How To Use On hand In A Sentence

Luckily, there are a multitude of books on hand that can help. The Sun
From the association's secretary each member received a package of more or less gorgeous blanks, printed like a billhead, on handsome paper, properly ruled in columns; a bill-head worded something like this -- Life on the Mississippi
Having neither opium nor hashish on hand, and being desirous of filling his brain with twilight, he had had recourse to that fearful mixture of brandy, stout, absinthe, which produces the most terrible of lethargies. Les Miserables
Simon hands the cashier a ten.
For a few days, starting today, an artist's impressions of a new-look town centre will be on display in the Harpur Suite in the town centre and staff will be on hand to discuss the latest ideas for revamping the area.

_fredaine_ I may have on hand makes not the slightest difference in my love and respect for her. Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 5 Erotic Symbolism; The Mechanism of Detumescence; The Psychic State in Pregnancy
It's a good idea in any case to have a selection of slow, medium and fast film on hand at all times.
I think it's safe to say that neither of them is quite ready for lunch at the palace yet, unless the Queen puts plenty of paper down and has a battalion of beefeaters on hand to hose them down afterwards.
But when it gets chilly, the island's a fantastic place to stock up on hand-knit Aran sweaters.
Have these ingredients on hand at the cottage for a quick snack served with crisp flatbread, tortilla chips or bagel thins.
For instance, large number of watermelons, mangoes and other summer fruits began appearing on handcarts in residential colonies and markets.
Some other members were on hand to demonstrate how to rig the sails on a sailing dinghy and show the layout of a boat to the trainees.
Keep the basics on hand: frozen marinara and pesto for quick pasta meals, and a simple vegetable or chicken stock for fast soups.
In the outland beyond the city people naturally have stocks on hand, because you never know when the weather will take down your juice and you'll be stuck in the house in February behind four-foot drifts with no phone and no lights.
Although the Portadown backs threatened constantly, an Armagh boot was always on hand to relieve the pressure.
Do you any solution to correct transaction handling with that much data?
Vologonov sets out a squat samovar that is dinted of side, and plated with green oxide on handle, turncock, and spout. Through Russia
His mother smiled as she absently wrapped the cord around the iron handle.
From her purse, my friend produced a freshly laundered white cotton handkerchief.
Always have on hand one of the antiseptic coagulants which you can purchase through any pet supply manufacturer for your dog.
At the moment curly kale, sprouts and parsnips are being harvested in the suburban garden and the head gardener is on hand for advice. Times, Sunday Times
Environmental campaigners who had dressed as penguins today defied a ban on handing out leaflets without permission in Telford Town Park. Archive 2008-08-01
There are photographs of ‘jilleroos’, but while nominally these are the female equivalent of ‘jackeroos’, the important difference is that jackeroos are young men getting station hand experience before passing onto something better, while jilleroos are merely female station hands full stop.
a sufficient amount of rope the last bearskin was cut up into strips, as it was necessary to have nearly a hundred feet, and the bearskin was a much-needed addition to the small quantity of ramie cord which they had on hand. The Wonder Island Boys: Exploring the Island
Advice about which activity to pursue or places to visit is always on hand. Times, Sunday Times
I didn't get to peek at the G8 lunch room, but I'm told actual canoes, artisan canoe makers on hand to talk about their work, children's artwork from Muskoka and a decorative charger plate made from crosscut wood contributed to a "woodsy" theme. Thestar.com - Home Page
I don't bother to iron handkerchiefs it's not worth it.
Your woodpeckers, chickadees and wrens will repay you for keeping a supply of suet on hand by bringing their babies - your next generation of customers - by for a treat.
WE'LL be booking holidays on hand-held computers using wireless internet connections on trains on the way to work in a decade's time. Times, Sunday Times
A handful of other paintings and monotypes were on hand, but their greater sizes and varying approaches seemed to dilute the exhibition.
a billhead, on handsome paper, properly ruled in columns; a bill-head worded something like this -- Life on the Mississippi
The remainder of the course coils through the 130 acre infield putting a premium on handling and braking.
