Example sentences of "[adv] to hand " in BNC.
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| 31 | In your handout , somewhere , I 'm afraid I have n't got the pages er , cos I do n't have my handout immediately to hand , er I 've got here a short-term er programme . |
| 32 | Asked if she would abandon her attempt if they became ill she replied that she could not say in advance , and pointed out that there would be eight doctors , including one paediatric specialist , immediately to hand . |
| 33 | How salutary , therefore , after the hysteria of AA Miller 's letter to find , immediately to hand , the antidote of Nigel Bruce 's down-to-earth common sense . |
| 34 | What is not readily to hand is a valid general assessment of the damage which the disposals may be doing . |
| 35 | And it can be equally damaging if unfamiliarity with Community mechanisms leaves an enterprise exposed to anti-competitive practices where effective remedies lie readily to hand if the proper advice is sought . |
| 36 | But if by eclecticism is meant the random and expedient use of whatever technique comes most readily to hand , then it has no merit whatever . |
| 37 | And for those who like the idea of even more sights and nightlife readily to hand , the wonderful city of Vienna is just down the road . |
| 38 | What study area is available to me to work in , where a range of materials in readily to hand ? a question obviously involving the provision of a multi-media library . |
| 39 | If Michael Peto is somewhat forgotten these days , it is perhaps partly due to his wife 's decision to leave his entire archive to the University of Dundee where , because of limited funding and the Scottish city 's relative geographical remoteness , it is not , for most of us , readily to hand . |
| 40 | It 's also a good idea to have a spare machine readily to hand and regularly checked so that it can be wheeled in at a moment 's notice . |
| 41 | A school , you know , is like — ’ here the headmaster came to a halt , because he had launched into a metaphor without having a metaphor readily to hand ; and in fact he had very few notions of what a school was like — ‘ is like the human body . |
| 42 | Once you have eliminated superfluous items in this way , you can prioritize the rest of your storage so that the most useful items come most readily to hand . |
| 43 | They were built from the materials closest to hand and so have an utterly distinct regional character . |
| 44 | Picasso and Braque turned to the objects closest to hand for their subject-matter , objects forming part of their daily lives and relating to their most immediate and obvious physical necessities and pleasures . |
| 45 | Self-contained was the phrase that occurred to him ; everything was there to hand . |
| 46 | She was also there to hand out honorary doctorates … notably to the novellist P.D . |
| 47 | From Hadrian 's Wall there are spectacular views northwards , over Kielder Forest to the Cheviots ; and , for the angler , closer to hand , spectacular views of three excellent trout lochs lying at the foot of Steel Rigg , one of the most dramatic sections of the wall : Broomlee , Greenlee and Crag Loughs . |
| 48 | Hourly electric trains connect London to the U.K. 's Northern Capital in under two hours , whilst the regional attractions of York and Harrogate rest even closer to hand . |
| 49 | Closer to hand , the white Triumph was standing outside the Styches ' house , and Mr Frizzell gazed at it uneasily . |
| 50 | Closer to hand are a choice of cafés , tempting ice-cream parlours , bars with music and discotheques for the evenings . |
| 51 | Well , both of them should have been wearing their life jackets before they were over water , and X should not have stowed the dinghy in the locker area when he could have kept it closer to hand on one of the spare rear seats . |
| 52 | You ride high and comfortably , with everything conveniently to hand . |
| 53 | But if we were gods , and immortal , and could sit ourselves comfortably to watch the years slide by , with a magnetic compass conveniently to hand next to the ambrosia and nectar , we 'd see something extraordinarily interesting . |
| 54 | Nobody else cared about it , were pleased , in fact , to co-exist with such splendid aggro material so conveniently to hand . |
| 55 | People in the secret services wanted Graham Mills dead and Marek was a tool that came conveniently to hand . |
| 56 | And each work area needs careful thought to ensure that all necessary equipment and ingredients are conveniently to hand . |
| 57 | And the razor neatly to hand . |
| 58 | Everything falls neatly to hand , and all switches and indicators are clearly marked . |
| 59 | The reminiscing had begun and , although she paused briefly to hand round the plates and a bowl of crisp salad to go with the pie , there was no way Harry could stop her . |
| 60 | This inevitably leads to an undignified sprawl for most aspirants , relying heavily on the frictional property of stomachs , knees and anything else to hand , before the front face of the buttress is thankfully gained . |