Example sentences of "hands [prep] a few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I picked up the file and stood with it in my hands for a few minutes before deciding whether to examine its contents . |
| 2 | Everything he owned just to have it in his hands for a few hours . |
| 3 | British industry is becoming increasingly concentrated in the hands of a few producers , and oligopoly seems to be the commonest market |
| 4 | Similarly , in the case of a local authority , formal authority to make decisions will rest with the full council ; but in reality it may well be that power is in the hands of a few councillors and chief officers such that the locus of decision making may be far removed from the full council meeting . |
| 5 | This means that the State helps the community in resisting the amassing of wealth in the hands of a few members , because of the disruptive implication of such a process . |
| 6 | The Labour im ownership of the mass media tends to be concentrated in the hands of a few companies . |