Example sentences of "on the right " in BNC.
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| 1 | Though it may well be , he wrote , that one actually achieves more working with the wrong plans and in the wrong spirit , with the wrong tools and the wrong principles , on the wrong surface and with the wrong conception , it may well be , he wrote ( and Goldberg typed ) , that one achieves more than working with the right plans and in the right spirit , with the right tools and the right principles , on the right surface and with the right conception , though right and wrong and more and less are relative concepts and what seems right at one moment to one person may seem wrong at the same moment to another Person or at another moment to the same person , and what seems more to one person at one moment may seem less to another person at the same moment or at another moment to the same person , right , wrong , more , less , relative concepts , scribbled Goldberg , in the margin , panting slightly as he bent over his old Olivetti Portable , there is only the beginning , wrote Harsnet , or rather , there is only having begun , beginning , scribbled Goldberg , aware now of the black stains on his hands left by the felt-tip pen , having begun , there is only the feeling in the pit of the stomach or the feeling in the chest , wrote Harsnet , the feeling of sickness or the feeling of elation , those are not relative , he wrote , those are absolute . |
| 2 | I knew I was on the right track when I felt that thrill of pleasure at placing object , not painting it . |
| 3 | Then she walked with me to a bus stop — I had to take one step every two minutes , and that in slow motion — waited with me , put me on the right bus and reminded the conductor where to let me out . |
| 4 | On the right track |
| 5 | Kevin Inkster discarded the loose chain when he was dissatisfied with the cut it gave , but it made him realise that he was certainly on the right lines . |
| 6 | To that extent the SuperCut is also on the right lines , and has some benefits , but for the serious woodcutter it is limiting . |
| 7 | It is that sort of falling-together that reassures you are on the right lines . |
| 8 | ‘ In the 1950s and 60s there were superb beers — if you caught them on the right day . |
| 9 | The hostel staff advised us about the best areas for walking , and also arranged for the essential guide , to keep us on the right path and to protect us from the buffalo . |
| 10 | But it was still comforting to have with us little Liena , our 19-year-old interpreter who was a very competent rock climber and all-round mountaineer , for she had climbed Elbrus in the past and could give assurance that we were on the right course . |
| 11 | Easthope believes that the modernist concept of ‘ impersonality ’ , later systematized in the New Criticism , and theorized by Wimsatt and Beardsley in their famous essay ‘ The Intentional Fallacy ’ , was on the right lines , but did not go far enough , as the author was not really banished . |
| 12 | Design : Crossed lines over the toytown tram : City transport could soon be back on the right track , says Jonathan Glancey |
| 13 | Barcelona had already been refused a penalty , but they soon drew level through Julio Salinas , the deceptively inelegant striker who has taken Gary Lineker 's reluctant ill-fitted role on the right wing and , on Saturday , made such a good job of it that he might have had a hat-trick but for Francisco Buyo 's reflexes . |
| 14 | Significantly , Roxburgh decided to pay heed to the excellent club form of Gordon Strachan and the Leeds United man displayed an admirable combination of cockiness and sheer resolve on the right side of a midfield which contained the Celtic pair Roy Aitken and Paul McStay , and the former Parkhead workhorse , Murdo Macleod , who is now enjoying a renaissance in West Germany . |
| 15 | What assures the Calibra 's success is its pricing : the base model is predicted to cost less than £14,000 , while even the 16-valve four-wheel drive flyer should be on the right side of £17,000 . |
| 16 | On the right side the hedgerow ran parallel with the road as it sloped away down to the crossroads where we had had so much trouble yesterday . |
| 17 | Deciding on the right level for a band depends on the policy ideas which characterize different agents . |
| 18 | Round the kink in the road after Beaufort Street market and there , on the right hand side , was a shop with a pair of creepers in the window |
| 19 | Boyson , an outspoken Conservative MP for Brent North , is on the right wing of the party and propounds populist authoritarian policies — on law and order , education , trade unions , and patriotism . |
| 20 | On Saturday night at the end of the Rosary Moran said , ‘ I want to offer a final prayer to God that He may guide your father on the right course , ’ and they all knew , even to the boy Michael , to what he was referring . |
| 21 | The warm reception given to Project 90 , designed by John Heffernan and Ken Greenley , provided positive proof to Ward that he was on the right track in his long-term strategy of building a separate and much stronger image for the Bentley marque . |
| 22 | Engaged as consultants , Alec Issigonis and Alex Moulton half solved the problem by changing the rear suspension , but it took another outsider to put BRM on the right track . |
| 23 | It 's coming close on the right wing . |
| 24 | Especially when you 're starting off on the right foot like you and Marilyn . |
| 25 | The most useful contribution he could make was to turn up on the right day in the right uniform , cut ribbons , and make cosy speeches . |
| 26 | Much of the exercise was done in front of a mirror so that he could see for himself and correct the sag on the right side where his ribs had been removed . |
| 27 | It would be important to be on the right side of the nuns too . |
| 28 | As far as the charter is concerned they may be on the right track ( if for the wrong reasons ) . |
| 29 | The Thinker , already a winner of the race , stands at 20-1 , but he is difficult to train and even more difficult to catch on the right day . |
| 30 | The lively Priestley , on the right wing , created several Cambridge chances but they were either scorned or Maidenhead were rescued by their goalkeeper Atkins . |