Example sentences of "[noun] have [verb] the right [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 This means the vet has hit the right spot , but , despite giving the appearance of a canine pin cushion , it is obviously not too unpleasant an experience .
2 Bruce has got the right track record and I feel confident he will get results . ’
3 ‘ Your Grace has made the right decision , God be thanked ! ’
4 If he had meant to distract her Luke Hunter had chosen the right bait .
5 From that moment , I never doubted that God had put the right man , Vitalis , in the right place at the appropriate time .
6 Judge Wroath had applied the right test and come to a decision which he was entitled to come to on the evidence before him .
7 People in the Sri Lankan countryside have got the right idea .
8 Sugar have provided the right vehicle for Mould to tether his current world-view to , providing ( with Mould 's guitar and the tightness of the rhythm section ) a set of beautifully hard-knuckled rock arrangements that give him the clout he needs to reinforce the feeling inherent in his vocals .
9 Having created a viciously oppressive system of laws and rules , the government has found the right sort of people to operate it .
10 Hunt thinks Mansell has done the right thing in signing with Williams .
11 ( Schlesinger had made the right decision , because The April Fools , finally directed by Stuart Rosenberg , was a real failure . )
12 that Stuart 's done the right thing .
13 One of the sons had done the right thing and had taken the pressure off me for a while .
14 She had known as soon as they had arrived at the lodge that her heart had made the right decision , even though it felt irresponsible and utterly childish to be spending a summer like this , at her age , and after all the work she had done to put the initials MD after her name .
15 It is all very confusing with the result , in my experience , that in many instances the fishkeeper has to find the right feed level by trial and error , which invariably involves water quality problems , as well as compromising the health of the fish until the correct balance is achieved .
16 Citroen 's design director Art Blakeslee thought the company had done the right thing with Activa II .
17 Only a handful of luxury groups have struck the right balance between mass-marketing and exclusivity .
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