Example sentences of "[conj] the right " in BNC.
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| 1 | Encouraged by the words of the pop songs and those who were already well established users of various natural and manufactured mind-expanding substances , youth took a wrong turn — or the right one , depending on your stance at the time . |
| 2 | When a person is not getting their quota , or the right sort of strokes , they go out of their way to manipulate situations in order to obtain the strokes they need . |
| 3 | Doing the best or the right thing is central to the definition of agape love , because it allows us to see that love is not some sugar-plum notion — it is an investment in the future as well . |
| 4 | Has he chosen the right one for you — or the right one for him ? |
| 5 | The important thing to realise is that you should follow the shaping instructions from either the left or the right side of the diagram . |
| 6 | For the patterns in the basic pack and the pattern libraries , the left hand light on the 580 and the EC1 ( or the right hand on earlier models ) must be on for the effect to be what the designer intended . |
| 7 | He found it hard to remember whether you had to position yourself on the left or the right side . |
| 8 | If this is so , and if there is a sighting or acuity difference between a subject 's left and right eyes , then either the left or the right nasal pathway may be favoured accordingly . |
| 9 | There were some striking differences among the non-right handers with lesions of the right hemisphere , depending on whether the left or the right hand was used for writing . |
| 10 | A confrontation between William Thomson and T. H. Huxley was good to watch , and showed that scientists did not always agree , even about what was evidence or the right way to argue : while evolution in the last thirty years of the century was generally accepted , there was no agreement about times and processes . |
| 11 | If this bracing action is not achieved at the top of the backswing , it will be caused either by the right foot folding over on its side during the backswing , or the right knee moving out of alignment with the toes , before or when you arrive at the top of the swing . |
| 12 | " An ambassador " , wrote a member of the staff of the Spanish embassy in London in the 1690s , " should be specially careful to maintain the authority of his position and assert his prerogatives , as for instance in not giving the door or the right hand to any minister or individual , whether of his own country or another … |
| 13 | What kind of citizens charter is introduced on the back of denying you the right to even challenge the people who are providing the services , or could restrict the right of your family to be together , or the right for you to travel to the country where you 've been living ? |
| 14 | They would not have pressed on with the kind of arguments they actually did use , probing the statute , obsessed with the question whether one decision was more consistent with its text , or spirit , or the right relation between it and the rest of law . |
| 15 | If you meet people from other countries , they understand what you mean if you say to do the legal thing , or the just thing , or the right thing , in certain ways , but it seems to me to be a slightly soggy , but nevertheless very important , British concept of doing the decent thing , which may be just , may be legal , may not be either of those two , but the British man has a very clear sense of what it entails . |
| 16 | 4 Exoticism is never amiss in the bathroom , where the right tiles can create the effect of an Eastern bathhouse . |
| 17 | Where at least six forms of entry ( i.e. 180 pupils a year ) could be secured , and where the right buildings were available , this solution was the ‘ simplest and best ’ . |
| 18 | The application of the Treaty provisions to actual cases has led to the development of the following principles : Exhaustion of rights : where the right owner has put articles into circulation ( directly or with his consent ) he can not subsequently use his rights to prevent further dealings in respect of those articles . |
| 19 | It reminded me of Cenotaph , except the right wall overhung . |
| 20 | Sure enough , we would expect the input systems to ensure that the right kinds of distinctions are drawn — between contour changes that define occlusion and those which define disappearance , for example — but this surely does not mean that the possessor of these input systems is capable of thinking about unperceived entities . |
| 21 | He would surely agree that the right aim is to have nominal GDP growing at around 5% a year . |
| 22 | At a meeting of foreign ministers earlier this month Mr Hurd opposed a German plan to send emergency aid to Israel , on the ground that the right procedures had not been followed . |
| 23 | Everything I saw in Government suggested that the right place for the National Freight Corporation was in the private sector and that deregulation of the bus and coach services could provide great public benefits . |
| 24 | Follow this ‘ teaser ’ with a second release giving full details of who , when and where , and follow it up again by a phone call checking that the right person has got the material . |
| 25 | How does it happen that these stimuli are so arranged in space that the right kinds of cells appear in the right places ? |
| 26 | ‘ But the important thing at this stage is that the right decision has been made for the athletes . |
| 27 | Even where it is positively established that the right person was questioned , who by being present at the time had the nominal responsibility for cleaning the surface in question , the true reason for the fault may lie elsewhere being the result of one or other of the following factors : |
| 28 | Having recognized that emotion does not buy God , I now fell into the trap of believing that the right method does . |
| 29 | But many jobs require very specific education or training and it may be necessary to take careful steps to ensure that the right people apply . |
| 30 | How do electric fences help to ensure ( i ) that the right amount of grass is had by the cattle . |