Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] the right [noun] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 The local water also contained just the right quantity of lime for the production of ‘ sheened ’ washed silk .
2 Working with creatures of such speed it was important that he used exactly the right type of camera .
3 Mr Pearson 's Shotover has exactly the right air of a rapt scientific experimenter trying to attain power through means of mind .
4 Some of the individual performances could do with more definition and detail , but there 's terrific work from David Burt , who has exactly the right mixture of romantic swagger and ruthless cynicism as Macheath , as well as a first-rate singing voice .
5 In the leading role , singer-turned-actor Dutronc has exactly the right quality of physical frailty and stooped sadness to complement Pialat 's beautiful , poignant images .
6 The makers Schott claim that this porous glass material has exactly the right combination of aerobic and anaerobic opportunities for bacterial growth .
7 In Ancient Egypt , pig footprints were considered just the right depth for sowing corn , and at planting time , the farmer would walk behind a pig , dropping seeds in the impressions .
8 I wonder just how easy this is when so many record companies are spreading their nets far and wide to find just the right location for an increasingly varied range of repertoire commitments .
9 Shift operator adds just the right amount of vitamins to the mix .
10 He stands over 13.2hh now and has just the right mixture of quality and substance .
11 Some might accuse it of looking like a wedding cake , but I would suggest it has just the right amount of decoration .
12 The neck has just the right amount of forward relief , and needs no adjustment to the truss rod .
13 By the same token they are producing just the right level of output , .
14 I found the book to be very readable , with each subject being given just the right amount of coverage , considering the intended readership .
15 They are hiring just the right number of workers , , that the calculus of profit maximization dictates .
16 This is usually a very pleasant and reassuring interview for a worried old person , who can be helped to feel that much of the anxiety about her heavy housework is going to be taken off her hands ; and the supervisor then tries , as far as possible , to choose just the right member of her staff to suit the needs of the applicant .
17 It takes a stylist 's skill to choose exactly the right combination for you , and to advise you on maintaining the treatment between visits .
18 But what is really relevant is to state that against Ireland they played absolutely the right sort of game and they played it with utter conviction and quite brilliant execution .
19 When the Israelites go out to gather it , each of them gathers exactly the right amount for himself and his family ; on the sixth day of the week a double portion is given and collected so that the sabbath rest can be properly kept ; on the sabbath , appropriately , no manna appears at all ; while any kept at the end of any of the first five days goes bad overnight , the half of the sixth day 's gathering put aside for the sabbath keeps perfectly fresh .
20 Dave had had just the right amount of drink , he had n't been tempted to display his superior knowledge in argument ; he had n't produced any slanderous gossip , he had n't felt it necessary to demonstrate his virility by being overattentive to someone else 's wife .
21 Unlike most clergy houses , which had either too little furniture in them for reasons of poverty or too much from the wrong sort of inheritance , Canon Wheeler 's had just the right amount in the right places .
22 For 12 months , BP and Unipart worked together on a basis of trust , getting together the right people from both sides , brainstorming and exploring the many opportunities for collaborative activity — not just in Eastern Europe .
23 Oh , you might be careful to plumb that machine in correctly , to use only the right powder in the right quantity , never to overload it and to have it serviced regularly .
24 With nothing more than a saw , pocket knife and file he resolved how to let just the right amount of ink out and air in , and made a fountain pen to his own design .
25 Embryonic development is very sensitive to having just the right number of genes and so in females one of the X chromosomes is inactivated early in development , leaving just one functional X chromosome in each cell .
26 One of these is that of balancing the line — having just the right number of operatives for the various work stations on the line .
27 The electric field will then produce just the right force for displacing the electrons by the right amount .
28 It also controls gradual water loss , retaining just the right amount of moisture your skin needs .
29 Not for the first time , she wishes she had her sister 's confidence with men , her way of saying just the right thing in the right way to make them laugh , or listen , or love .
30 Her dislike of him was such that during the filming of A Letter to Four Wives , in which she picks up a photograph of a man and reacts with distaste , director Joe Mankiewicz used a photo of Preminger which prompted exactly the right expression from Darnell .
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