not at hand
Example Sentences
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The first thing is to make sure that the things you try to avoid are not at hand.
From Slate ● Nov. 8, 2018
But sometimes the perfect implement is not at hand; we live half an hour from the nearest hardware store.
From New York Times ● Mar. 30, 2016
But the U.S.-Russia accord, although close, is still not at hand.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 18, 2010
Sovietologists agree that Cold War II is not at hand.
From Time Magazine Archive
As soon as the mixture emits an odour, iron-filings are added to it, or if these are not at hand, iron hammer-scales, for both of these break the strength of the stibium.
From De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 by Agricola, Georgius
