at one's disposal
Example Sentences
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It was by no means hard, he thought, to keep oneself spruce when one had so many little pots and phials at one's disposal.
From The Fortune of the Rougons by Vizetelly, Ernest Alfred
Carnot perceived very clearly the great fact that, to produce work by heat, it is necessary to have at one's disposal a fall of temperature.
From The New Physics and Its Evolution by Poincaré, Lucien
"I cannot see," Patricia had said to Sylvia, "why one should feel it necessary to stick to hot, smelly offices when a library, looking out over acres of country, is at one's disposal."
From The Shield of Silence by Loughridge, George
The introduction of a definite order into the day actually seems to increase the time at one's disposal.
From Our Lady Saint Mary by Barry, J. G. H.
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
