at one's disposal
Example Sentences
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Hence, during its construction, one must first of all consider the magnitude of the work it has to do as well as the quality of the materials one has at one's disposal.
From The Modern Regime, Volume 1 by John Durand
That depends entirely upon one's energy, one's capacity for taking pains, one's neatness of finger, and the time at one's disposal.
From The Book-Hunter at Home by P. B. M. Allan
"I cannot see," Patricia had said to Sylvia, "why one should feel it necessary to stick to hot, smelly offices when a library, looking out over acres of country, is at one's disposal."
From The Shield of Silence by George Loughridge
The introduction of a definite order into the day actually seems to increase the time at one's disposal.
From Our Lady Saint Mary by J. G. H. Barry
Carnot perceived very clearly the great fact that, to produce work by heat, it is necessary to have at one's disposal a fall of temperature.
From The New Physics and Its Evolution by Lucien Poincaré
