Example sentences of "put right " in BNC.

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1 Yet because God is love and creation is a manifestation of His love , He continues to love the world and wills to ‘ put right ’ whatever has gone wrong .
2 Up until then I had seldom visited a doctor and prided myself that most things that went wrong I could put right myself .
3 The proposal was evidently servicing a deficit model of education , which diagnosed that something was wrong with teachers which industry could put right : this at a time when education was faced by changes of revolutionary proportions , new content through curriculum reform required by the Education Reform Act and GCSE , new models of learning , new forms of assessment e.g. Records of Achievement ; new organisations e.g. tertiary colleges ; new accountability , newly appointed parent and industrial governors , new professionalism through initial teacher education , and training reforms for employment training .
4 But nothing that a good dietitian and orthodontist could n't put right .
5 The secretariat answer to such a problem would be as follows : ‘ First , let me put right the misunderstanding caused by this phrase ‘ professional clearance ’ .
6 I set you up a mini-orgy , a nice little threesome , and the minute it rocks a bit , nothing a mite of persuasion would n't put right , you start giving an address on the Greek verb ‘ to rub ’ .
7 ‘ There 's nothin' wrong with any of us that a cup of hot tea and a ciggie wo n't put right . ’
8 In Chapter 4 I stressed the importance of preparation before planting — what you do afterwards can not put right what you fail to do before a plant is in the ground and growing away .
9 This is an overdraft facility and one of the most flexible and convenient ways of balancing short term overspending which you know you can put right as soon as you 're next paid or , at the worst , within the next few months .
10 Mistakes were made which I must put right .
11 ‘ You could put right the mistake you made by promising to be my wife in six years ’ time ! ’
12 Cassie felt compelled to continue to talk , as though her chatter could put right what appeared to be the first wrong note of the evening .
13 So you used to take these five sums out to be marked and he 'd put right , tick , right , wrong , right , you know .
14 Is the hon. Lady saying that , if a Labour Government were elected , they would immediately put right that ratio ?
15 Dorcas appeared and reappeared amongst the complicated shadows , muttering to himself , saying things like , ‘ That 's dead , that 's no good , we need a new battery , ’ and ‘ Seems OK , nothing that a good clean could n't put right , ’ and ‘ Hmm , not much in your tank … ’
16 There 's not that much wrong with Hereford that a win would n't put right .
17 ‘ The council did award the contract but there is no evidence to support NCP 's claim that the council should put right the defect , ’ said Mr Buxton in a statement .
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