tied up

My money is all tied up in shares.

One would replace the flimsy "fair comment" defence (which easily gets tied up in questions of fact) with a new one of "honest opinion" .

Practical gals wore their hair tied up in a roll and covered with a headscarf tied in a knot at the front.

The light carbon was tied up in layers of clay, which would have trapped organic particles when they settled to the bottom of an ocean.

Savings are a great source for tuition, but many unemployed don't have savings or have it tied up in retirement accounts.

Because you have gotten, as you see, tied up with something so vital to me, I do not think I shall ever shake you off. Nor do I wish to.

The policeman eventually had his hands tied up and conducted him to a shelter.

Tied up? What's she doing? I wanted her to go out with me.

He is tied up in a meeting just now. Can I ask him to call you back?

After a short while, a starving man walked over in a befuddled way, with his head covered by his sleeve and his shoes tied up with strings.

As a bright paper package tied up with string always been one of your favorite things?

See, a bit of my identity is tied up people seeing those signifiers and thinking I'm well-educated and culturally sophisticated.

And I woke up in a blur and was tied up, hurt, adrenaline scorching inside, as it raced through my veins.

"We had a lot of work and resources tied up in it, " said Jones, digging himself in a little deeper.

Even though there's disagreement over how much of the price of solar is tied up in these soft costs, they are clearly an important factor.

However, the bulk of Gaddafi's fortune seems to be tied up in the Western banking system.

Real wealth appears to be tied up in the banking system and not with the general public.

At first recruits were only military and the main reason the military needed recruits is actually tied up in the word's etymology.

I'd like to take a few moments to tell you about your schedule here. Today through Friday you'll be pretty tied up at the factory.

So much of a typical American's wealth is tied up in bricks that the threat of house- price deflation stokes panic .

When producing too much, money gets tied up in materials and resources that could be used for other opportunities are spent.

April came as a relief to Andes' wife, Julie, who had found his phone tied up with texting when she tried to call him on lunch breaks.

Prosecutors say the policemen forced their way into the bank in the capital, Tegucigalpa and tied up the security guards at gunpoint.

Finally, holding costs include the cost of funds that could be used for other purposes if they were not tied up in inventory.

When she woke up to see himself in a dilapidated house, tied up like their dumplings, she was scared.

The etymology of the word harbinger is tied up in that "forerunner" meaning.

All his wealth was tied up in the company.

In his left hand he carried a little bundle tied up in a handkerchief; in his right he leaned on a sort of a cudgel, cut from some hedge.

He was pulled out of the boot and tied up to his two friends, who were left unharmed.

"The politicians are tied up . . . I don't think they have time to think about [central bank policy], " said the person close to the BoJ.

He fished one big fish, tied up the fish head to the upper part of the body side of the boat above.

This new moon is tied up with the positive energies between Pluto and the sun that are about to end in a couple of days.

Some stream of people is tied up in ordinary , ordinary puzzle like a fast knot in the heart untwisting.

Not even excited about the '69 VW Bug they gave him tied up in a bow. He spent the next few years of his life trying to adjust.

I'd love to come around to your place tonight, but I'm afraid we are a bit tied up with work at the moment.

Most of his opponents have been tied up in internal wrangles and flaky alliances.

This is a great keyboard of its own kind, it can be tied up on your wrist and easy to carry and use.

He fished one big fish, tied up the fish head and the upper part of the body side the boat above.

Her long red hair was tied up in a ponytail, and she was wearing a summery, tiered dress.

It seems as if so much of its self-esteem is tied up in gold.

How much cash is tied up in accounts receivable (and thus not available to you), and for how long?

She was tied up in a meeting all morning. The phone was tied up for an hour.

But, with much of this wealth tied up in horrific stock markets, tycoons are a looking a little more threadbare.

His money is all tied up in stocks.

After several day's investigation the police tied up that this murder was relevant to the recent prison break.