They argue persuasively in favour of a total ban on handguns.
Both places were full of titled guests invited (or commanded, rather) by Kralta, and we drove in sleighs and skated and tobogganed and revelled by evening and pleasured by night, and it was Vienna in the Arctic, with the Prince always on hand, bland and affable as ever with his popsies around him (one of 'em a new bird, an Italian, who'd replaced the garrulous blonde, no doubt on Kralta's orders) and it was all such enormous fun that I was heartily sick of it. Watershed
Many have been on handouts for years without being checked to see if they are fit. The Sun
Say you don't have buttermilk on hand, you should be able to click on an ingredient and be offered the option of using regular milk "clabbered" with vinegar or lemon juice. Eat drink one woman
Those on hand waited eagerly for the choppers as the mist turned to rain and the wind whipped the palm trees that edge the field.
I also tear out newspaper and magazine articles and keep them on hand, as they easily fit in my purse and I can toss them when I'm done reading.
When the worst does occur, actors can always take refuge in the fact that the stage managers are on hand to rectify matters. Times, Sunday Times
Sitting on hands has never been my delight, so I exited the shuttler and went down the hill for another look-see. Attrition
Keep the study zone bright and clean, keep study supplies like pens, paper, highlighters and a dictionary on hand, and keep it free of distractions like the television, the telephone and loud music.
The iron hand in the velvet glove approach seems to work best with this age group.
DB2 stored procedure language allows for the creation of exception handlers for specific conditions; you will use this to trap anticipated errors.
Make sure you have snowmelt and a snow shovel on hand.
Peter Sheen, Ireland's only professional coin and medal expert, will be on hand throughout the day to value coins, postcards, photographs and many other collectable items.
The Bridal Department will have experts on hand to give you all the help and advice you need.
For this second mode of reception we, as an audience, have been trained into wanting physical comfort [in the cinema, at home] with food, drink on hand.
The club claims that the man behaved violently towards a Union officer who was collecting entrance fees and had to be restrained by security staff on hand.
He agreed to stay at the castle to be waited upon hand and foot and to rest up for their return to the Tower.
He was seen as overly reliant on handlers and aides, and easily pliable.
And that's before you factor in your personal butler, on hand to nanny you as much or as little as you like. Times, Sunday Times
In any properly organized society, all new mothers would be waited on hand and foot for at least a fortnight. The Past is Before Us - feminism in action since the 1960s
Nusra L Qureshi's paintings in gouache and silverleaf on handmade wasli paper are a post-colonial development from traditional Middle Eastern art.
Noé Montes on hand to help you experience the thrill of beardedness. Wondermark
The event on Saturday was aimed at highlighting the 15,000 jobs in more than 140 trades which the Army has to offer, with engineers, signallers, guardsmen and mechanics among those on hand to talk to young people and their families.
The report should show that the amount of imprest cash authorized and the total cash on hand equal zero.
If you don't need sessions, the session handler can be removed so we don't even waste the cycles looking for a session cookie.
He always had bran, pollard, hay and chaff on hand and would pay the highest prices for dairy produce.
Altogether they create an enveloping abecedarium in Tandem Press's booth, one of 90 on hand at the Park Avenue Armory. NYT > Home Page
Experts will also be on hand to explain how the Agency forecasts floods and how its warnings are issued.
Freddie Mac on Wednesday requested another $10.6 billion handout from the federal government. POLITICAL HOT TOPICS: Thursday, May 6, 2010
Robinson handles the company's purchasing and public relations and manages business partnerships.
Gröschl stepped on the rocker plate which controlled the power traverse and at the same time adjusted the elevation handwheel. Panzer Aces
It was indeed very fitting that the President of the USA should have two direct descendants from that diabolical slave trade on hands for his African visit.
He always had bran, pollard, hay and chaff on hand and would pay the highest prices for dairy produce.
