Example sentences of "[adv] near at 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 | 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 . |
| 5 | I had surfaced somewhat ill-equipped from the Piccadilly Line dodging expanding umbrellas , and hoping that my destination was somewhere near at hand . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Are they reasonably near at hand ? |
| 8 | 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 . |