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
And though I did just drop it and carry on with the discussion we’d been having, the atmosphere had gone chilly, and could hardly have helped us get through the difficult matter in hand.
From "Never Let Me Go" by Kazuo Ishiguro
