Example sentences of "[vb pp] [prep] the right [noun] [coord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We have argued that even broadcasting was biased towards the right wing and , separately , towards the government of the day . |
| 2 | Our content analysis of television during the election campaign seems to suggest that television was biased towards the right wing and , separately , towards the government of the day . |
| 3 | I do n't like the title , it 's probably done for the right reasons but … well … |
| 4 | that decisions are made for the right reasons and do not run counter to deeply held attitudes or beliefs |
| 5 | The three-year-old collie , Bob , was stabbed in the right eye and hit across the head with an iron pipe . |
| 6 | Abnormal development may occur if a protein is not made at the right time or place , or the protein is defective or if too little or too much is made . |
| 7 | Armed with the right gear and correct information , we were in business . |
| 8 | But is the boundary drawn in the right place or not . |
| 9 | If the directors do state their reasons the court will investigate them to the extent of seeing whether they have acted on the right principles and will overrule their decision if they have acted on considerations which should not have weighed with them , but not merely because the court would have come to a different conclusion . |
| 10 | It is generally accepted that in order to watch over an executive , the system of supervision has to be constructed in parallel so that information about the salient issues is extracted at the right time and the process of scrutiny is based on this information and takes place when the decision is still open . |
| 11 | You could pick up a seat by knowing the right people , having gone to the right school or being thought to be worth a few thousand — almost the first question put to the prospective MP for Richmond , Sir George Harvie-Watt , when he went up before the local selection committee in 1937 was whether he would subscribe £700 to the local association . |
| 12 | It came to focus on a headhunting approach to find this talent , not necessarily people who had gone to the right schools and universities . |
| 13 | After cutting out the neck shape , the raw edge is enclosed with a double band , which can be backstitched on the right side and slip stitched into position on the wrong side . |
| 14 | I was hit on the right leg and nearly fell . |
| 15 | I do n't know who they are — famous men , dead and living , who 've fought for the right things and created and painted in the right way , and unfamous people I know who do n't lie about things , who try not to be lazy , who try to be human and intelligent . |
| 16 | This mode has been associated with the right hemisphere and tends more towards passive , visual processing , during which the overall emotional tone if a situation becomes paramount . |
| 17 | Maud liked to be associated with the right people and be seen in the right places . |
| 18 | A 10 cm fish was removed from the right bronchus and the boy made a full recovery . |
| 19 | Advances in electronic and micro processors enabling fuel to be delivered in the right quantity and at the optimum time in the combustion process now allow an efficiency to be achieved that Dr Rudolf Diesel could never have dreamed of in 1892 . |
| 20 | 3 Have the photographs processed to the right size and on the right paper . |
| 21 | These lessons were given at the right time and were invaluable in later life . |
| 22 | Correctly speaking , from the top of the backswing , the space between left arm and right shoulder should immediately widen , without the left arm seeming to be jammed onto the right shoulder and the right shoulder pushing it . |
| 23 | On the back , quite without superficial decoration , the artist has concentrated on revealing the forms of the body , not adapted to a linear pattern but swelling in majestic simplicity under the smooth cloak which originally veiled the hair and falls almost to the ankles , held in the right hand and brought round under the left elbow to be tucked into the belt in front . |