"a task in hand" is a correct and suitable phrase for written English.
You can use it when referring to something that must be done or taken care of immediately. For example: "I have a task in hand that I need to finish before the end of the day."
The former represents is our alertness when applied to a task in hand – driving a car, sending a text, choosing what you want for dinner.
LuminAR could be used to create an additional display on a surface, perhaps to show information related to a task in hand.
"the players have been a pleasure to work with credit to them, we had a task in hand to be in it on the last game of the season and to go one better when nobody gave us a chance is fantastic.
Another tribute read: "Lance Corporal Oli Thomas was the embodiment of his generation - bright, gifted with an enquiring mind and laser focused on the task in-hand.
"The incoming CEO - Mr. Lewis has a momentous task in hand.
You have an extremely important task in hand, but you can't possibly start without first having an elaborate lunch, and then tackling that six-month-old coffee stain on your desk in case it distracts you.
It is difficult to construct a case for an overseas coach to have anywhere close to a comparable grasp of the task in hand than Arnold, especially considering his relationships with a host of squad members, not least first-XI regulars Mat Ryan, Trent Sainsbury and Tom Rogic, players he helped bring through the ranks at Central Coast Mariners.
The outbreak of finger-pointing that was threatening over the weekend does now appear to have given way to a concerted focus on the task in hand.
Steve Bruce had been talking about one of the strangest days in Championship history with pride and gusto before his attitude changed – and a new focus on the task in hand came to the fore.
The difference, Hughes says, is that, while they share an obsessive approach, Ramprakash, certainly at international level, was hamstrung by self-consciousness, an inability to clear his mind, and give himself to the task in hand, presenting a tortured figure at the crease, contrasted with the blithe Smith.
When the subject achieves an optimal state for the task in hand, the motor stops buzzing.
