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Marius Hancu - 07 May 2009 09:06 GMT

Hello:

Could the author have equally used "from the hands of?"

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... had accepted a baronetcy at the hands of Lloyd George ...

A Dance to the Music of Time, Spring, by Anthony Powell, p. 50
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Marius Hancu

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Derek Turner - 07 May 2009 13:27 GMT

> Hello:
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> A Dance to the Music of Time, Spring, by Anthony Powell, p. 50 -------

No. Not unless Lloyd George personally handed it to him, and as it is an
abtract noun, that is impossible! At the hands of means that LG caused it
to happen. He received a severe beating at the hands of the secret police.

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Marius.Hancu@gmail.com - 07 May 2009 13:33 GMT

> > Could the author have equally used "from the hands of?"
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> abtract noun, that is impossible! At the hands of means that LG caused it
> to happen.

Thanks.
Marius Hancu

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