Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] in the right [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The question remains as to whether British policy-makers can fairly argue that by fighting ‘ from within ’ , although they may not have entirely succeeded in limiting the battleground to issues of trade and markets , they have nevertheless ensured that the economic policy itself has pointed in the right direction . |
| 2 | Again the notebooks can be seen moving in the right direction with ‘ Svidrigailov : I 'm happy to go to America at once , but somehow nobody really wants to . ’ |
| 3 | We are beginning to look in the right direction , and there is a genuine urgency . |
| 4 | They may be of course , but we may not have looked in the right place yet to find that . |
| 5 | Principles are like the moon that can be reflected in a thousand pools — if we choose to look in the right direction into a pool . |
| 6 | The LTA has increased its training staff and with the arrival of Tony Pickard and others it does appear that we are on the right road to success or at least start travelling in the right direction . |
| 7 | Sheltered housing in Scotland , upgrading of hostels , adapting premises , such as mother and baby homes where there was less need , to shelters for the victims of violent homes — which was a growing problem — all received pushes in the right direction under Eva 's capable guidance . |
| 8 | Although Darwin had turned in the right direction , he could do very little with mind and culture during his lifetime for the same reason that he was helpless before the mysteries of heredity : the basic information and modes of thought were lacking to produce the stable foundation which he correctly viewed as essential . |
| 9 | He spent the final trying to get in the right position to win the race . |
| 10 | As John Sutton said , ‘ It 's like a tandem with six people on it who all need to pedal in the right direction . |
| 11 | Learn to operate in the right mode . |