Example sentences of "be [adv] [adj] [prep] hand " in BNC.
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| 1 | Freehand , closed freehand , arc , pie wedge , open polygon , and open bezier tools can be called up from a pull down menu or you can add them to your own customised toolbox so that the most frequently tools are always close at hand . |
| 2 | In some places like the Scottish library the subject and authors are listed in alphabetical system but places like the Edinburgh Room there is a class catalogue but all are easy to use and if there is any problems the library staff are always close at hand . |
| 3 | Tennis courts and various boutiques are also close at hand . |
| 4 | Happily plans are now well in hand to convert the buildings into around 70 luxury dwellings . |
| 5 | NEGOTIATIONS are now well in hand with a UK national collection concerning the Handley Page Hampden that was salvaged from the Murmansk area of the USSR and arrived in the UK on September 4 . |
| 6 | A final consideration when deciding upon the location of the pool is the proximity of an electrical supply , for , if a fountain or waterfall is contemplated , the supply should be fairly close at hand . |
| 7 | They spent two years organising the site , getting volunteers from not only Britain , but abroad as well , and making sure that while the battle may have been seventeenth century , twentieth century comforts were still close at hand . |
| 8 | This showed that we have now implemented the majority of the recommendations while the remainder are either well in hand or about to be tackled . |
| 9 | The May meeting for 1991 is already well in hand and will be led by two Hereford Somervillians : in the morning Barbara Forryan ( Seccombe 1946 ) has kindly volunteered to lead a guided walk round Croft Ambrey ( Iron Age fort ) and Bircher Common , starting from the car park at Croft Castle . |
| 10 | Resolute action to reduce our cost base is also well in hand . |
| 11 | Active follow-up with the former Soviet republics is now well in hand . |
| 12 | Because kung fu is primarily concerned with hand techniques , blocks and parries , the kicking aspects of the art are left to the end of the basic training period . |
| 13 | In particular , the Kitchen herbs are liable not to be used unless they are very close to hand for the cook ; in the rush of making up food amongst all the other demands being made at the same time , a trough or window-box of herbs on the Kitchen windowsill or just outside the backdoor will ensure that culinary herbs are used daily . |
| 14 | How was it that one of the exiled sons of Aethelfrith was so close at hand ( and another not far behind ) and in a position to assume the kingship of the Bernicians when Eadwine fell ? |
| 15 | A large crocodile-skin cigar case was usually close at hand . |
| 16 | The pint glass of Tennants Extra that was always close at hand might empty rapidly , but it was the only outward sign that Chris was feeling the pressure . |
| 17 | It was an urgent enquiring call as though they thought Hugh was still close at hand . |