Sentence examples for thousands on hand from inspiring English sources

By the time Mr. Bush appeared a little before 10 p.m., less than a third of the thousands on hand actually made it to the ballroom because of the security checks.

The memorial service at  Cal State San Bernardino  began Friday with a rendition of "Imagine" by John Lennon with thousands on hand to remember the 14 shot to death by terrorists a year ago.

November 3rd On the one hand, she wants everything, total mourning, its absolute (but then it's not her, it's I who am investing her with the demand for such a thing).

Eduardo was looking particularly threatening and he was rewarded with a goal in the 58th minute, on hand to tap in after Price had parried a header from a corner.

The defenses against this 11th commandment are, on one hand, the fixed, eternal rules of religion and tradition, like the original 10 commandments; and, on the other, finder-outers like the media and the police, supposed to uncover what powerful people want hidden.

They all underwent CT, MRI, US and radiography of the 2nd to 5th MCP joints of one hand on the same day.

Alderman Will Burns (4th Ward and Pat Dowelll (3rd) will be on hand, as will some members of the Cooke family, the legendary Bronzeville radio personality Herb Kent and a number of other neighborhood leaders.

The reference to the 'functionality' of a system is a specific way of thinking, though, that received a lot of critique since its genesis in the late 19th century—on the one hand because the distinction between causes and consequences of phenomena becomes blurry, and on the other hand because identifying the functions of these phenomena does not necessarily explain them [cf. 17], pp. 90].

The prevalence of binge drinking in the surveyed sample of 9th graders lies, on the one hand, in the expected range (20% to 60%) that is reported by other large studies [ 12, 13, 15].

The 42nd President was on hand to introduce "Lincoln, Steven Spielbergg's take on the fight to abolish slavery.

The game was launched by a special event at the Nintendo World Store in New York City on September 13 , 2009 with Slaczka and other 5th Cell developers on hand for the event.