Example sentences of "[conj] [adj] [to-vb] the right [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is just more and more complex and difficult to achieve the right water temperature . |
| 2 | Light was most important and I was prepared to wait all day if necessary to get the right lighting . ’ |
| 3 | The occasion is famous , the protagonists are distinguished ; Scipio Aemilianus crying over burning Carthage , Polybius suitably present and ready to elicit the right answer : turning round to me at once and grasping my hand , Scipio said : " A glorious moment , Polybius , but I have a dread foreboding that some day the same doom will be pronounced upon my own country " " ( 38.21.1 , transl . |
| 4 | But unable to find the right person , Nikki has now decided to take the children with her , although it means uprooting them from home and friends . |
| 5 | I ca n't say I was enamoured of the prospect of paying £150 entrance fee and about the same in annual subscription , but keen to do the right thing , I asked Robert Balfour , then Chairman of the Scottish Arts Council and Dawyck Haig to propose and second me . |