China would be crazy to torpedo a market in which so much of its wealth was tied up, says one camp.

One day general to lead troops to battle, but customer review henpecked brother, then tied up his wife in a chastity belt body.

Australian regulators have imposed a cap of 8 per cent on the amount of a bank's domestic assets that can be tied up in cover pools.

The collateral posted by these counterparties is now tied up in the Lehman bankruptcy.

Tie up The little baby has tied up with his mother.

Unfortunately, the manufacturer is already tied up with an agent on recording tape on your side, so we are unable to make you an offer.

I am trying to imagine how I'd feel if I had found my boss tied up on the floor on arriving at work.

Like a lady to her good manners, I'm tied up to this feeling.

As the baby boomers retire and seek to realise the value tied up in their homes, supply may start to weigh on the market.

The timber binding forms the basis of the main structure. Both the top and the base are firmly tied up to the tree with steel.

Merry: You'd have to send us home tied up in a sack to stop us!

The scene then cuts to Big Sis's house, where Ai and Sayaka are tied up, with Ai's bonds spreading her out on a table.

Then we tied up the mother and father and their boys [three of them] by their feet and hands. Then we shot every one of them in the leg.

Another time a bull broke free, and this time Hunter HAD to wrestle with it before he could get it tied up again.

What percentage of your bank's money was tied up in real estate development?

People want to avoid social disorder because their own interests (getting served) are tied up in an orderly queue.

I'm sorry, but I got tied up in a long, boring meeting.

In my mind, my mother is the most beautiful. Mother's hair is tied up. Today, he wore a green down jacket and a pair of jeans.

Second, it's a symbol of not only his identity, it's a symbol of his income, because all of his assets are tied up in sheep.

After all, even the most financially illiterate politician can see trillions of dollars are tied up in derivatives deals.

That if you stop and get involved, you could get tied up in things you don't want to get involved in.

Maybe, maybe not. She's all tied up with her music. It doesn't have much to do with my life.

Her Ladyship had dreamed that her little daughter, who had died so young, had been tied up with red bands and was going to be killed.

But because most traded salt is tied up in contracts, getting fresh supplies from abroad is a lengthy process.

Women in the sect wear prairie-style dresses and keep their hair tied up in tight buns that conjure images of frontier times.

With almost half of household wealth tied up in property, will falling home prices make China consume even less?

I cannot come down now as I am tied up in some very important business and cannot get mixed up in this thing now.

I am skeptical of that because I know the extent to which the regulatory system is tied up in Fannie's and Freddie's political activities.

It might have tied up a deal on cotton, and left the Chinese and Indians isolated on safeguards.

By the roadside, lay some small bundles of Gardenia tied up with white cotton thread in an old peasant's bamboo basket.

Within a month, we'll have the whole west coast tied up in a nice ribbon.

"I tied up every portable telephone system in Central London for forty five minutes at lunchtime, " he said.

How I know this thing is all tied up with the decision to spy on him.

She says, 'It was with such pleasure that I told them, 'Thanks for the call, but I'm really tied up right now.

An investigation that would have once tied up a team of counter-espionage officers for weeks now takes a few mouse clicks.

She was tied up in a meeting all morning.

Because money tied up in capital earns lower returns, that would mean lower profits.

Okay good, so you haven't actually got it even if we got tied up in a few knots there.

He tied up the horse and went into the inn.

Despite the full-scale invasion of the planet, the call to react was tied up in procedure.

I got my money tied up in these cars. If I don't get it, I am finished.

Left the teacher's body better than I do Foundation, but he also tied up with talking with, very laborious a month.

The greatest potential, however, is tied up in the housing market.

Matthew Shepard is found tied up to a fence , brutally beaten and unconscious .

Moreover, some state-owned enterprises have most of their assets tied up in property that is now of questionable value.

Using her veils, she tied up the sword. She tied up the captain. That was the end of the Forty Thieves.

But a lot of people had a lot of their net worth tied up in Lehman stock.

