Example sentences of "be the right sort " in BNC.
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| 1 | Edward Shevardnadze , who resigned as Soviet foreign minister last December , might have been the right sort of UN leader . |
| 2 | As long as they 're the right sort of books , of course . |
| 3 | I 've told Nenna time and again that she ought to get hold of some sort of reliable chap , an ex-Naval chippie would be the right sort , just to spend the odd day on board and put everything to rights . |
| 4 | I could well , could well be the same event as that because he certainly looks to be the right sort of character . |
| 5 | Once someone has established themselves as being the right sort of chap , then their name crops up time and again . |
| 6 | They were the right sort of people — talented and with some experience , and willing to get their hands dirty . |
| 7 | When they hatch they will try to follow and come close to the first slowly moving object they see which is the right sort of colour and more or less chicken-sized . |
| 8 | But to , to , to make it all a very nice gentle sort of colours throughout , including the mount is the right sort of thing to do . |
| 9 | I mean , it er portrait really is the right sort of subject to , to try out this kind of technique because er , it does n't have impact , and here because the green and the erm er , this , th for want of a better colour , it 's really red , it 's a sort of purply colour , they 're very dark and th the , the actual head does n't really stand out very much from the from the background , I think the background |
| 10 | Pallet wood will do if it 's the right sort of wood . |
| 11 | It 's the right sort of technology . |
| 12 | She 's the right sort . |
| 13 | ‘ I thought I loved him — that it was the right sort of love . |