Example sentences of "hands of [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whereas for Marxist-Leninists , the nationalization of property in the hands of a workers ' State ensured that through the institutions which represented them — the State , the party , the soviets and the trade unions — the working masses were now in command , for libertarians this represented little more than a ‘ change of guard ’ . |
| 2 | Tommaso Soldati was the stuccoist for the beautiful sala terrena — a sort of cross between a porte cochère and atmospheric garden room — and frescos were carried out by J. J. Stevens of Steinfels when , in 1717–24 , the palace was in the hands of the Kolowrats of Liebstein . |
| 3 | Extra-Statutory Concession C16 provides that the total cash distribution prior to striking off will be treated as capital in the hands of the shareholders , in accordance with s 209(1) , ICTA 1988 , so that the provisions of that sub-section apply . |
| 4 | The decision will be in the hands of the councillors . |
| 5 | Similarly any prerecorded voices , sound effects and incidental music needed to be prepared and in the hands of the Grams Operator , in order of cueing , before zero hour on the big day . |
| 6 | I am of the opinion that it should be stressed that these are the intentions of the organisers who are in the hands of the operators of Network SouthEast . |
| 7 | Sue Harvey urges parents to think before they buy and not to play into the hands of the clubs : |
| 8 | Both parliament and the bishops were intent on ensuring they would never again suffer humiliation at the hands of the Puritans as they had during the Civil War and its aftermath . |
| 9 | When Edward Mansell of Swansea and Thomas Davies of Llandaff conducted a survey into Anglican sufferings at the hands of the Puritans , their results revealed the survival of deep and widespread religious resentments in South Wales some fifty years after the Interregnum . |
| 10 | Oh , I remember them , though Louise , the cold , blue hands of the dancers in the winter , their poor fragile necks and thin legs ! |
| 11 | The concentration of power in the hands of the managers of the largest companies could not be seen as a necessary bulwark against the power of the state . |
| 12 | The whole matter is in the hands of the courts at the moment . |
| 13 | The Department of Transport has refused to comment , as it says the matter is now in the hands of the courts . |
| 14 | He suggested that ethical committees could be set up across the country to provide an independent source of advice for doctors and families , taking the matter out of the hands of the courts . |
| 15 | When the ambulance came , Bodie carried her from his car to the safe hands of the experts . |
| 16 | But love them or leave them , it 's best they 're kept in the hands of the experts . |
| 17 | In acknowledgement of British decency , it must be said that Gandhi possessed the supreme advantage in his campaigns of knowing that , so long as he confined his activities to non-violent protest , he was not risking death at the hands of the authorities . |
| 18 | That was when they all realized acting like this was only playing into the hands of the authorities and giving them a real basis for enforcing their petty laws . |
| 19 | ‘ Ipuky wanted me to join forces with him , but I decided to leave matters in the hands of the authorities . |
| 20 | ‘ Knowing the condition of Mrs Hanby after her illness in the 1970s , they placed more pressure on them , by placing more children with a difficult upbringing in the hands of the Hanbys ’ . |
| 21 | Aelfflaed 's testimony suggests that Aldfrith had not certainly engineered his son 's succession and that Osred 's triumph over Eadwulf was the work of a powerful faction at court devoted to the preservation of royal power in the hands of the descendants of Oswiu . |
| 22 | ‘ The placing of adequate purchasing power in the hands of the citizens so that they will spend more ’ , wrote Beveridge in 1944 , ‘ should be the main instrument of a full employment policy . ’ |
| 23 | It was symptomatic rather than part of the train of thought that led to his decision : Britain , as a great power , could not leave her security in the hands of the Americans , who , however friendly , could veer so unpredictably from generous international collaboration to self-centred isolationism . |
| 24 | By writ dated 6 August 1991 the plaintiffs in the first action , Barclays Bank Plc. claimed £389,431 from the defendants , Glasgow City Council , being moneys had and received to the plaintiffs ' use as having been paid under void contracts ; or contracts for which the consideration had totally failed ; which were traceable by the plaintiffs into the hands of the defendants , the retention of which would be unconscionable ; which would cause the defendants to be unjustly enriched ; or which the defendants held upon an implied or resulting or constructive trust in favour of the plaintiffs ; or to which the plaintiffs were entitled on the grounds that the defendants had spent the money on their lawful activities or applied them towards the discharge of their liabilities . |
| 25 | And Alan Millet traced a path to discover how well a man might withstand the sophistication of modern interrogation at the hands of the masters of that art . |
| 26 | When one is considering law in the hands of the judges , law means the body of rules and guidelines within which society requires its judges to administer justice . |
| 27 | About a hundred people work here now and the months in the hands of the administrators have left them fearful |
| 28 | Bernard of Savoy , in December 1241 appointed constable and warden of Windsor castle and forest , was granted a salary of £10 a year by the hands of the bailiffs of Windsor , and one tun of wine . |
| 29 | The Dutch complained that they had strengthened the hands of the Indonesians : they were presented with a bill by the Dutch for the use of barracks , railroads , and other facilities during their occupation ( which was not paid ) . |
| 30 | Instead he stumbles on America , setting up a colony of fornicating drunks who deservedly get their come-uppance at the hands of the Indians they mistreat in the name of Christianity . |