And some experts say decisions must not risk being tied up in lawsuits, or confidence could suffer.

eg. The little money that was available was tied up in bureaucratic red tape.

With shares tied up in Savings Plans and the ESOP, where they could not be easily traded, fewer were sold by worried employees.

PENISES protruding from leather stirrups. Testicles tied up in twine.

Most of the money's tied up in property.

Please say I'm tied up (in a meeting) now and can't come to the phone.

Thyroid and Endocrine System Problems: Alcohol affects the whole endocrine system, which is tied up with a women's hormonal system as well.

Put simply, the more money is not tied up in banks, the more likely it will end up in equities.

So if more carbon is tied up in making grain, there's less in the soil, which means less methane.

Look at her hair. It's tied up in a simple bun.

The risk is that you have large amounts of money tied up for a relatively long period of time with a relatively uncertain return .

But around 75 per cent of the LME's stock could be tied up in warehouses or financing deals, according to industry estimate.

m tied up right now. Ask him to call back after lunch.

If one never hangs out with his friends because he is too tied up with his girlfriend then he is whipped.

All my available funds are completely tied up in ready cash.

When they reached the stern, the lad tied up their blades and slammed a shoulder into Duck, and the big man went into the river.

Most of his money's tied up in property.

But the longer-term lesson of the vote is that Congress is tied up in knots, for institutional, ideological and financial reasons.

We had a lot of money tied up in materials.

To feed the demand, English ships tied up to Virginia docks and took in barrels of rolled-up tobacco leaves.

About 70 percent of the stocks in LME warehouses -- 3. 15 million tonnes -- is thought to be tied up in financing deals until May 2010.

He's tied up with his new book. He's working hard, you know.

As you can see , we have a lot tied up in accounts receivable .

A circus refugee, Jenny had often been tied up for 23 hours a day or crammed into small train cars traveling from one city to the next.

The directors are tied up in a meeting until five.

Skelton was too ill to be taken ashore when they tied up for the night and so passed it in the ship.

Penny has a lot of money tied up in promiscuity futures.

The burglars tied up the night watchman with a piece of cord.

If personal terms are agreed and a medical is passed, this could be tied up today; tomorrow at the latest.

We are mutually staggered Jingwei, by years of weaving brocade, and nihilistic ending all threads neatly tied up.

Tied up with ropes, magician Harry Houdini is lowered into a glass tank filled with water.

It was quite dark, but I could see a man lying on the floor, tied up with rope.

That's very kind of you, but I'm afraid that I'm tied up on Saturday.

My boss is tied up in a meeting. Can I help you instead?

Eventually, all of the available database connections could be tied up by components that had been released but not destroyed.

Fat MM general back will have meat, wear body Sushen underwear is fleshy are tied up, ha ha, dress when they do not bother.

The accident tied up the traffic for a few hours.

The doctor tied up the patient's broken ankle with a bandage.

Indian banks have about $4 billion tied up in the industry, banking officials say.

A man, with his hair tied up in a bun and his moustache sagging asked. "Do you? "

During emergency cases, borrowers can use the equity tied up on your home in order to have the money immediately.

All the documents shall be properly consolidated and tied up by appropriate references to eliminate discrepancies that may arise.

Salespeople often get tied up with other customers but you can still offer excellent service information with a display counter.

We should insist on the Socialist public ownership during the reform. But we should not be tied up by the system in the legislation.

Industry was tied up , and the whole city was nervous with talk of a trolley strike , a printer's strike, a general strike .

'Clients are clearly not pleased with metals being tied up for many months, ' said Mike Frawley, global head of metals at Newedge USA LLC.

He has all his money tied up in real estate.

Many of our white brothers, as evidenced by their presence here today, have come to realize that their destiny is tied up with our destiny.

Investors have much more money tied up in property than in shares or bonds (see chart 1).

A man gets tied up to the ground. He gives the world its saddest sound, its saddest sound.

