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on the one hand

the first thing to consider is. On the one hand, I'd like more money, but I don't want to work extra hours.

Usage notes: often followed by but on the other (hand) as a second consideration different from the first (even when on the one hand has not been used): I like classical music, but on the other hand, my husband loves jazz.

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But when cities or countries are accustomed to live under a prince, and his family is exterminated, they, being on the one hand accustomed to obey and on the other hand not having the old prince, cannot agree in making one from amongst themselves, and they do not know how to govern themselves. The Prince by Machiavelli, Nicolo View in context Thus on the one hand we have ability to protect ourselves; on the other, a victory that is complete. The Art of War by Sun, Tzu View in context Bulstrode, which on the one hand would have inclined her to desire that the mildest view of his character should be the true one, but on the other, made her the more afraid of seeming to palliate his culpability. Middlemarch by Eliot, George View in context More results

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But when cities or countries are accustomed to live under a prince, and his family is exterminated, they, being on the one hand accustomed to obey and on the other hand not having the old prince, cannot agree in making one from amongst themselves, and they do not know how to govern themselves.

The Prince by Machiavelli, Nicolo View in context

Thus on the one hand we have ability to protect ourselves; on the other, a victory that is complete.

The Art of War by Sun, Tzu View in context

Bulstrode, which on the one hand would have inclined her to desire that the mildest view of his character should be the true one, but on the other, made her the more afraid of seeming to palliate his culpability.

Middlemarch by Eliot, George View in context

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