Example sentences of "[vb past] in the hands " in BNC.
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| 1 | We 'll always have enough to eat here anyhow , ’ he said , feeling vulnerable in the face of the power that rested in the hands of the outside . |
| 2 | Ostensibly set up in 1928 with the aim of promoting the development of French proletarian literature and propagating the sectarian cultural views of RAPP ( the Association of Soviet Proletarian Writers ) , Monde became in the hands of Barbusse the site of cultural collaboration between communists and non-communists alike . |
| 3 | In the darkness I felt in the hands of God , someone who could do anything He liked with me , even though that someone was more likely to be Mr Slieman , the manager , who with his pencil moustache looked more like a used car salesman and was constantly trying to show Louise , the cashier and kiosk girl , his collection of prophylactics . |
| 4 | Power lay in the hands of a Committee of Public Safety , which represented all local parties and institutions . |
| 5 | The more power in Europe lay in the hands of a few strong States , the more a State system emerged in which the position of each was established through the recognition of the others . |
| 6 | As the French armies advanced , in the contracting area controlled by the patriots effective government and the war effort of the years 1808–14 lay in the hands of the Juntas . |
| 7 | In Britain , conflict was most severe prior to the First World War , when the power to call out the police and troops lay in the hands of local employer/magistrate , and occasions like the General Strike of 1926 when fears of a worker revolution were aroused . |
| 8 | Prior to the republican government reforms political and social power in Spain lay in the hands of a powerful minority of the church , army , and landowners . |
| 9 | CLAIMS that the future of Point of Ayr colliery lay in the hands of local management were refuted yesterday by Delyn MP David Hanson . |
| 10 | His last runner , in 1985 , was Embla , who won in the hands of Angel Cordero . |
| 11 | While all Panamanian military posts were reported secured yesterday , and US electronic warfare teams jammed most Panamanian-controlled TV and radio broadcasts , at least one central radio station remained in the hands of Noriega supporters , rallying the militia to resist the US invasion , and claiming to hold 40 American hostages . |
| 12 | In Staffordshire the forest of Cannock had virtually ceased to exist by the end of Elizabeth 's reign , and in Kinver Forest only Iverley Hay remained in the hands of the Crown , and even there the deer had disappeared , and the woods for the most part had been cut down . |
| 13 | However , the palace remained in the hands of the family until 1945 . |
| 14 | In Chichester , with 500 voters , nomination of one member remained in the hands of the Duke of Richmond . |
| 15 | For many centuries it remained in the hands mainly of the monastic houses , where there was always a physic garden containing the herbs required by the prevailing medical incumbent . |
| 16 | Soviet forces were able to employ enormous firepower , including helicopter gunships and SU-25 attack aircraft , but they established firm control only in the major cities and along the major highways , and much of the countryside remained in the hands of the Mujahaddin guerrillas . |
| 17 | Like the Bishop 's Castle Railway , the TVLR Company remained in the hands of the Receiver , and was in debt to the Cambrian Railway to the tune of £40,676 16s 8d by 1917 . |
| 18 | Due to problems in vote counting , the final results were not confirmed until three weeks after the election , but there was no change in control , which remained in the hands of the same five-party coalition as the national government . |
| 19 | The President of Fiji , Ratu Sir Penaia Ganilau , formally promulgated a new Constitution on July 25 , which was designed to ensure that political power remained in the hands of the country 's ethnic Melanesian population . |
| 20 | The key ministries of Defence and the Interior , however , remained in the hands of Maj.-Gen. |
| 21 | Real power remained in the hands of the union delegations but it now became possible for the local parties to ensure that their opinions were more effectively voiced . |