Example sentences of "be [vb pp] [verb] the right [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Men can have one dark suit and wear it all day and no one will even notice , but women are expected to have the right clothes for lunch and afternoon tea and working in and then have some stunning outfit for evening .
2 When the opportunity arises to appointment a new member of staff a considerable amount of attention needs to be given to attract the right person .
3 Doubtless it could be arranged to give the right answers .
4 And when these did n't meet with immediate success , yet more surveys were done and more programmes developed — until , ultimately , it was decided that , if parents could not be trusted to do the right thing , the decision had to be taken out of their hands .
5 These considerations should be used to judge the right level of detail and regularity of their preparation .
6 If , and some would say it is quite a big if , other policies can be used to get the right balance of activities in the economy , we can confine our attention to the narrower questions : are firms more likely to attain the lowest possible cost curve in the public or the private sector ?
7 She began to exchange odd words with the others , the Afghan 's owner , tall and bearded in home-knitted sweaters full of mistakes , the woman who ran a boutique a street away and her argumentative pekinese , and an Alsatian with a middle-aged man in dark suits and expensive shoes who looked like an advertisement for men 's tailoring , the kind who would be bound to have the right clothes for any occasion .
8 Regional Railways : Decade to be spent making the right signals
9 I believe that a London terminus of the right kind must be established to provide the right links to the north and the rest of England .
10 DURING the next six weeks Scotland are pledged to find the right blend in order that their assault on the Rugby World Cup Sevens at Murrayfield does not self-destruct .
11 When Coleman looked into this , DIA assets in Lebanon reported that much of it was being printed there , with large numbers of genuine $1 bills being bleached to provide the right paper for phony $100 bills .
12 Sand that 's measured to ensure the right grain size for maximum strength and exceptional beauty .
13 By contrast , those places which could be expected to have a predominantly European clientele , particularly at the hill stations , a sort of English country style was adopted to create the right atmosphere for a cool refreshing visit to the hills .
14 A spokesman for Lothian Health Board said last night that an appropriate salary package was needed to attract the right calibre of staff .
15 He replied that he did n't intend to submit himself to a leadership election because he was determined to fight the right wing , I told him that if he refused to go he would probably end up giving them exactly what they wanted .
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