Example sentences of "in [art] capable hands " in BNC.
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1 | He had seemed indefatigable ; his diaries reveal that between 1865 and 1870 he had travelled at least forty-two thousand miles per year , but he died only seven years after his father , leaving the business in the capable hands of his sons Ernest , Frank and Tom . |
2 | I am glad that the business continues to flourish in the capable hands of Rodney Shipsey — the third generation . |
3 | Next , Helen was put in the capable hands of Daniel Hersheson who reshaped her hair . |
4 | Yet whenever you feel the urge to venture forth into civilisation again — perhaps for a romantic dinner a deux , or a soothing massage in the capable hands of a master masseur — the first class Hotel and adjoining Country Club are but a short walk from your front door . |
5 | Fund raising was underway , in the capable hands of TMAM Chairman Jimmy Beedle , who had flown from Tangmere with 43 Squadron in 1940 , was the author of the superb book The Fighting Cocks and Secretary of the 43 Squadron Association . |
6 | During the Sunday a demonstration freight train was run in the capable hands of Class 14 with TOPS number 14029 ( D9529 ) which it never carried being withdrawn from BR operating stock in 1968 after just three years in service and before TOPS renumbering took place in 1972 . |
7 | Other traction included ex-Haymarket and Eastfield Class 20 , 20227 which was running in BR Railfreight livery , Class 25 , D7671 in BR green , 45133 belonging to the Class 45/1 Loco Society and former ECML flyer Deltic 55015 Tulyar which was in the capable hands of driver Bill Foster who is also Operations Supervisor on the line . |
8 | The aircraft had previously been flown in the USA as N190DH until a crash at Sellersburg , Indiana , on September 22 , 1987 , following which it was imported into the UK in 1989 and has only recently completed rebuild in the capable hands of Cliff Lovell , giving us a second airworthy DH.90 alongside Wessex Aviation & Transport 's G–AEDT . |
9 | ONE TIME RESIDENT in the Southend Historic Aircraft Museum , Fiet G.46–IV MM53211/BAPC 79 has , after many years for storage and neglect , surfaced at Duxford in the capable hands of the Aircraft Restoration Company ( ARCO ) , builders of Blenheims and other interesting aircraft . |
10 | On the evening of Thursday July 2 , TE566 eased into the air for a short test flight in the capable hands of John Allison . |
11 | Leaving his Norman border in the capable hands of his cousin , the warlike Bishop of Beauvais , he advanced westwards from Vendôme , along the valley of the Loire . |
12 | The preparation of ingredients for the sauce for the kidneys was now in the capable hands of Algernon Peckham , once Auguste had extracted a promise not to follow the Soyer recipe ‘ by mistake ’ . |
13 | Rothesay Castle has been in the capable hands of custodian Fiona Macrae for the last eight years , assisted throughout the summer months by her father Finlay , who has been the seasonal custodian for over twenty years . |
14 | Entertainment was in the capable hands of instrument mechanic Dennis Brown , who acted as compere and arranged for a guest appearance by Blackpool duo Rendezvous . |
15 | ‘ Most of the fun lies in the capable hands of Michael Crawford as a witless bank cashier who is deputed to de-porn the flat , ’ wrote the London Evening News . |
16 | It was no affair of his that she had left the London studio in the capable hands of her assistant . |
17 | The accompaniments were in the capable hands of the Edinburgh Players who , led by Philip Taylor , opened proceedings with a workmanlike account of a Concerto Grosso by Geminiani . |