Example sentences of "[noun pl] [adv] [prep] hand " in BNC.
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| 1 | Those projects already in hand have made progress presentations to the Steering Committee . |
| 2 | The Stanley Powerlock , the world 's best-selling pocket measuring tape , is being given away in miniature to help keep house , car and office keys easily to hand . |
| 3 | 9.12 Licences etc under hand Whilst the Landlord is a limited company or other corporation all licences consents approvals and notices required to be given by the Landlord shall be sufficiently given if given under the hand of a director the secretary or other duly authorised officer of the Landlord [ or the Surveyor on behalf of the Landlord ] Without this provision , the effectiveness of licences and consents granted by the landlord during the term and not under seal could be in doubt . |
| 4 | Going on to the last lap Dunlop had matters well in hand but further down the field behind McCallen there was drama when Alan Patterson , who had been in third place and going well , suddenly shot through the final bend and took the wrong road for the second time today losing his chance of a place . |
| 5 | Dunlop appeared to be catching Moodie and he had already put in that record lap of 115.62mph on lap three , but Moodie always had matters well in hand . |
| 6 | The point may be stressed , for experience has shown how important it is to have these volumes always on hand for cross-referencing with later works , or providing new ideas for lines of investigation . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | We will examine its financial aims and objectives , how they impact on the finance function , some of the problems of implementation , and whether they are consistent with the changes already in hand . |
| 9 | Rather to Folly 's surprise , Lisa seemed to have things well in hand by the time she had calmed down enough to return to the Rose Bowl . |
| 10 | Satisfied his companions had things well in hand , he turned back to his task of shepherding his quota of stumbling , coughing , bemused refugees into the shelter of the huge container truck . |
| 11 | In the eleventh and twelfth centuries to build in stone , granite or marble was a prodigious undertaking , particularly if the area concerned did not possess the materials close to hand . |
| 12 | They were built from the materials closest to hand and so have an utterly distinct regional character . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Paul pulled several cubes of sugar from his pocket and tossed them among the children , and they squealed and fought among themselves , passing the prizes eventually from hand to hand . |
| 15 | The profit on that deal was $ 21 million , with the great majority of assets still in hand . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 ) . |
| 18 | Its disclosures also served to heighten the WEA 's apprehension about the problems inherent in the RAC policy and confirmed the worst fears of those WEA members who were involved in the difficult protracted negotiations currently in hand in early 1939 . |
| 19 | He was one of those who saw the possibilities opened up by the cheaper paper , and the coming of machine-made cases instead of hand bookbindings , of about 1830 . |
| 20 | pulling the crude green tiles away by hand . |
| 21 | Some of the interesting scientific and development projects currently in hand for Vanuatu are deep ocean drilling on ODP Leg 134 , geothermal energy investigations near the capital Port Vila , and the emplacement of a wave-energy measuring buoy . |
| 22 | 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 … |