Example sentences of "[vb pp] the right " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many a good dog has been ruined when he has done something good and , for some reason , not received the right response from the handler ; in other words , the wrong association has been created . |
| 2 | To avoid these situations it is important for pilots to be taught the right technique for the take-off run . |
| 3 | We were taught the right way to hold the tiller and mainsheet , how to pull the sail in and out and how to ‘ tack ’ — change direction by turning the front of the dinghy into the wind . |
| 4 | The sentence can only be assigned the right truth conditions , or alternatively be given the correct semantic representation , if the pragmatic significance of and in this sentential context ( namely the " and then " interpretation ) is taken into account before doing the semantics . |
| 5 | and all my beautifully arranged slides all arranged the right way up and all in the right order all tipped all over the floor . |
| 6 | Here as one of the latest winners of the Ivan Sutton Recording Prize was a former pupil of Harle , the Irishman , Gerard McChrystal , a performer of such striking personality that , given the right backing , he might become the James Galway of the saxophone , though not every musician would want to . |
| 7 | Defined as those which grow naturally as trees , top fruits will reward you well , given the right care and attention |
| 8 | Indeed , the global mutation rates of the genomes of both species are such that , given the right selection pressure , their convergence could be rapid . |
| 9 | Given the right conditions of air , moisture , non-acidity , organic matter , temperature , and protection from physical damage , the earthworm population will increase naturally . |
| 10 | However , given the right conditions , they fight furiously , and Coldingham fish have a fine reputation . |
| 11 | A quite minor act of consideration , given the right timing and circumstance can assume a major significance in the mind of the recipient . |
| 12 | Even in police work , with its severe sanctions for resisters , subversion was both necessary for survival as well as feasible , given the right knowledge of the rules of the game . |
| 13 | Check that any resident on a special diet has been given the right food . |
| 14 | Recently one of my favourites gurgled after them — the illusion that , given the right script and director , I could enter the glamorous world of film and show Messrs Redford , Newman and others a thing or two . |
| 15 | It is certainly true that , given the right circumstances , computers can ‘ reduce the drudgery , freeing the brain in front of the screen to do more productive things ’ . |
| 16 | Handicapped people were simply those who had not been given the right tool kit . |
| 17 | ‘ Given the right stimulus this country could emerge as a world leader . ’ |
| 18 | The specialists are then much easier to satisfy — providing they are given the right kind of food , they are content to sit and stare out from their cages , much as they would sit and stare out at their wild landscapes . |
| 19 | SD Acoustics ' Ribbon ( right ) : expensive and demanding , but can ‘ open the window ’ to music given the right system and room . |
| 20 | Since the idea of earth energies was first put forward in the 1930s , attempts have been made to show that the ancient peoples could detect such energies and that , given the right conditions , we can do so today . |
| 21 | Given the right type of territory this can be most successful . |
| 22 | THEY 'VE been making room for murder at the Yvonne Arnaud Theatre , Guildford this week , and proved that given the right stage , crime certainly does pay . |
| 23 | I can see that , given the right man , the job has immense possibilities . |
| 24 | If it is argued on the basis of this reply that even a maniac is not beyond redemption and that given the right kind of treatment he might be able to take his place again within society , the argument only serves to show the different moral considerations that can be brought to bear on situations of moral dilemma . |
| 25 | There 's no hit here , but given the right bullshit production she could stick out the next ‘ Damn I Wish Etc ’ . |
| 26 | The two families , who have had no contact and do not plan to meet , face a week of agony before knowing if they were given the right child . |
| 27 | The actions of human characters involve a whole grammar of visual signals which the audience will pick up if it is given the right clues . |
| 28 | Certain people ( and presumably certain cats ) are more susceptible to stress than others , but given the right external environment , even the most phlegmatic individual would eventually succumb . |
| 29 | Dermot , you see , is an Elvis fan , and given the right stimulants , has been known to think he looks like Presley ( although , as one bemused clubber from Leeds commented , ‘ He looks more like a young Max Bygraves ’ ) . |
| 30 | Just as I am sure twenty-seven victories seemed utterly insufficient to Jackie — and had he not retired , he was certainly fit enough and a good enough driver , given the right cars , to which he would have had total access , to notch up another fifteen or twenty — I am sure that his first million seemed a trifle . |