Example sentences of "the right size [coord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The mug was the right size but the wrong design , too pretty , for his large , gnarled hand , rough with scar tissue and discoloured by years of work in paint and wood . |
| 2 | Or they 're the right size but they 've got the hard bristles |
| 3 | A home of the right size and in the right place and at the right rent is everybody 's first need . |
| 4 | However , for the best effect , you do need to work out the right size and shape for your arrangement , choose appropriate containers and know which colours of flowers go well together . |
| 5 | So I cancelled the gig and they got the piano that was the right size and the gig was back on . |
| 6 | More importantly , by the time you finish this chapter , you should have a good idea of the right size and shape for your body . |
| 7 | To give a second example , pied flycatchers which have never seen a shrike will mob a model shrike ; the mobbing is best elicited , or ‘ released ’ , by a model of the right size and orientation , with a horizontal black eye stripe on the appropriate background colour . |
| 8 | It was the only horse so far which was the right size and the right shape — or perhaps it was only the spots that detracted from Jazz 's mount . |
| 9 | That helmet is just the right size and shape to have inflicted the blow we saw . |
| 10 | His pearl is fatally flawed , and to supply the missing leaf , or leaves , in facsimile , even of the right size and type , is a desperate measure acceptable only in cases of extreme age or rarity . |
| 11 | ‘ Five stones ’ was a favourite and a collection of good smooth pebbles of the right size and weight was a treasure , something like a really champion conker . |
| 12 | We started the pond in early spring , after deciding on a semi-raised design , and after spending all winter finding the right size and shape of preformed pond . |
| 13 | An hour or so ago , she had seen a stone of the right size and shape lying on the edge of a garden , and had put it into her pocket . |
| 14 | Quite apart from wanting pictures which will enhance the pages of their magazine and which will interest their readers , editors need pictures of the right size and printed on the right sort of paper . |
| 15 | 3 Have the photographs processed to the right size and on the right paper . |
| 16 | This realization does not make it any easier to accept that our own mercurial organ is the right size and shape for our body . |
| 17 | Pores along the hairs filter out molecules of the right size and these are analysed . |
| 18 | I 'll find out whether The Economist is the right size and weight . |
| 19 | About 300 metres of each , I 've torn to make the covers so far but I 'm still doing it because each one has to be the right size and colour-coded by room . |
| 20 | That 's er , about one fifty for one as long you get the right size and then just , just tear to whatever thing . |
| 21 | Measure it , get the right size and I 'll put in my handbag . |