Example sentences of "[adv] at hand [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A table or trolley of relevant books and resources could be constantly at hand when teaching history . |
| 2 | An explanation was soon at hand when it was revealed the ‘ etchings ’ were carved by none other than Ladakhi road-builders , employed on the path in 1982 . |
| 3 | The screen is extremely well laid out and help is always at hand as there are many commands for the game . |
| 4 | The screen is extremely well laid out and help is always at hand as there are many commands for the game . |
| 5 | Lots of tavernas and restaurants are near at hand and Faliraki 's great nightlife is within easy walking distance , approximately 15–20 minutes away . |
| 6 | He sent a letter demanding its surrender , but its new ruler replied that the mighty Yusuf was near at hand and that if El Cid wished , he , the ruler of Valencia , would use his influence to gain El Cid a position under the true ruler of Spain ! |
| 7 | Writing in 1783 , long before social anthropology had assumed any coherent shape or even possessed a name , the eighteenth-century French social philosopher , J. J. Rousseau proclaimed our guiding assumption : ‘ One needs to look near at hand if one wants to study men : but to study man one must learn to look from afar : one must first observe differences in order to discover attributes . ’ |
| 8 | Should you be working alone there is no help readily at hand and the consequences could be serious . |
| 9 | 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 . |