Example sentences of "[vb -s] the right [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 receives the right exposure .
2 and so on , from which a statement of a performance measure could be derived logically , ie the procedure is effective if the customer receives the right amount of the correct stationery at the right time .
3 It is far too early to say whether this produces the right result ; only time and history will show .
4 Because the bulk of the work was supervised by the owner , the overall cost is difficult to assess , but a figure of £50,000 at 1979 prices probably represents the right order of expense .
5 ‘ I think we can beat Glenavon but will have to keep our fingers crossed that the other game goes the right way for us , ’ he said .
6 Whether you are providing a 30 hour crash course for pre-intermediate students , or an 80 hour maintenance programme at post-proficiency level , you will find Fast Forward offers the right kind of material , the right amount of material , and the most balanced and effective approach for your learners .
7 Thinking positively encourages the right frame of mind to get on and do the job .
8 The amount of fat we actually need is staggeringly low at 5 grams ( less than a quarter of an ounce ) per day , providing it contains the right kind of fatty acids .
9 However , when an electron changes from one allowed orbit to another one nearer to the nucleus , energy is released and a real photon is emitted — which can be observed as visible light by the human eye , if it has the right wavelength , or by a photon detector such as photographic film .
10 Scot who has the right word for the big occasion
11 He has a long way to go but he has the right attitude . ’
12 ‘ I question whether Dangerfield has the right hide for a commander , anyway , ’ Lambert said .
13 She certainly has the right bloke to do it .
14 And none of them has the right kind of tights .
15 Once the robot has confirmed that it has the right kind of plastic by its reading of an identifying bar code , it shreds the material ready for collection .
16 Silvers has the right idea .
17 ‘ We think the Keystone dialogue has the right approach , but governments must support it ’ , he says .
18 Anyway he has the right approach and I 'm sure something will result . ’
19 This study could be seen as a pilot study that gives an intimation that if one has the right methodology the data which is yielded can be richer than that created from other methods .
20 ‘ Well , he has the right sort of contacts in the government .
21 However , we do have the mass noun cutlery , which has the right sort of meaning , as knives , forks and spoons are all cutlery .
22 Mad has the right sound to it .
23 My sympathies are with Marwood Yeatman , who has the right perspective on life and whose lifestyle I am now gaining myself .
24 And surely our reasons for allowing this are close to those suggested by the tripartite definition ; he has the right answer , and not by luck .
25 Any organisation that wants to survive and succeed must constantly question itself about how it operates , whether it has the right balance of products/skills and — most important of all — whether it is actually providing what its customers want .
26 ‘ It 's a matter of who has the right line past the high , ’ said Dalton .
27 ‘ It 's a matter of who has the right line past the high , ’ said Dalton .
28 A CUCUMBER is n't a cucumber — and wo n't count towards the EC cucumber crop — unless it 's the correct colour ( green ) and has the right amount of curve , according to European Commission rules .
29 In any event , the Purchaser will wish to be satisfied that it is acquiring a viable Business which has the right amount of saleable stock and working equipment .
30 There 's going to be eating more flies , so you need more swallows , so that looks the right way up .
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