Example sentences of "the [noun sg] be [prep] the hands " in BNC.
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| 1 | There were 140 parcels , of which only forty-seven were occupied by the head tenants , the remainder being in the hands of subtenants . |
| 2 | Of course , the case is in the hands of the Parquet . ’ |
| 3 | The ceremony was in the hands of Mr Alexander Dubcek , who came in from the political cold less than 24 hours before , to be elected head of the new-style Federal Assembly . |
| 4 | Rents are kept to a reasonable level to enable as many people as possible to benefit , and the maintenance is in the hands of a committee who hold regular fund-raising events . |
| 5 | More than 75 per cent of the equity is in the hands of professional investors , many of them through Swiss nominee names . |
| 6 | The patronage is in the hands of the Prime Minister who may from time to time invite leaders of opposition parties to propose names . |
| 7 | If a rating or precepting authority over-rated or over-precepted , the remedy was in the hands of the electorate … |
| 8 | Where after a full dissolution the winding up of the practice is in the hands of some only of the former partners an allowance may be made to them in recognition of their efforts before the net profits are determined for the purposes of this section or otherwise . |
| 9 | During the 16th century the mill was in the hands of various members of the Hone family , later passing to the clothier , Thomas Tayloe , from whom the mill took one of its best-remembered names . |
| 10 | By 1839 the mill was in the hands of Richard Hone and in 1840 he installed some form of steam engine , probably to power such auxiliary equipment as a winnower and bolting machine . |
| 11 | The direction of the Council is in the hands of The Executive . |
| 12 | The direction of the Council is in the hands of The Executive . |
| 13 | The firing hole of the kiln was temporarily blocked with bricks and clay and the control of the burn was in the hands of the ganger . |
| 14 | They had no estates of any size there , and although the king 's representative in Bordeaux and a number of high officials were English , the government of the duchy was in the hands of the Gascons and places in the Church were filled by Gascon prelates . |
| 15 | On the premise that ‘ too many cooks spoil the broth ’ , he asks us to reiterate that day to day management of the Village is in the hands of the Warden , Mrs. Pat Holmes , and any guidance , questions or advice on such matters should be addressed to her in the first instance . |
| 16 | The bills of lading covering the cargo were in the hands of a Madame Bihi who was the accredited Ambassador of the Republic of Somalia to the United Nations Organisations in Geneva . |
| 17 | The context of each story in the Gospel was in the hands of the author himself . |
| 18 | One has responsibility for one 's thoughts , feelings and actions but the outcome is in the hands of God . |
| 19 | By the beginning of the 19th century the site was in the hands of Thomas England but shortly afterwards was leased and run by members of the Austin family . |
| 20 | As has been noted , it was round about now that the Encyclopaedia Britannica contract was being fulfilled , and the houses involved ( Clark 's , Morrison & Gibb and Ballantyne 's ) all had women working their Monotypes in 1909.23 Fraser , the director of Neill 's , had told the Fair Wage Committee of 1908 that he did not think his customers would like the quality of machine work , but that if he did not employ women , he would certainly install machines instead.24 In January 1909 the STJ ( the Circular had now changed its name to the Scottish Typographical Journal ) was sounding the alarm : " Our trade is going over to machinery , and the machinery is in the hands of underpaid girls . " |
| 21 | Some of the most significant work of industrial archaeology has been done here since 1959 , and the industrial buildings and relics of the district are in the hands of the Ironbridge Gorge Museum ( q.v . ) . |
| 22 | Suppose that the administration of the policy is in the hands of a government agency . |
| 23 | In Baluchistan , the route for a major portion of Afghanistan 's opium , the government is in the hands of the opposition . |
| 24 | Lord Palumbo said : ‘ The matter is in the hands of my solicitor . ’ |
| 25 | Mr Friend said : ‘ The matter is in the hands of the police . ’ |
| 26 | Saunders was unavailable for comment yesterday , but a spokesman for the striker said : ‘ The matter is in the hands of solicitors and there will be no further comment . ’ |
| 27 | We can not discuss it , because the matter is in the hands of the Privileges Committee . |
| 28 | A spokesman for Wirral Hospital Trust , which combines the Arrowe Park and Clatterbridge sites , said he had no comment to make , and the matter was in the hands of the police . |
| 29 | They argued that the Senate was in the hands of a mainly southern élite , armed with a self-serving code of legislative norms . |
| 30 | The book was in the hands of a Cambridge bookseller in 1812 . |