Example sentences of "[noun] [is] [adv] [prep] [art] hands " in BNC.
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| 1 | Again , the remedy is largely in the hands of the head . |
| 2 | Niazy 's letter clearing Mrs Paleschi is still in the hands of her Egyptian lawyer , Abdul Raoul Mardi . |
| 3 | House Music Competitions The Senior House Music Competition in the Second Term is entirely in the hands of the pupils . |
| 4 | England 's batting talent is now in the hands of ex-Middlesex star Radley , the MCC chief coach . |
| 5 | Spencer Stuart is the only firm which has , so far , achieved the full transition to a structure where control of the business and the appointment of its management is genuinely in the hands of its consultants . |
| 6 | As we have seen , the residential care of elderly people is predominantly in the hands of private companies . |
| 7 | The firm is now in the hands of managing director Tim Watkins and ‘ a private family concern ’ . |
| 8 | Today , the administration of local government is variously in the hands of the county , the borough , the district and the parish . |
| 9 | It is not just that many of the old structures of central planning have been demolished , or that much of the government is now in the hands of people who still refer to themselves quite unselfconsciously as ‘ the opposition ’ . |
| 10 | The Department of Transport has refused to comment , as it says the matter is now in the hands of the courts . |
| 11 | The matter is now in the hands of the police , after the shop owners gave them details of the two men . |
| 12 | The education of very small children is entirely in the hands of the mother and nurse . |
| 13 | A spokesman for William Hill says : We have no trace of the bet , the original copy is now in the hands of the police . |
| 14 | Elitist theories argue that power is always in the hands of a minority . |
| 15 | Their reward is often in the hands of those of us who are campaigning professionals . |
| 16 | The plant is now in the hands of commissioning teams . |
| 17 | As for serving sausages — that task is normally in the hands of Stella and Bill Martin , whose absence compels me to step into the breach . ’ |