at one's disposal

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Hence, during its construction, one must first of all consider the magnitude of the work it has to do as well as the quality of the materials one has at one's disposal.

From The Modern Regime, Volume 1 by Durand, John

By taking better-known meanings and associating them,—the attained store of meanings of the community in which one resides is put at one's disposal.

From How We Think by Dewey, John

But what is fifty miles when one is under the wing of the Railway King and can have a special engine at one's disposal.

From Letters from England by Bancroft, Elizabeth Davis

Hence, in its construction, the prime necessity of calculating what work it has to do, also the quantity of the materials one has at one's disposal.

From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 12 — Modern History by Hammerton, John Alexander, Sir

To have a sixty Daimler at one's disposal would be convenient, but as it would generally include Angy Beerhaven as chauffeur, Esm� shrugged her shoulders.

From The Oyster by Peer