Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adv] [prep] 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 | The first morning we spent weaving with every other needle , laying the wool across by hand ! this put me off right away , because we were using punchcard machines , so nothing would have been easier than to slip in Card 1 and go ahead with our weaving without any trouble . |
| 4 | You then sail in company ( with help close to hand ) for the second week . |
| 5 | For this reason I believed that Dr Mumby should always have had full resuscitative equipment readily at hand . |
| 6 | Should you be working alone there is no help readily at hand and the consequences could be serious . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Cut out the trapdoor either by hand or power saw . |
| 10 | He was staring into the fire rather grimly and she had to take her courage firmly in hand . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | There is a regular bus service close to hand and also convenient shops . |
| 13 | Even a reference to some current event close to hand can offer a lead in to a topic . |
| 14 | Colour can be added to a photocopied card in two ways : first , by using coloured paper — black ink even on cream or grey ( Figures 3 and 8 ) looks much less harsh than black on white — and second , by adding colour later by hand . |
| 15 | Someone shouted from a slit trench near at hand , ‘ Great — what some bastards will do to get a Blighty . ’ |
| 16 | The shelling and the mortaring had ceased except for the occasional explosion near at hand . |
| 17 | There is such an area near at hand . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | During the campaign he has had morning press conferences complete with a TV-friendly backdrop , typed notes and a press secretary permanently on hand . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | But with all these things I prepared and waited , prepared and waited until I had the orchestra really in hand . |
| 22 | And the razor neatly to hand . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | The next farm in place and that was dairy cattle , I had five cows to milk then by hand , but only in the morning . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | The tracking system stores relevant details [ such as home address , employer and next of kin ] for all personnel travelling offshore and means that the relative response team will always have all the necessary information immediately to hand . |
| 27 | Captain Budd got through to the police station by telephone , only to be told that the constabulary had the situation well in hand . |
| 28 | And I had the situation well in hand . ’ |
| 29 | Such consultancies were seen as being prestigious in the eyes of candidates , having a wider field from which to chose , an extensive research resource immediately to hand , and the largest data banks . |
| 30 | It was a schizophrenic view , as he was depicted by cartoonists as a buffoon , a cringing halfwit with cap constantly in hand , but the balloons , the sandbags , the innumerable air-raid shelters attested to the underlying fear . |