matter in hand
Example Sentences
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The citizens should take this matter in hand at once, and if possible, erect a suitable building in some out-of-the-way place, engage competent nurses, and have every patient removed to the quarters prepared.
From Slate • Jun. 2, 2019
"The PNG government is in charge of the law and order and security, and I understand they have this matter in hand," Ms Bishop said.
From BBC • Nov. 1, 2017
I still remember Demme standing in the frame, arms folded, putting questions to his cousin and watching him at work, even if the matter in hand was something as prosaic as a pothole.
From The New Yorker • Apr. 29, 2017
He always manages to return his reader to the matter in hand, even if the matter in hand only looks like that for a page or two.
From The Guardian • Jun. 21, 2013
“But to come back to the matter in hand, gentlemen,” he said.
From "Murder on the Orient Express" by Agatha Christie