Eleven o'clock I went with a krypton handlamp and a small jeweller's loupe to look at the painting. THE TARTAN RINGERS
In any properly organized society, all new mothers would be waited on hand and foot for at least a fortnight. The Past is Before Us - feminism in action since the 1960s
An expert warden will be on hand to help you find the elusive bittern and then it's back to the tearoom for a hearty bowl of soup.
So for us, the clinic is the way to go - no effort to keep medicine on hand and self medicate (which we don't know how to do anyway). ignacio Plague of Flies
This is the opaque, convoluted language quoted in the decision handed down four days ago by the current US Supreme Court.
Mining is finished, the farmers live on handouts and there is a finite number of fishermen. Times, Sunday Times
They will then be on hand to meet fans, sign autographs and will perform a few hits to entertain the audience.
Essentially this work is nothing more than stylised, monochromatic copies of rock paintings executed in traditional pigments on handmade paper.
Ejecting from an aircraft is rare, but pilots sometimes have to resort to pulling the ejection handle to save their lives.
Professionals from Sega, Microsoft's Rare studio, Sports Interactive, Crytek and Creative Assembly, alongside representatives from universities and colleges will be on hand to help guide budding young talent towards putting all those hours of joypad bashing to good use. Special report: Tokyo Game Show and Eurogamer Expo, London
Wind farm experts and consultants West Coast Energy will be on hand to answer questions on the scheme.
Marimba players, xylophonists and other percussionists will be spotlighted as soloists on Handel's ‘Concerto No.5 in F.’
Hundreds of children who arrived in the town were entertained by a disco in the square and street carnival along the main thoroughfare, with clowns and face painters on hand to add colour.
A 1200-strong military force will be on hand to monitor the ceasefire.
He is one of those men who have an iron hand in a velvet glove.
Is the financial world becoming overly dependent on handouts from Middle East oil barons? Times, Sunday Times
With a hovercraft on hand and a helicopter circling above it was very impressive stuff, but was it necessary to deploy this large array of resources?
JNBridgePro takes care of all the interoperability needs: marshaling/unmarshaling objects, data-type conversion, cross-platform exception handling and garbage collection.
At the moment curly kale, sprouts and parsnips are being harvested in the suburban garden and the head gardener is on hand for advice. Times, Sunday Times
The world's central banks have made clear they are on hand to inject money into the financial system at the slightest sign of any credit crunch.
Each ward will have three senior sisters, sisters, staff nurses and healthcare assistants in the team on hand to help and advise patients.
When an exception occurs, execution stops and control is given to the closest exception handler.
A rumor was soon handed around that he had been thrown into prison.
A 1200-strong military force will be on hand to monitor the ceasefire.
The company has about 10 months of vialed inventory on hand, it said, and uses a second fill finish supplier. San Francisco Business News - Local San Francisco News | The San Francisco Business Times
Let me condole the believed family, however history will remember Bongo as a man who ruined his own country and ruled with an Iron hand. Global Voices in English » Gabon: On President Omar Bongo’s death
Collegians, McCluskey was once again on hand to finish a blind side move and score in the corner.
Stateley and bright, the entire hall was hung with banners, and in the right-hand corner of the room musicians played on hand-drum, pipe and lute, creating an atmosphere both festive and patriotic.
Make-up artists and beauty consultants will be on hand throughout the day offering advise and tips on how to perfect your make-up and skincare regime.
Keep the basics on hand: frozen marinara and pesto for quick pasta meals, and a simple vegetable or chicken stock for fast soups.
Aids include shoehorns with an extension handle, devices that help you pull up hosiery, shoes you close with Velcro rather than with shoelaces, and tools that grip buttons and zippers.
You can freeze your starter yogurt in ice cube trays so that it is convenient to have on hand.
It fears that the current proposals for the establishment of a central services organisation hand too much power to its commercial rivals.
Extra staff will be on hand at stations and for telesales during the first few days of the promotion when bookings for advance purchase tickets are expected to be particularly high.
