51.   Such action, I believed - and still believe - would have played into the hands of my enemies.

52.   Tactics that shunted money into the hands of prime ministers or sycophantic merchants did not generally help the citizens of a nation.

53.   The administration and enforcement of federal laws and regulations necessarily are largely in the hands of staff and civil service employees.

54.   The authorities began to make the necessary arrangements for taking over the garrisons, which were still in the hands of the enemy.

55.   The box of liquorice torpedoes leaves the hand of the girl next to me.

56.   The business is in the hands of the receivers.

57.   The concentration of extensive territorial power in the hands of a small number of great nobles became more Marked than ever.

58.   The controversy has strengthened the hand of her critics.

59.   The grateful citizens gave him as a reward the hand of the Princess Megara.

60.   The guests had been selected with a boldness and discrimination in which the initiated recognized the firm hand of Catherine the Great.