at one's disposal

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What fun to have been Adam, and to have had the whole world of plots and jokes and stories at one's disposal.

From Second Plays by Milne, A. A. (Alan Alexander)

Hence, in its construction, the prime necessity of calculating what work it has to do, also the quantity of the materials one has at one's disposal.

From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 12 — Modern History by Hammerton, John Alexander, Sir

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 Poincaré, Lucien

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 Allan, P. B. M.

To have a sixty Daimler at one's disposal would be convenient, but as it would generally include Angy Beerhaven as chauffeur, Esm� shrugged her shoulders.

From The Oyster by Peer