Management generally had something dependable on hand to serve up in a difficult hour. A TALE OF FOUR HOUSES: Opera at Covent Garden, La Scala, Vienna and the Met since 1945
Journalists seized on the idea that impossible restrictions were to be placed on hand-made toys fashioned by craftsmen for centuries.
Royalty was on hand at York Racecourse as the highlight of the May Meeting reached its climax on Knavesmire.
Arrow with a straight arrowhead. Adjust the arrow by dragging a control handle or selection handle.
Printed on hand presses, they had small circulations, and were essentially house organs for political factions.
Keep soft toys, rattles, or pacifiers on hand in case your baby gets fussy.
He seemed to expect to be waited on hand and foot.
The marble flags I ran on tilted endways, flinging me down on hands and knees. The King Must Die
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With so much cash on hand, the company would be vulnerable to a takeover bid if the family didn't control so much stock.
Youngsters in the town were on hand on Saturday as work began on another ambitious project in the town.
I don't bother to iron handkerchiefs it's not worth it.
The fire brigade and ambulance service were on hand. Times, Sunday Times
Only one of the seven was on hand to accept the award.
Entertainment was provided by morris dancers, majorettes and wrestlers, with Bratton Silver Band also on hand to get the toes tapping.
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Sprouse, an inventive designer, had a flock of friends, many of whom were on hand.
If you want to try a craft you can buy supplies, with expert craftspeople on hand to pass out handy hints.
Of those fifteen per cent who did have some experience many had only worked as farm labourers, gardeners, station hands, dairymen or bushmen.
Though I do have some vitamin C on hand, I've never heard of an overdose being fatal!
The reborn union handed out contracts to politically connected businesses and politically powerful, mobbed-up unions.
Shelton handed the boathook to Angus and point at the buoy.
Line the inside with newspapers, tarpaper, burlap, cloth, an old sheet, the kids school papers - anything you might have on hand to keep the contents from falling out.
The "gallant failure" had been the biggest botch since the Kabul Retreat, thanks to the idiot Maximilian, who was damned if he'd be rescued, so there, and I'd come off by the skin of my chattering teeth and the good offices of that gorgeous little fire-eater, Princess Aggie Salm-Salm, and Jesus Montero's gang of unwashed bandits who were on hand only because Jesus thought I knew where Montezuma's treasure was cached, more fool he. Watershed
Veterans from all of the armed forces, the medical corps and the spies and code-breakers are on hand and, we can vouch for this, love to talk about their experiences.
A full complement of Vancouver police officers was on hand for traffic control and to ensure the safety of people participating in the peaceful demonstration.
His advice has been invaluable and he is always on hand with ideas and suggestions. Times, Sunday Times
Cotton hand wraps will protect your tendons and bones as you unload the day's frustrations on the bag.
As a practical matter, it's worthwhile to keep a penlight on hand.
SPEAKS GOOD ENGLISH, is remarkably tall and stout made, has a large mark on her right cheek where she has been burnt; she had on her a blue negro cloth jacket and coat, a blue shalloon gown, a red and white cotton handkerchief round her head, a blue and white ditto about her neck, and a pair of men's shoes, and a ditto men's clowded stockings. The Journal of Negro History, Volume 1, January 1916
The aluminum-composite hybrid suspension handles sharp corners and loose curves with no problem.
There was no sign of Lachesis and Clotho, but Atropos was writing at the table, and Annette was on hand, stony-eyed but mighty jimp in a gown that seemed to consist of flowers and gauze. THE NUMBERS
Yes | No | Report from dwaynez wrote 44 weeks 4 days ago shane good call on the jitterbugs, I always keep them on hand when I go after Bass. What is your favorite lure?
Larger more comfortable malleable iron handwheel for easier operation.
The archaically worded patent - for an ‘information handling system and terminal apparatus’ - makes passing reference to links within the ‘remote terminal’ network that you might remember as Prestel.
If the going gets tough, and they want to play the long ball early, Sutton handles that well.
