of points in matches between tied teams 5.

10 Müller, Villa, Sneijder and Forlán tied with 5 goals.

To the extent that executive compensation is tied to the value of specified securities, such pay could be tied to a broader basket of securities, not only common shares.

I simply tied the end of a paintbrush onto a twig.

Russia s motivations are tied to the legacy of the Cold War.

In the final round, Iraq tied Syria 0 0 in Damascus.

Greatest number of goals scored in matches between tied teams 7.

Frequently it is tied to policy decisions to build sustainable cities.

Cash was a musician who was not tied to a single genre.

It is often worn on one's person or tied around a tree.

It is more likely that they are tied to the People s Liberation Army.

They ordered us to take off our clothes and tied our hands up.

The main practices investigated were resale price maintenance, tied sales and exclusive contracts.

The responses themselves cannot be tied to any specific numerical value or meaning.

Back office operations are no longer the decisive factor in where the citizen needs to go instead, these operations are tied together by either integrating early in the value chain or by bundling services together in a single entry point for the citizens.

We Europeans are caught in an inescapable net, tied in a single garment of destiny.

For many years, their economic fate has been closely tied to that of the US.

But California s unemployment rate, 12.3 in November 2009, was tied for the nation s third highest.

Counsel argues that the State party knew of but neglected to tend to the complainant's medical condition for 21 2 years, and in that time exposed him to treatment such as being kept in very small cells and with his arms tied behind his back.

But now its concern is more closely tied to regional politics than to the Kurdish issue.

The culture of California is tied to the culture of the United States as a whole.

Soldiers forcibly entered the building, took the men and boys, then allegedly tied and beat them.

He put the coat on him, tied the sash on him, clothed him with the robe, put the ephod on him, and he tied the skillfully woven band of the ephod on him, and fastened it to him with it.

It tied the local currency to the British Pound, giving local authorities no discretion in monetary policy.

Emerging markets were initially tied to this distress only when foreign investors began pulling out their money.

Unfortunately this latter issue is tied to overall economic performance of the country and the regional situation.

Furthermore, this military capability is tied to a worldview, rather than just to the defense of economic interests.

Having tied themselves to Russia's existing power structures, liberals are now in no position to become convincing critics.

Even before the current crisis, Latin America s recent left turn in politics was tied to the food problem.

As for the anarchists, their utopia of widespread self management tied to outdated historical references appeared entirely unsuitable.

In general, the poorer the country, the lower the ranking tied for last place are Chad and Bangladesh.

Product innovation is intimately tied to change, and often the need for change appears midstream in a project.

I see a long line of frightened children tied with ropes and hear rebels ordering to kill them.

His hands and legs had been tied, and he had not been allowed to go to the toilet.

Lack of stimulation often leads to self stimulating behaviors like hand flapping, rocking back and forth, or aggression, and in some institutions, psychiatric drugs are used to control the behavior of these children, whilst in others, children are tied up to prevent them from harming themselves or others.

Until China sees its economic interests in Africa as tied to the continent s political development, such horrors will continue.

They have less aerodynamic drag, which may allow them to be placed onto the roof without being tied down.

They tied to it a lace of blue, to fasten it on the turban above, as Yahweh commanded Moses.

Most of the additional categories pertain to intra corporate transferees (ICTs) (tied to Mode 3) and highly skilled professionals.