Example sentences of "[be] [adj] [prep] the right [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He says they 're safe in the right hands but you still have to be careful . |
| 2 | And I think first of all , make sure you 've got it right , make sure you are doing things for the right reasons , and you are concerned about the right issues , but then , shout about it from the rooftops . |
| 3 | Or are those on the right lines who maintain that Barth 's broad approach is correct and must be built upon , but at the same time opened up to permit more ‘ input ’ into theology from the natural and human sciences , as we shall find attempted , for example , by Moltmann and Torrance ? |
| 4 | Vegetable and fruit-growing for a nearby market can be profitable on the right land , but this is very labour-intensive , and does not combine well with stock farming , which also requires the undivided attention of the smallholder . |
| 5 | Although he lacked the impeccable conservative credentials of Sununu , it was generally believed that Skinner would be acceptable to the right wing of the Republican Party . |
| 6 | Because everything was handmade , er all the holes in the er timbers , they had to be carefully er marked out so that y er when they went to the wood machines there was a er they would be bored in the right place , and the right size of holes . |
| 7 | Another process which would be applicable to the right type of terrain is what might be called the continuous reclamation process . |
| 8 | The breeding , rearing , or fattening of beef cattle can be viable in the right conditions , although it is hard to make a profit on a very small scale . |
| 9 | I have my catapults and slings and air-rifle , and they could all be lethal in the right circumstances , but they just do n't have the long-range hitting power I really hanker after . |
| 10 | As we have already discussed , the ancestry of the rose is extremely wide and complicated , and although extraordinary genealogical detective work has been carried out into many family trees , one wonders how it is possible to be sure of the right direction when travelling through the mists and fogs of time , especially during the period before copyright was extended to plants , when secrecy was a safeguard against competition . |
| 11 | We can also fail to be angry about the right things , neglecting issues , say , of Justice and truth in our world . |
| 12 | Both had a comprehensive collection of tools , and luckily what we needed would be available at the right time . |
| 13 | Response to music is believed to be dominant in the right hemisphere and as a result would be expected to exact a similar reduction in left field advantage to that found for right field advantage in the trigram tasks discussed here . |
| 14 | There must be enough of the right food , the temperature and habitat must be right , there must not be too many other animals that would parasitize it , or kill it for food . |
| 15 | Meanwhile , the two promised divisions , which , had they been available at the right moment , would almost certainly have presented Verdun to the Germans , were still firmly held at Metz , two day 's march away . |
| 16 | Attractive salaries and working conditions are available for the right scientists . |
| 17 | Local staff or voluntary workers can not be expected to have the resources , time or experience to ensure that telecommunications , backdrop , crowd flow , music , lighting and camera positions are available at the right time and in the right way . |
| 18 | In a recent article in Current Anthropology , one palaeontologist went even further and stated that the molecular anthropologists were right for the wrong reasons , while the palaeontologists were wrong for the right reasons . |
| 19 | After a wait of about two hours we joined the long crocodile winding through corridors to the ballroom , with anxious ushers ensuring that we were all in the right order of presentation . |
| 20 | Sloping , well-drained land is conducive to the right amount of ch'i . |
| 21 | No stitching is visible from the right side . |
| 22 | It can , none the less , cut out many of the worst frustrations : material that takes hours to trace , is never found , or is unavailable at the right time ; teacher-made material that takes too long , is botched in process or inexpertly designed ; equipment that does n't work , or works badly , or is preempted by someone else at the crucial moment ; timetables that do n't , when it comes to the point , allow sufficient flexibility ; help that one feels ought to be available but somehow never is . |
| 23 | Channel nine on the telly , mhm , there 's the right one that 's all in the right places do n't know We 're not going to see it after all |
| 24 | This complex of elements and activities should be managed such that it ensures that the right product is available at the right price in the right place at the appropriate time to satisfy the needs of target customers in the chosen market segments . |
| 25 | ( i ) to secure that the right land is available at the right time for the implementation of national , regional and local plans : |
| 26 | However , it is not clear that existing mechanisms ensure that the right quantity of floorspace is available in the right place at the right time . |
| 27 | This suggests that verbal ability is dominant in the left hemisphere and spatial ability is dominant in the right hemisphere . |
| 28 | This would support the hypothesis that verbal ability is dominant in the left hemisphere and spatial ability is dominant in the right hemisphere . |
| 29 | Plain open seam is inconspicuous from the right side and is the most widely used , with an average-sized seam allowance of 1.5cm ( ⅝in ) . |
| 30 | Incidentally the lesson would have been better if there had been more tape recorders in the school and if the tape had been ready at the right moment . |