Pressure from Robbie Casey forced two Glenavon players to concede possession and John Martin was on hand to latch on to the loose ball.
In daytime we'll have a clerk on hand to handle queries.
During the show many people of prominence and film and singing stars will be on hand to receive phone calls and accept pledges of donations.
Massage petroleum jelly on hands to condition dry skin and cuticles.
Everyone was down on hands and knees looking for the ring.
Three - sided equilateral triangle that can be customized by dragging any selection handle.
There was chaos at airports as queues formed after the introduction of restrictions on hand luggage. Times, Sunday Times
There were no major cases on hand and he had no excuse for neglecting the routine administrative work.
When nutrient-rich food is easily accessible, you're likely to actually use what's on hand to create meals, and to nosh on healthier foods too.
Also on view were 24 mesmerizing small-format works on handmade marbleized paper, each work consisting of a pair of loosely related drawings.
So intent are they upon handling each attendant issue with the utmost delicacy that they risk losing sight of the greater picture.
The fire brigade and ambulance service were on hand. Times, Sunday Times
In the newer version, there would also be a machine on hand which could print the inlay and documentation at the same time - all the shop need to is supply the box and disk.
Petit Palais / Roger-Viollet 'Third Tournament' 1509 by Lucas Cranach the Elder If those Dürers outclass the one Cranach in the first section, Cranach takes the second section hands down, with four woodcuts commemorating four tournaments on the Wittenberg marketplace in November 1508. Masterful Engravers
Country music singer Julie Roberts will be on hand to show the contestants how it's done, and Wienermobile drivers, called hotdoggers, will be giving out hot dogs and wiener whistles.
Berri accompanied us all the way south, in various heroic poses—Berri resting chin on hand and looking pensively into the distance; Berri in a manly political embrace with Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah; Berri shaking one finger in the air; Berri making a fist and looking like a wiseguy in black sunglasses. Day of Honey
At the moment curly kale, sprouts and parsnips are being harvested in the suburban garden and the head gardener is on hand for advice. Times, Sunday Times
There will be annual training programmes for children on personal safety and for staff on handling the issue.
The poem was circulated on handbills and printed in newspapers.
Usually, once the experts are on hand it is easy to put things right, however unappealing your unaided attempts at composting may seem.
Men don't settle down because of the right woman. They settle down because they are finally ready for it. Whatever woman they're dating when they get ready is the one they settle down with, not necessarily the best one or the prettiest, just the one who happened to be on hand when the time got to be right. Unromantic, but still true. Laurell K. Hamilton
At 8.45 I shall make flasks of strong, black coffee and also have chilled mineral water on hand in case of dehydration.
BP said that it did not do the other centralizer tests because the correct pieces of equipment were not available that night, and those on hand might have broken into pieces. Costly drilling effort might have rushed BP and Transocean on safety measures
Snyder picked up a brass bibcock and broke the iron handle off with a sparking blow of his hammer. The Safe
As late as the 1700s in certain parts of Europe, people of low birth were not allowed to blow their nose on handkerchiefs.
Then came the seat of war in Afghanistan, which covered all that remained of the wall, and the other day, when the clerks of the Intelligence Department came to fix up our newest seat of war, it was discovered that we had on hand so many seats of war that there was no room on the wall for more. On the Zulu War
The sea of Swedish cars flooding north of Montana and frenetically searching for parking made it seem that every Volvo Democrat west of La Cienega was on hand.
The mentors are also on hand to guide their mentee through the fundraising process.
All in all this car is probably safer than the estate we drive around in normally, which in comparison handles like a tractor pulling a sledge full of sand.
With a crosscut or fast-cutting combination handsaw flat on the guide, cut out the bottom portion of your doorjamb so that when the slate is installed it will slip under the jamb.
Fire-eaters, escapologists and stilt walkers will all be on hand to provide entertainment.
I made this salad using the leftover ham and parsley I had on hand, and threw in some toasted hazelnuts for the added crunch and nuttiness.
He ruled with an iron hand in a velvet political glove.
