Sentence examples for were in hand from inspiring English sources
The cuts were restored after better figures were in hand.
Today they greeted new bosses, hoping that long-overdue paychecks were in hand.
(By yesterday, deposits from 656 were in hand, with perhaps two dozen more expected in today's mail).
In fact, the great anxiety in intelligence circles right now is that clues that could have provided warnings were in hand before Sept. 11 but went unseen.
His lawyers said the Metropolitan police had confirmed "that arrangements were in hand to take the investigation to the next stage".
Canada also decided to send its head of state, Adrienne Clarkson, governor general of Canada, even before invitations were in hand.
It is a conundrum that many on Wall Street have faced and one that has challenged Mr. Handler over the last several weeks as he has sought to refute rumor after rumor as if he were in hand-to-hand combat.
"I wish I could tell you we were in hand-to-hand combat with the Bank of America lobbyists, but nobody has lobbied against it," said Egolf.