He urged Gehazi to accept them, and then tied up the two talents of silver in two bags, with two sets of clothing.

Although economic growth is largely tied up with economic development, it needs to be upgraded to the latter.

One of them was Aya Miyama, who tied up the score with 10 minutes left in regulation by finishing off a scramble in front of the net.

The thieves left her tied up with a rope , but she wriggled herself .

The sword is tied up and placed into the earth saying it's time to stop wars all around the world.

I'm tied up in a meeting until tomorrow.

Chewing gum or having long hair may be penalized. If you have committed a felony, you may also be tied up and whipped by bamboo whips.

B No, not the 14th, I'm sorry. I'm tied up all day with work.

Tied up in the net, the monkey fell into the water.

This project tied up a great deal of manpower.

Sorry, I'm a bit tied up at the moment. Can we talk later?

The stock price abnormal fluctuation phenomena tied up with insider trading, illegal information announcement, and price manipulation.

All her funds are tied up in the real estate.

Oh. Sorry, that's not good for me. I am tied up all day Friday. We'll have to.

Frank Pratt went in to check on his swimming pool store when someone came in, beat him up, knocked him unconscious and left him tied up.

Then, she got an idea. Her hair was tied up, but now she pulled it down. She had a lot of very long, beautiful hair.

In many witch trials of the 17th century in Europe and colonial America, a suspected witch was tied up and thrown into water.

If many WAITFOR statements are specified on the same server, many threads can be tied up waiting for these statements to run.

It's not that I am unwilling to help you, but I'm tied up with extra work these days.

The invention can effectively avoid the fracture of wire rods, and the wire rods are convenient to be tied up into bundles.

The edge of the solar system is tied up with a ribbon, astronomers have discovered.

My money is tied up in a trust fund.

The time that the managed connection is tied up with this instance of the application is indicated in Figure 1 by the green bars.

So Delilah said to Samson, 'Tell me the secret of your great strength and how you can be tied up and subdued. '

The buyer's capital will be tied up from the time of remitting it until the goods arrive and are sold.

Exchange-traded funds had already tied up much of the physical supplies of gold and other precious metals.

I am tied up all day Friday, We'll have to do it next week.

Sadly, this is tied up in the much broader tort-law problem that bedevils American capitalism.

Father tied up the celery and dipped it into water, than took it to the market for sale.

Sorry, I got tied up in traffic.

The books were tied up in bundles of twenty.

While the US is tied up in knots over domestic issues, the new world order begins. . .

The cash tied up in inventory has fallen from 100m yuan to 27m and the rate of mistakes in orders has fallen from 1% to 0. 0016%.

The problem is that so much self-esteem, especially in New York, is tied up with your importance.

Each type represents money tied up until the Inventory leaves the organization and is paid for.

He gets tied up to the shock apparatus in another room.

Now the car had come out onto the waterfront where the ferry that ran across to Regla docked and the coastwise sailing ships tied up.

the bells were tied up and stuffed with paper . the prince allowed no one at bleak hills to drive with bells.

I'm tied up with this report. Can I get back to you in an hour?

The traffic had been tied up for three hours.

The ship stopped and was safely tied up.

The activity had us tied up for a whole week.

Three miles below town the ferryboat stopped at the mouth of a woody hollow and tied up.

the rest are tied up at their docks, as fishing in the area is no longer permitted.

Underneath these things were some papers tied up inside a cloth, and a bag of gold coins.

" kids thought: " I will tell the people tied up on the plane seat belts, encounter I hung up and jump out of my parachute.

A dog that is tied up has no way to escape anyone who wants to tease or taunt the poor animal.

Mr. Wood is tied up all day on Thursday.

The result is entirely tied up with the intensity of interest or desire which you apply to the various things you do.

He has around 60-70% of his net worth tied up in EMI.

G: Well, I'm a bit tied up at the moment.

