Example sentences of "[adv] to hand " in BNC.

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1 Charlton was picked up and carried to Hewett 's house where medical help was soon to hand .
2 She is expected soon to hand down a ruling .
3 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 .
4 When he did encounter problems , remedies were easily to hand .
5 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 .
6 As Miranda was halfway down the dark and narrow stairwell , she realised who it was who had so disarmed Madame that she had not scolded Marie-Angèle ( for not being downstairs to hand , to run the message up to Mlle Everard ) , or waited to reproach Miranda herself for allowing visitors to call without appointments and cause all this trouble to her hostess in the Hotel Davenant .
7 ‘ For someone who started out by stating he was not here to make judgments , you would appear to have a few already to hand , ’ he said acidly .
8 A pile was already to hand and he began folding the pamphlets and inserting them into the envelopes .
9 time and again the Ministerial contribution to penal policy-making … lies not in the Minister 's bringing in his own fresh policy ideas , but in his operating creatively and with political drive upon ideas , proposals , reports , etc. , that are , so to speak , already to hand , often within the department but sometimes in the surrounding world of penal thought .
10 The founder 's desire is usually to hand on to his children a more prosperous business than he inherited , and under the latest provisions it will be extremely difficult to do so .
11 It has the usual big , doleful ballads , smartly arranged and sung , but written with a dictionary of cliches too close to hand .
12 Jesus looked to material close to hand for the subject matter of his parables .
13 There is a regular bus service close to hand and also convenient shops .
14 You then sail in company ( with help close to hand ) for the second week .
15 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 .
16 Even a reference to some current event close to hand can offer a lead in to a topic .
17 Easy the congestion with a very special binder for our pull-out-and-keep Gardeners ' Manual , and keep this invaluable reference work together and always to hand .
18 Winterbottom , who led England out in honour of his 50th cap , was as vigilant as ever in defence and always to hand in attack .
19 At a much simpler level , engineers being what they are , recognition of achievement is an effective motivator that is always to hand and , as long as it is ‘ felt fair ’ by peers , runs no great risks in being applied .
20 A useful selection of stone was also to hand ; travertine , a form of hard limestone from the area near Tivoli , also tufa and peperino , both of volcanic origin .
21 Proof is now to hand that some exciting airframes are still there !
22 The allegiance he needed was now to hand .
23 The number of photographs taken of ‘ Carlisle ’ and ‘ No 1 ’ so far to hand are 23 of ‘ Carlisle ’ and 15 of ‘ No 1 ’ .
24 Thus we 've never considered it right to hand out cheques on a mere whim , deciding to sponsor a project , or support a charity because it happened to be the flavour of the month , or because a director had some some particular keen interest in it .
25 At the end of April 1916 , he is reputed to have expressed to General Gallwitz his readiness to come to terms with France , and even to hand back Metz .
26 All the relevant documents will then be appended to the same computer file , so that whenever a customer rings or when a job is actioned , all pertinent information is immediately to hand — for whoever needs it .
27 Such consultancies were seen as being prestigious in the eyes of candidates , having a wider field from which to chose , an extensive research resource immediately to hand , and the largest data banks .
28 The reception office should be so organised that all sources of information necessary to answer enquiries are immediately to hand .
29 The answer regarding the glass would probably have to be , nothing that lay immediately to hand .
30 The tracking system stores relevant details [ such as home address , employer and next of kin ] for all personnel travelling offshore and means that the relative response team will always have all the necessary information immediately to hand .
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