Example sentences of "[prep] be right [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 But because it 's got to be right across the board , and they wo n't make exception , of people like myself and others who are living in the community that need home help .
2 It 's a bungalow , it 's going to be screened and it 's going to be right at the back , there 's going to be no no er
3 In this case , it is not essential to be right at the committee boat , but having clear air to allow you to carry on , for some distance , without tacking is vital .
4 Most chairmen remained implacably opposed to any rethinking of their basic commercial philosophy as a result of the limited investigations which were possible , and Schiller 's results were deliberately and systematically suppressed , since they showed the outside critics to be right on the space heating load .
5 With the fighting so close , we had to be right on the border between Amal and Hezbollah territory .
6 The meteorologists would prove to be right about the sun , but as if to prove their fallibility at four eleven a steady drizzle began .
7 Cordelia , Kent , and France , who stand up to Lear , and whose judgement mutually reinforces one another , are right then , and are shown to be right by the way the action develops .
8 If you want to be right in the heart of bustling Bodrum 's bars and restaurants , then look no further than this friendly hotel .
9 For the adherents of the new theory are faced with the prospect of having to abandon a theory that they feel to be right in the face of evidence which , at that stage , they are unable to reconcile with the new theory — when in fact in a decade or two they might well be able to do so .
10 Unfortunately , she was never able really to influence developments in the way that Britain should , by being right in the middle of events , and being seen as a joint , willing partner in Europe — not a country that is always ducking and diving and looking for ways of putting party and even narrow national interests before those of the wider European concept .
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