Example sentences of "exactly the right [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Business men in my constituency believe that the Maastricht agreement set exactly the right tone for business in the 1990s . |
| 2 | Her dislike of him was such that during the filming of A Letter to Four Wives , in which she picks up a photograph of a man and reacts with distaste , director Joe Mankiewicz used a photo of Preminger which prompted exactly the right expression from Darnell . |
| 3 | It was only after they had worked out the correct tautomeric form of each base and found that adenine is exactly the right shape to pair with thymine ( and guanine with cytosine ) that they thought of Erwin Chargaff 's discovery that DNA always contained equimolar amounts of bases in each of these pairs . |
| 4 | Some of the individual performances could do with more definition and detail , but there 's terrific work from David Burt , who has exactly the right mixture of romantic swagger and ruthless cynicism as Macheath , as well as a first-rate singing voice . |
| 5 | A little yacht stove gave out a temperate glow , its draught adjusted to produce exactly the right warmth . |
| 6 | He can claim , whether truthfully or not , that he had recommended clients to come in at exactly the right times . |
| 7 | Many in Washington will disagree ; toughness on trade , they think , is exactly the right way to force Japan and Europe to open their markets ( see page 53 ) . |
| 8 | and that is , that would be exactly the right way to do it ! |
| 9 | That I think you I think most people find it more difficult having to group the notes in the right , in exactly the right way . |
| 10 | The Board of Trade meeting went off very well , with both Mr Murray and Mr Bushnell answering questions with exactly the right tact and diplomacy . |
| 11 | Mr Pearson 's Shotover has exactly the right air of a rapt scientific experimenter trying to attain power through means of mind . |
| 12 | That is exactly the right word . |
| 13 | And " enjoy " is exactly the right word , because as the believer learns more about God his delight becomes more intense . |
| 14 | No , a mere little child , but pressure , yes I mean you 've hit exactly the right word , which makes the game and the big occasions very different . |
| 15 | Working with creatures of such speed it was important that he used exactly the right type of camera . |
| 16 | It took over 800 individual dyeings to complete the programme , changing the proportions until exactly the right colour was achieved . |
| 17 | the sky was a beautiful blue , the sun in just the right position for the rainbows to come out of the cleft in exactly the right position photographically . |
| 18 | So I remind myself that it does n't really matter about things being put back in exactly the same place in the cupboard , or precisely the same brand of tea being bought , or the carrots being cut to exactly the right dimensions . |
| 19 | Photographing food , especially in close-up , involves very controlled and precise technique — and the constant services of an expert home economist to ensure the availability of the products involved , in exactly the right state . |
| 20 | At the same time , the earthworms burrow deep into the subsoil bringing minerals to the surface , churning and mixing mineral and organic matter in their gizzards , depositing the excavated material on or near the surface in very stable crumbs exactly the right size for optimum exploitation by plant root-hairs . |
| 21 | These too need a rich food supply to complete their development , and the newly metamorphosed toads , just a few millimetres long , are exactly the right size . |
| 22 | The same effect can be achieved with a small pair of school compasses ( which have the advantage that they can be adjusted to exactly the right size ) , but these are more difficult to use to get an exact line . |
| 23 | Somewhere in the middle of this continuum , an animal with an air bladder of exactly the right size neither sinks nor rises , but floats steadily in effortless equilibrium . |
| 24 | It is is a matter of coincidence we think that our moon is just exactly the right size to fit over the sun from our point of view . |
| 25 | ‘ As far as I 'm concerned the collection is in exactly the right building . |
| 26 | Through that the sounds from the Chandler pickups exuded exactly the right character . |
| 27 | As someone who has championed the cause of renewable energy since the mid-1970s , I give a warm personal welcome to my hon. Friend 's statement , which I believe to be in exactly the right direction . |
| 28 | Labanowski is on an eight-week tour , and regrettably last night was the only Ipswich performance — coincidentally , All Fools Day , which was exactly the right spirit . |
| 29 | The Trustees made a recommendation to that effect to the Bedfordshire LEA in 1930 which was accepted by the county 's Adult Education Subcommittee as the scheme ‘ had been conducted on sound lines , was distinctly encouraging , that the particular tutor-organiser was exactly the right person required ’ . |
| 30 | It holds the blade at exactly the right angle to achieve optimum sharpness , and it 's this that makes the sharpener so quick and easy to use . |