Example sentences of "[modal v] be at hand " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of the senior staff in the Home should be at hand to deal with formalities . |
| 2 | Oxygen , suction and emergency equipment must be at hand and in working order . |
| 3 | But the time must be at hand to see if he can do for Scotland what he is doing for Celtic , and not simply because of injury to others . |
| 4 | So when the recent rains filled the gutters and left my back garden awash , I assumed an end to the ban might be at hand . |
| 5 | If you 've ever worried about how to get a spider out of your bath … help could be at hand . |
| 6 | Until now the only sure solution has been to grow peaches under glass , but help may be at hand . |
| 7 | So for all you prospective parents out there help may be at hand in around two years time . |
| 8 | A BREAKTHROUGH may be at hand in combating one of the most perplexing diseases of adolescence , juvenile diabetes . |
| 9 | But an end to illicit trafficking in these drugs may be at hand . |
| 10 | Whatever happens , Tendulkar is no doubt resting easily at night safe in the knowledge that Geoffrey Boycott has already emerged as a sort of godfather figure , willing to be called on to help at any time , to be party to any photo opportunity that may be at hand . |
| 11 | Some relief may be at hand . |
| 12 | Help may be at hand , tough , in the shape of a small development team called Direct Designs . |
| 13 | Well , help may be at hand from two fronts . |
| 14 | If you 're fed up with your teenage children getting under your feet in the school holidays , help may be at hand . |
| 15 | So , er , help may be at hand in the future . |
| 16 | But help may be at hand in the form of Holly , a dalmatian which is the middle of a phantom pregnancy . |
| 17 | If either of you should get into difficulties , help will be at hand . |
| 18 | Officers will be at hand to assist any disabled persons . |