Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] [prep] hand " in BNC.
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| 1 | Besides , straining one 's eyes over these distant shapes can not compete with the fun available so near at hand . |
| 2 | His faith comprised curiously disparate elements — the rough , frightened , humility of the countryman ; the thoughtful worshipper ; the vigorous enquirer ; and even though not a micro-molecule of disrespect ever enters his attitude towards his Deity , his natural radical-ness stood so near at hand one can almost feel its heat . |
| 3 | Possibly , but the site of Clairvaux suggests an explanation much nearer at hand . |
| 4 | The number of photographs taken of ‘ Carlisle ’ and ‘ No 1 ’ so far to hand are 23 of ‘ Carlisle ’ and 15 of ‘ No 1 ’ . |
| 5 | And that much now in hand . |
| 6 | Nobody else cared about it , were pleased , in fact , to co-exist with such splendid aggro material so conveniently to hand . |
| 7 | He referred to Inwood , whose name was to be kept alive at the new hospital , and which had been likened to a ‘ five star hotel ’ , and where patients had particular cause to be grateful to the town 's GP 's who were so conveniently on hand at the Health Centre . |
| 8 | This arrangement allowed the elaborate wooden structure of the steeply pitched roof — now much closer at hand following the insertion of the upper floor — to remain unmodified , an impressive preserved construction ‘ oversailing ’ the new living accommodation . |
| 9 | Collegians , McCluskey was once again on hand to finish a blind side move and score in the corner . |
| 10 | Well clearly it serves a different function from the from the A fifty nine erm in terms of er its role , then er it is a different role , I would accept that in that there are other parallel routes er more closely at hand , clearly the A one which is to be improved to motorway standard . |
| 11 | He also had the advantage of employment at a much livelier court — that of Mantua where Tasso became his friend , with that of Ferrara and the celebrated three lady singers who ornamented it from c. 1580 onward near at hand . |
| 12 | I had surfaced somewhat ill-equipped from the Piccadilly Line dodging expanding umbrellas , and hoping that my destination was somewhere near at hand . |
| 13 | The supporters from three of these teams have a history of violence ; in Cairo , riot police are nearly always on hand , and even referees need protection from death threats . |
| 14 | After some tricky aid above the pegs , a section of typically marvellous free climbing , on pockets and depressions with target features reasonably near at hand , took me to the edge of the abyss — a blank wall with a piece of tat weaving , taunting , 40 feet above . |
| 15 | Are they reasonably near at hand ? |
| 16 | She was also there to hand out honorary doctorates … notably to the novellist P.D . |
| 17 | If only I had as much spare time as you evidently do , then I would happily reciprocate by wandering about this house reminding you of tasks you have perfectly well in hand . ’ |
| 18 | Hourly electric trains connect London to the U.K. 's Northern Capital in under two hours , whilst the regional attractions of York and Harrogate rest even closer to hand . |
| 19 | But if by eclecticism is meant the random and expedient use of whatever technique comes most readily to hand , then it has no merit whatever . |
| 20 | Once you have eliminated superfluous items in this way , you can prioritize the rest of your storage so that the most useful items come most readily to hand . |
| 21 | Erm it 's hard just off hand but h he mentions several several things . |
| 22 | He found that man more easily than he had anticipated , quite near at hand , indeed , having himself just completed his return charge and now wondering what to do next . |
| 23 | Then again by hand , knit two tubular rows on these same eight stitches . |
| 24 | Such accusations lie not with counselling , but with a kind of primitive logic which associates pain with whatever is most closely at hand . |
| 25 | We should n't leave them lying around the house like a tube of vitamin C. If the words come too easily to hand , we 'll use them without thought ; we wo n't be able to resist . |
| 26 | It has the usual big , doleful ballads , smartly arranged and sung , but written with a dictionary of cliches too close to hand . |