Example sentences of "[coord] [prep] [art] hands of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Subsequently , such authors as the Brontë sisters , Jane Austen , Oliver Goldsmith , Jonathan Swift and others of great renown were the apparent signatories of letters placed in the care of Mr Singleton and sold by him by way of his bookshop or through the hands of trusted business friends who ran seemingly dowdy or seedy little second-hand enterprises in shops dark and dusty . |
| 2 | In such conditions power slips away from parliament , either into the hands of criminal organisations who control huge sections of the economy or into the hands of powerful industrialists . |
| 3 | The capital sum would have been paid indirectly to the settlor ( see the case of Potts v IRC [ 1951 ] AC 443 especially at 460 where Lord Oaksey states : having regard to the object of the statute I think the words " paid directly or indirectly to the settlor " should be held to mean paid into the settlor 's hands or into the hands of someone accountable to him ) . |
| 4 | Even the half-mortals do n't know — they still think Undry 's lost , or in the hands of the dark powers . |
| 5 | He obviously thought her friends would either be dead , or in the hands of the Gestapo . |
| 6 | Already 24 of the 64 units are let or in the hands of solicitors and another 22 have attracted specific applications . |
| 7 | Bacterial surveillance of the outpatient clinic failed to culture P cepacia from air sampled during physiotherapy , in the waiting room , or from the hands of doctors , nurses , and physiotherapists either before or after the clinic . |
| 8 | Many shops were boarded up , their owners having perished in the war or at the hands of the Komitehs , or been bankrupted by the collapsed economy . |
| 9 | It faced certain doom either at the polls or at the hands of the National Union of Mineworkers . |
| 10 | The hazard of confiscation by Frenchmen of opposing loyalties in times of political turbulence , or at the hands of the English during the occupation of much of northern France between 1417 and 1450 , could also lead to greatly diminished revenues . |
| 11 | There must have been something in the Florida air in addition to vitamin C. One of the passes from Vinny Testaverde , the Tampa Bay quarterback , went through the hands of his intended receiver right in front of the goal-line , and into the hands of a team-mate , Mark Carrier , for a touchdown . |
| 12 | OUTLAWING basic computer hacking will amount to ‘ a charter for blackmail ’ and will drive innocent youngsters underground and into the hands of serious criminals , according to Alistair Kelman , a barrister who is an expert on computer law . |
| 13 | They could let conditions worsen ; or they could move power back to national government ; or they could re-organise the electoral boundaries so that the irresponsible Left loses its tight inner urban constituencies ; or they could push power out beyond local government and into the hands of the people whom it is elected to serve . |
| 14 | The manor passed out of the hands of the Archbishop and into the hands of the Crown in 1545 . |
| 15 | Images , feelings and emotions are drained down the cords and into the hands of the Great Enchanter , who crushes them into a frail stream of dust , all that remains of the soul . |
| 16 | It is getting into the position of an excellent prize of war ; strategically it points right into the heart of Japan and into the hands of an enemy it weakens the Japanese bastion of Western defence . |
| 17 | The ostler , whose accent was almost unintelligible , muttered that on the night the murders had been committed , I had been hustled dead drunk out of the tavern and into the hands of strangers waiting in the yard . |
| 18 | My goal is to get the technology out of the lab and into the hands of others . ’ |
| 19 | It is all part of gathering more power , whatever may be said by the Government about his intentions int into the hands of Whitehall and into the hands of ministers who at the moment will be Conservative , but very shortly I think are likely to be Labour . |
| 20 | It is therefore argued that the operation of monetary policy should be taken out of the hands of the government which is politically motivated and into the hands of the Central Bank , which is neutral but has a reputation to uphold ( such a situation exists in Germany , with the Bundesbank deciding on monetary policy ) . |
| 21 | The earthquake , paradoxically , helped preserve the ancient city both from the ravages of time and from the hands of looters . |
| 22 | This reinforces the social inequality and regional disparities encouraged by the concentration of wealth and capital in the big cities and in the hands of the dominant classes . |
| 23 | While in isolation and in the hands of enthusiasts , each subject had merit ( although there was great concern about premature labelling ) , in total it was unmanageable . |
| 24 | Expressed in the Dreikaiserbund and in the hands of a Bismarck , the self-interest of monarchs could be of European significance as a force for peace . |
| 25 | Extremely good ideas may have been incorporated and in the hands of the teacher involved the program may prove a powerful teaching aid . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | Accordingly , a bill of lading stating that goods had been shipped or received for shipment ‘ and in the hands of the lawful holder , should be conclusive evidence against the carrier of such shipment or receipt . ’ |
| 28 | ( 1988 ) and HMI ( DES 1990c ) , to reduce rather than enhance children 's learning , in some situations and in the hands of some teachers , at least . |
| 29 | ‘ People do n't always realise how much they are giving away , and in the hands of an expert such as yourself … ’ |
| 30 | Power has been concentrated in the Cabinet and in the hands of the Prime Minister , with very few checks and balances . |