Example sentences of "be [prep] [art] hands [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Spokesman for Department of Environment Speaking personally , it has long been my view that these matters of food safety should be in the hands of a Minister of Consumer Affairs . |
| 2 | Similarly , under the settlements which people of property commonly make , the property will be in the hands of trustees . |
| 3 | In the Gentile churches spiritual leadership might be in the hands of ‘ presbyters ’ ( Acts 20 : 17 ) under the overall authority of an apostle such as St Paul . |
| 4 | All enlightened opinion in Israel now believes these territories should be in the hands of the Arabs . |
| 5 | The franchising of British Rail services will be in the hands of the avuncular John MacGregor . |
| 6 | When my Cid saw that they who eat his bread were returned , he went down from the tower , and received them right well , and praised them for what they had done like good knights : howbeit he was full sorrowful for Alvar Salvadores that he should be in the hands of the Moors , but he trusted in God that he should deliver him on the morrow . |
| 7 | We believe that the basic responsibility for science should remain with the DES , but that the implementation and monitoring of this programme must be in the hands of a cabinet committee chaired by the prime minister . |
| 8 | Certainly Sir Robert Morant , the powerful Permanent Secretary at the Board of Education , argued strongly that organizing a juvenile employment service was part of the education process and as such should be in the hands of his department . |
| 9 | Often political and economic policies are unclear to educationists , sometimes they may be in the hands of tyrants , not infrequently they conflict , but they can never be ignored . |
| 10 | The militia would temporarily be in the hands of Parliament . |
| 11 | We might instead be in the hands of Dr Desperate , Dr Impatient , Dr Needabed or Dr. About-to-go-on-holiday . |
| 12 | This meant that the preparation of the Council would be in the hands of the ‘ museum-keepers ’ of the Roman curia . |
| 13 | After Tuesday 's final at Braintree it will be in the hands of either Wivenhoe Town or Chelmsford City . |
| 14 | Democratic committee assignments would now be in the hands of an executive committee of the caucus , a re-styled Steering and Policy Committee chaired by the Speaker . |
| 15 | Jimmy Carter 's presidency , like that of Gerald Ford , began on an optimistic note with commentators deriving satisfaction from the fact that for the first time for eight years president and Congress would be in the hands of the same party . |
| 16 | Extensively studied by several scholars , the restoration will be in the hands of the Soprintendenza ai Beni Architettonici and Florence University under the architect Vincenzo Vaccaro . |
| 17 | Somebody with a £100,000 portfolio who deals £5,000-£10,000 worth of stock at a time will be protected from the worst stocks , doubly so if he is lucky enough to be in the hands of a dealer with a longer-term commitment to his profession than average . |
| 18 | Alternatively , the industry could be in the hands of a private firm which would have its prices regulated by the state in such a way as to earn what approximates to a normal rate of return on capital employed . |
| 19 | to standing or order nineteen fifty four about new or additional expenditure which says that any proposal which involves new or additional expenditure etcetera must be in the hands of commissioners and printed in proper form . |
| 20 | On behalf of the solicitors Mr. Sumption argued that the power to make orders under section 6(2) was extended to persons concerned in the contravention because money ordered to be repaid , or contracts or securities ordered to be delivered up , or guarantees ordered to be cancelled may be in the hands of third parties , such as agents , assignees or chargees . |
| 21 | One slip , and she 'd be in the hands of the Gestapo . |
| 22 | I 'm the one who 's looking for a friend who may well be in the hands of the cochon gris . |
| 23 | There is a simple reason for its relative anonymity As far as can be ascertained the future of Cotherstone cheese appears to be in the hands of one lady , And she refuses absolutely to communicate with the media . |
| 24 | In N.D. Wines ( Inverness ) Ltd. v. Inverness District Licensing Board , 1982 S.L.T. 73 , it was held that a request for written reasons for the board 's decision required to be in the hands of the clerk within the specified 48 hour period , and that the time limit is mandatory . |
| 25 | The committee pointed out that " industry can not grow steadily in a situation where industrial policy three years from now could be in the hands of politicians of utterly opposed political views " . |
| 26 | " We thought there would always be a Governor General , and a European Prime Minister , that government would always be in the hands of Europeans and we would always be needed , and always be in charge . |
| 27 | Just before the publication of the Bill that became the 1988 Education Reform Act , opinion in Great Britain was evenly divided over whether control of the curriculum should be in the hands of local education authorities or of central government ; this is shown in Figure 10.4 . |
| 28 | These attitudes vary sharply by political allegiance : over 60% of Conservative Party supporters thought control should be in the hands of central government , and over 60% of Labour Party supporters thought control should rest with LEAs . |
| 29 | I feel I shall at last be in the hands of someone who will bring me back to health , to life . |
| 30 | My right hon. Friend the Member for Shropshire , North ( Mr. Biffen ) led us into consideration of questions such as whether Bills should be timetabled from the outset ; and , if so , whether such decisions should be in the hands of the Government or of a Select Committee . |