Example sentences of "[be] [adv] at hand " 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 | When it came to shopping , which is after all one of the main features of urban living , the average Parisian was a provincial who liked to choose his butcher and baker and who wanted them to be near at hand . |
| 3 | But an effective biological weapon — in the shape of a rather peculiar Chinese fish — may be near at hand . |
| 4 | But an effective treatment may be near at hand . |
| 5 | She never felt comfortable on entering a room full of strangers , and she hoped Bridget would be near at hand . |