Example sentences of "have a hand in " in BNC.
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| 1 | The unwritten and unwritten laws and conventions about who represents us as women in our social , governmental and legal structures , and who has a hand in shaping those structures , amount to a set of understandings about where women 's bodies can actually be , how and where we become visible , and what the attitudes towards that visibility will be . |
| 2 | And Minginish itself — it has a hand in it also , I believe . |
| 3 | If a horse has to be shot , or , I suppose , a rider — perhaps they do that sort of thing in polo ; I expect they do since the Army has a hand in it — you do n't have to go out of your way to ensure that she has a ringside seat . |
| 4 | Mrs Thatcher has been fortunate in that retirements of several senior personnel in the early 1980s gave her the opportunity to influence promotions ; there were thirteen appointments as Permanent Secretary in 1982 alone and she has had a hand in appointing the great majority of Permanent and Assistant Permanent Secretaries since 1979 . |
| 5 | It was unlikely that Hatton could have had a hand in the Cornwall or Monmouthshire jobs . |
| 6 | A prominent man , Friends — Russians in other words — and so skilled men , wallpaper , paint , gold leaf — and fine linen instantly available ; she smiled as she wondered whether Bodo had had a hand in it . |
| 7 | Subba Row , who will not have had a hand in this particular decision , sees him as a ‘ good scout ’ . |
| 8 | Subba Row , who will not have had a hand in this particular decision , sees him as a ‘ good scout ’ . |
| 9 | When I was an apprentice there were two component plants in Europe , and now there are seventeen , and I 've had a hand in establishing the last twelve . |
| 10 | The style was reminiscent of that of Ceylon , where the Crown Agents had also had a hand in station-building . |
| 11 | It is interesting to note how often foods only become fattening when man has had a hand in processing them in some way . |
| 12 | ‘ I 'm sure you do , but Kitty must n't ever know that I 'd had a hand in it . ’ |
| 13 | Having already had a hand in preparing the Suntory team for the national play-offs at the end of last season , when they finished in the top eight , the two Canadian stalwarts have a pretty good idea as to what lies ahead . |
| 14 | I am not claiming it is my doing , but I have had a hand in the fact that four years ago and two years ago and again this year we have had exhibitions by living sculptors . |
| 15 | He was a friend of President Kennedy 's and he wrote a rather fulsome biography Marilyn Monroe , and in his most recent novel he allows the suspicion — just the suspicion — that Jack may have had a hand in killing Marilyn , and that the CIA may have winked at the killing of Jack . |
| 16 | On average , we met for three hours every ten days , constantly revising , exchanging and criticising so that in the end we had both had a hand in everything . |
| 17 | Although there were suggestions that Ashraf may have had a hand in the affair it seems more likely that the Shah dalliance with another women was the real cause . " |
| 18 | Most of the printed newsbooks now attributed to Mabbott 's editorship were probably not written by him , although there is some evidence that he may have had a hand in The Perfect Diurnall ( 1642–55 ) , edited by Samuel Pecke . |
| 19 | He must have had a hand in Lady Eleanor 's death . |
| 20 | ‘ I take it that you 've had a hand in this party , then ? ’ |
| 21 | At this moment she felt he had had a hand in cheating her out of some of her life , and the feeling made her coldly angry . |
| 22 | That someone who had nothing at all to do with her life should have had a hand in removing her father 's last trace in her life infuriated her . |
| 23 | He has had a hand in most of the major developments on site , but says B205 — Magnox reprocessing — has brought him most satisfaction . |
| 24 | At the end of the Civil War , Mexico had taken in thousands of Republican exiles , some of whom had had a hand in the drafting of the proposal . |
| 25 | Our scribe 's had a hand in it . |
| 26 | ‘ I had a fair amount to do with the mechanised letter office at Middlesbrough and other major post office buildings , ’ said Mr Ensoll who has had a hand in new buildings for Crook , Saltburn , Coulby Newham and Hartlepool . |
| 27 | In Paris , he enlisted the aid of an influential American physician , Dr. Edmund L. Gros , who had had a hand in the creation of the American Ambulance Field Service . |
| 28 | It was built before the war , and I have a Shanks loo , which makes me think that the British must have had a hand in building it . |
| 29 | Since BAe seems to be a front-runner to take over the ailing Ferranti group , Professor Smith may have a hand in self-fulfilment of his prophecy . |
| 30 | The Empire is crumbling into civil war , Daemons are popping up on all sides , and who 's to say that the Great Enchanter does n't have a hand in it somewhere ? |