Example sentences of "[adj] be [prep] [art] hands [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some are in the hands of collectors or co-operatives of enthusiasts who see them as relics to cherish and maintain as part of our heritage , but these are in the minority . |
| 2 | Our billetors were obliged , wherever possible , to provide us with one bath per week ; where this was not possible , facilities were available at B.P. , but this interfered with transport provisions , and sometimes a request for private transport was necessary , though not readily granted , and arrangements for this were in the hands of a Mrs Wildboar-Smith . |
| 3 | A few were in the hands of private companies , but the majority were owned either by the Federal or state governments . |
| 4 | erm You must recognise that the general outline of school education , from primary and in secondary level , is a matter of policy , and this is in the hands of the D E S and local authorities . |
| 5 | Lifers were entitled after two years to apply for furlough to maintain contact with their families , but this was in the hands of the police department , not the prison authorities , and was rarely granted — a matter of some concern to the gaol Superintendent . |
| 6 | As we go to press we have been informed that AGI ( Electronics ) Ltd. and its subsidiaries KEF Electronics Ltd. , Meridian Audio Ltd. and Boothroyd Stuart Ltd. are in the hands of the receiver . |
| 7 | Spiritual achievements can not be measured — these are in the hands of God . |
| 8 | Capitalist activity in the nineteenth century , for the reasons discussed above , was mainly associated with new types of activity , such as cocoa production or mineral mining , whether these were in the hands of European or African entrepreneurs . |
| 9 | This right was often exercised and mean that by 1983 many were in the hands of individuals with no interest in golf , but who had inherited bonds by assignment through parents or grandparents . |
| 10 | The latter was in the hands of Motamid 's younger brother , who at once made an alliance with most of the states of Catalonia , including Barcelona , where El Cid had recently offered his services and been turned away . |
| 11 | Although the latter was in the hands of people who rarely expressed anything but praise for the Government and TANU , neither of these institutions had editorial control , and there was always the possibility of its political line changing : after all , Ulimwengu had formerly been a firm TANU supporter . |
| 12 | In 1975 , Wilcox listed seventy-one newspapers in independent black African countries , of which all but twenty were in the hands of governments or ruling parties . |
| 13 | In fact , when the bonds were redeemed in 1983 the 280 bonds issued in 1907 were in the hands of only 47 people who had the power to elect two-thirds of the committee to run a club with over 600 members ! |
| 14 | That is in the hands of the government . ’ |
| 15 | Your Royal Highness , it follows to me er Council have debated the Riding Report er a lot of it they did not accept , many of the ideas were referred back for further reconsideration and that is in the hands of the Central Management Committee at the moment and we are proposing to develop the ideas and come back to Council and the wh whole report is not forgotten . |
| 16 | ‘ The souls of the dead are in the hands of God , ’ he 'd said . |
| 17 | I feel I shall at last be in the hands of someone who will bring me back to health , to life . |