Experienced training providers will be on hand to deliver essential skills training in a whole range of areas.
The Republican nominee, Sarah Palin, then won the general election handily.
And a travel expert will be on hand to advise future holidaymakers of where to visit in Spain.
In fact, this new model brought two main advantages to the US: in on hand the revenues from the money creation itself called seigniorage and on the other hand the possibility to hold a trade deficit for a very long time. FXstreet.com
Vauban never spared himself during the process, and was always on hand, muttering away in a Burgundian dialect littered with forceful neologisms.
Aids include shoehorns with an extension handle, devices that help you pull up hosiery, shoes you close with Velcro rather than with shoelaces, and tools that grip buttons and zippers.
I have been so motivated to make these beautiful dresses from the material that I have on hand, but I am already looking forward to the day when I can buy new fabric (that is more feminine!) so when my husband (forced) me to run an errand this morning, we were also able to run into Hobby Lobby (just to look ...). Home Living
Inventory; inventories Raw materials and supplies, goods finished and being manufactured and stock on hand, in transit, in storage or consigned to others at the end of the accounting period.
The teenage pyromaniacs experimented with different fuel sources, different sorts of fats (some very smelly) and oils, moss, dry rotten wood and home baked tinder using a cotton handkerchief.
Also on hand were a pair of sculptures, cut from sheets of particle board, that literalize Scheibitz's constructive process of form-building.
A 1200-strong military force will be on hand to monitor the ceasefire.
Groce is even thinking of having instructors on hand to teach Americans to speak like the Scots.
They advise households to have on hand a torch, battery-powered radio, ready-to-eat food, bottled water and blankets.
When customers enter the Ralphs supermarket, they see a sign announcing how many different fruits and vegetables the produce department has on hand.
Each page of each book is lovingly assembled and then laboriously hand printed on a R. Hoe Washington handpress that dates back to 1838. Did you know? Mexico has one of the world's oldest still-functioning printing presses
He broke from the halfway line but held onto the ball too long with support on hand.
Though her alter ego saxophonist Jim Tomlinson and fine guitarist John Parricelli are on hand, there's perhaps not so much in this music for the more demandingly jazz-dependent. This week's new live music
For legitimate emergencies, the body also keeps on hand a supply of platelets.
Some key issues of this technique, including interrupt simulation, exception handling and the construction of multiprogramming environment, are also elaborated.
Officers have been on hand at university events giving away cups, bottle openers and other souvenirs with logos reminding them how to keep safe.
They may fall and be injured as a result, and by pressing the red button, urgent assistance is on hand in a very short time.
I like to mix portabellos with button, cremini, oyster, and wild mushies, but use whatever you have on hand.
A convict has escaped, unwittingly aided by young Julian's artless chatter, and John must be on hand to deal with the situation.
A make-up and prosthetics artist will be on hand to transform you into your favourite character. Times, Sunday Times
Which brings us to today's imposed deadline for Anderson handing in the results of his investigation.
Some time later, Paul returned himself with a fresh surprise on hand; he was almost sober; nothing but a hazy eye distinguished him from Paul of the week days: vivat! Vailima Letters
Why are gender-specific pronouns used at all for such things, when the perfectly good neuter pronoun 'it' is on hand?
About 500 people were on hand to greet them at the arrivals terminal.
This animation illustrates causes and progression of pit & fissure and interproximal tooth decay; cavity preparation with traditional high speed rotary handpiece, laser, and microabrasion handpieces; and restoration of Class II (interproximal) cavities with both silver amalgam and tooth colored composite resin fillings. WN.com - Articles related to Tourism revenues up 28% in first half - report
You might want to keep some good antiseptic eyewash on hand for afterwards though - this is sure to irritate your eyes which might lead to an infection.
If that isn't enough, lovely performer Shanna will also be on hand to perform that most exotic spectacle, belly-dancing.
I've never delivered a lecture when there was a chance of a detective rushing up and snapping on handcuffs. SUMMER OF SECRETS

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