Example sentences of "[is] [adv] [prep] [art] hands " in BNC.
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| 1 | Judicial independence means that judges are not dependent on governments in ways which might influence them in coming to decisions in individual cases , though their promotion , like their appointment , is effectively in the hands of the Lord Chancellor with , nowadays , a measure of Prime Ministerial intervention . |
| 2 | The most remarkable fact about the appointment of judges is that it is wholly in the hands of politicians . |
| 3 | As we have seen , the residential care of elderly people is predominantly in the hands of private companies . |
| 4 | The education of very small children is entirely in the hands of the mother and nurse . |
| 5 | House Music Competitions The Senior House Music Competition in the Second Term is entirely in the hands of the pupils . |
| 6 | 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 . ’ |
| 7 | Though conservation of our most endangered species of butterflies ( such as large blue , heath fritillary and swallowtail ) is largely in the hands of experts , keen amateurs can still make a valuable contribution to conserving commoner species . |
| 8 | Again , the remedy is largely in the hands of the head . |
| 9 | Elitist theories argue that power is always in the hands of a minority . |
| 10 | Niazy 's letter clearing Mrs Paleschi is still in the hands of her Egyptian lawyer , Abdul Raoul Mardi . |
| 11 | I asked for this to be arranged twelve months ago , but it is still in the hands of the solicitor , who does not answer letters . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | But that 's really in the hands of the individuals that er are selling the advertising . |
| 14 | 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 ’ . |
| 15 | Cartón de Colombia was founded in 1944 , largely on the basis of North American capital , that is now in the hands of the Mobil Oil Company . |
| 16 | It is now in the hands of the Minister for Economic Development . |
| 17 | A similar checklist in the original report , showing companies which used five or more techniques , threw up names like Maxwell Communication Corporation which subsequently went into administration , Asda whose boardroom shake-up followed a £365m pre-tax loss , LEP which is now in the hands of a company doctor , British Aerospace which is about to undergo further restructuring , and Ultramar which was taken over after reporting losses . |
| 18 | England 's batting talent is now in the hands of ex-Middlesex star Radley , the MCC chief coach . |
| 19 | The firm is now in the hands of managing director Tim Watkins and ‘ a private family concern ’ . |
| 20 | The former boss of Polly Peck , a textile-to-foods group which is now in the hands of administrators , has wealth beyond Britain 's reach . |
| 21 | Swan Hunter , whose present workforce numbers 2,200 , is now in the hands of receivers and has been in acute crisis since failing to win a vital Ministry of Defence helicopter-carrier order . |
| 22 | The plant is now in the hands of commissioning teams . |
| 23 | A spokesman for William Hill says : We have no trace of the bet , the original copy is now in the hands of the police . |
| 24 | The Department of Transport has refused to comment , as it says the matter is now in the hands of the courts . |
| 25 | The matter is now in the hands of the police , after the shop owners gave them details of the two men . |
| 26 | ‘ It is now in the hands of the Crown , but if we do n't conclude the investigation soon , there is every chance they 'll be released . ’ |
| 27 | Their reward is often in the hands of those of us who are campaigning professionals . |
| 28 | ‘ There is nothing I can do , ’ said the King , as she was dragged away , ‘ I can see those in charge , but it 's now in the hands of the Justice people . ’ |
| 29 | It is fortunately in the hands of such a man as Captain Vidal , R.N. , who has steadily devoted himself , during a long period of ill-health , to complete this unpopular work , and to connect with it a minute examination of the Canary Islands . ’ |
| 30 | The draft written by Sir Anthony Barrowclough , the Ombudsman , is currently in the hands of the DTI for factual checking . |