Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] at hand " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now although in evolutionary terms , given the amounts of genetic variability usually at hand , it is likely that such behaviour has been arbitrary in the required sense ( witness Apis mellifera v. |
| 2 | There 's a light switch near at hand inside that tank and , as you are wearing ear plugs , you find yourself floating in a soundless , dark and warm environment . |
| 3 | For this reason I believed that Dr Mumby should always have had full resuscitative equipment readily at hand . |
| 4 | Should you be working alone there is no help readily at hand and the consequences could be serious . |
| 5 | And there is the nagging doubt that weaknesses in the financial system will hamper the real economy 's ability to pull through the hard days now at hand . |
| 6 | Most schools , I am glad to say , have aquariums and goldfish , water snails , weeds , stones , shells are to be observed carefully and often and the children can then create a picture from a real experience , not necessarily from direct observation , but with the experience near at hand for reference when needed . |
| 7 | Someone shouted from a slit trench near at hand , ‘ Great — what some bastards will do to get a Blighty . ’ |
| 8 | The shelling and the mortaring had ceased except for the occasional explosion near at hand . |
| 9 | You can see desolation but you are not part of it : the desolation being the rock and ice of the Pic de Néouvielle immediately at hand to the west . |
| 10 | There is such an area near at hand . |
| 11 | It was childish , he said , to think of ousting the French from Indo-China and stemming communism with the means then at hand and , considering the size of the military and economic aid programmes that were available , the pro-American movement could not be built overnight . |
| 12 | Though Shurton proved to be less than fertile ground for Pantisocracy , Henry Poole was quite happy to guide Coleridge and Southey to more promising territory near at hand . |
| 13 | I listened to attendant noises coming on gradually — the scuffles and grunts and curses of men near at hand , a more distant din of shod feet moving at the double , shouted commands . |
| 14 | Teachers will wish to use local examples near at hand , in order to relate the themes and issues of history directly to the pupil 's own area , and also because encouraging appreciation of the built heritage is a key objective of history teaching ( appreciating history all around us ) . |
| 15 | The other day we were drinking coffee on the terrace in front of my house , from which you can see the Wicklow Hills on clear evenings , and Clogwyn Du'r Arddu and Bus Stop Quarry ( which properly is called Allt Ddu closer at hand . |
| 16 | For Coleridge there was always the immediate possibility of escape , either to the bookroom near at hand , or to the more distant hills . |
| 17 | If very dirty they lay it in the stream , securing it with a large stone , and let the water flow through it for some time , after which they proceed as before … the linen is spread upon the rocks in the river , or the walls near at hand , and secured , like everything else by a stone at each corner … |