The application can continue processing and handle more concurrent traffic because resources are not tied up waiting for responses.

Banks (or speculators, depending on your bias) have tied up about 80 per cent of the LME-warehoused aluminium.

That's very kind of you, but I'm afraid I'm tied up.

Martin and Jane got tied up in June.

A: I'm afraid she's tied up at the moment. Shall I take a message?

m tied up with a previous appointment this afternoon. How about tomorrow?

The finances of the family home -- often where the bulk of wealth is tied up -- are playing an ever larger role in life planning.

Well, I'm a bit tied up at the moment. Can you come again?

i'm not tied up to anyone but you can see, there are no strings on me!

The thieves left her tied up with rope but she wriggled ( herself ) free .

You've been tied up in so many meetings this week that you have a mountain of messages you haven't even opened yet.

By Tuesday afternoon, officials said there were no ambulances available in the city, all were tied up with emergency calls.

Most of the family's wealth is tied up in the Wallenberg foundations, which have combined assets of some SKr45 billion ($6. 2 billion).

Jone tied up the parcel with (a) string.

It is usually tied up on a sunny day.

Other fledgling companies have also jumped the Pacific, and big U. S. firms long ago tied up with Chinese state-owned enterprises.

Because their parachutes got tied up with each other, the parachutes couldn't open up and both crashed down and died.

Your assets are tied up in your flocks.

In the final minute of the game, the home side finally tied up the game.

"The problem for people like me is that most of our wealth is tied up in our business. "

Don't you see that I am tied up with string over here?

Sailors have been tied up, beaten with rifle butts, and whipped with electrical cables.

I'm tied up in a meeting until 3pm.

The Prossor. Amy was tied up and taken by criminals. Today we shall go catch those criminals and bring Amy back.

I'll be tied up the rest of the week, I'm afraid.

So Pacquiao could potentially be tied up for quite awhile.

I got them tied up like a couple of girl friends in the convent.

Out of control but I'm tied up tight.

He gets tied up to trivial affairs.

A: I'm sorry, he's tied up at the moment. Shall I have him call you when he's available?

Great! I'll be happy to come. I've been pretty tied up these days, but Friday is a good day for me.

Could you put Alice on? B: She is all tied up.

Tied up the middle first, then after the perm hair down to the middle.

Her behavior is tied up with her feeling of guilt.

The horse is tied up to the manger.

We tied up our boat and went on shore.

For example, today much of the Fed's portfolio is tied up in loans backed by dubious collateral.

The actual reference implementation should follow shortly, with all loose ends tied up by the first quarter of 2001.

The job is almost done. There are only a few loose ends to be tied up.

They have an enormous historical interest which is tied up with where they are and I doubt whether the north-east can afford to spare them.

Mr. Smith is tied up at the moment. ---OK. I'll call again later.

Hello, Mr. Smith? I'm sorry; both clients are tied up Wednesday afternoon. But they're both free Thursday morning.

When the page is posted, these HTML tags are created in to ASP. NET controls with viewstate and form data tied up together on the server.

Then the algorithm is tied up with the program through dynamic link library technology.

The phone was tied up for an hour.

I'm afraid that I'll be tied up the whole day tomorrow.

It was, of course, inflicted on victims tied up hand and foot .

A 26 car pile up in Winsconsin, tied up traffic for hours.

Cruelly fold her twice wings, tied up her hand and foot with the fetter.

They tied up one officer and stole his uniform, killed another officer, and stabbed two others on their way out.

To make the GAE scalable, it cannot be tied up by long-running requests.

Oh , I'm sorry, but I'll be tied up that day. How about next Thursday?

Bob: Well, I'm a bit tied up at the moment. I have an urgent project at hand.

The work is tied up with production and caters to the needs of socialist construction.

Mr. Lin asked me to come and meet you, because he was unexpectedly tied up this morning.

We are tied up in traffic.

Sorry, could you wait a minute? I'm tied up now.