Synonym: at issue, in dispute(p), in hand(p), in question(p), under consideration(p). Similar words: hand in hand, in half, on hand, enhance, inherit, inherent, hand, than. Meaning: adj. 1. accessible at the present time 2. now in consideration or under discussion. adv. under control.
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211. Similar work is in hand for digital geophysical data, with an emphasis on their integration with other geoscience information.
212. Houllier had matches in hand, but fixture congestion threatened to erode this advantage.
213. Work is in hand on identifying information needs and relevant publicity material is in preparation.
214. Hand in hand with the belt-tightening must come a new concept of government management.
215. They stood hand in hand, breathing heavily from their exertions, when two shots rang out.
216. We came into the world like brother and brother; And now let's go hand in hand, not one before another. William Shakespeare 
217. Learning and success go hand in hand. Successful people are great learners – they have learned how to empower themselves and to defeat difficulties and obstacles with determination, persistence and perseverance. Dr T.P.Chia
218. Drinks in hand, the crowd around me erupted with groans of exasperation, the kind usually reserved for terrible puns.
219. In hand to hand combat it would take two, perhaps three, androids to subdue just one of them.
220. Several heads nodded in her direction, then returned to the matter in hand.
221. DeVore, Lever and the others sat in big leather chairs, drinks in hand, talking.
222. Knowing the right questions to ask often depends on being familiar with the activity in hand and on general business expertise.
223. The senior partners were forced to go hat in hand to Wall Street rival Shearson, which bought them out.
224. There are, in fact, two tasks in hand: using the computerized system and the information-seeking task itself.
225. You should select and practise the appropriate method for the task in hand.
226. A lack of clarity about policy goals and conflict about values, as already suggested, often go hand in hand.
227. The intention is to take the town's fate in hand, until such time as democratic elections are held.
228. The two went hand in hand until the later nineteenth century.
229. A light rum and tonic in hand,[http://Sentencedict.com] he abandoned his post for the kitchen to forage for food.
230. She wanders the stage, mike in hand like Betty Carter, often hovering over one of her accompanists, particularly Terrasson.
231. This example shows that intelligent industrial policy and competition policy must work hand in hand.
232. Other work in hand includes the design of a braking system.
233. In 1983, Richards was at Caltech when Adam Dziewonski came for a visit with his brand-new tomography maps in hand.
234. Your knowledge of the matter in hand will help you to participate.
235. And all of this goes hand in hand with an air of impunity.
236. Groceries in hand, I crossed the threshold and moved into the entering phase of breaking and entering.
237. His partner meanwhile, burst into the room, pistol in hand, the stammerer hard on his heels.
238. I'd love to tell you what he did with it but I must not get distracted from the task in hand.
239. When Mandela left prison in 1990, he walked hand in hand with Winnie through the waiting crowds.
240. This company is expected to have cash in hand by March next year of ￡680m as well as having an insignificant debt burden.
More similar words: hand in hand, in half, on hand, enhance, inherit, inherent, hand, than, hand in, hand out, hand on, by hand, at hand, thank, hang on, hand down, hang up, chance, handful, change, thanks, channel, other than, hand over, handsome, rather than, elephant, by chance, handcuffs, mechanic.