Example sentences of "be [vb pp] [verb] the right [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Men can have one dark suit and wear it all day and no one will even notice , but women are expected to have the right clothes for lunch and afternoon tea and working in and then have some stunning outfit for evening . |
2 | When the opportunity arises to appointment a new member of staff a considerable amount of attention needs to be given to attract the right person . |
3 | Doubtless it could be arranged to give the right answers . |
4 | And when these did n't meet with immediate success , yet more surveys were done and more programmes developed — until , ultimately , it was decided that , if parents could not be trusted to do the right thing , the decision had to be taken out of their hands . |
5 | These considerations should be used to judge the right level of detail and regularity of their preparation . |
6 | If , and some would say it is quite a big if , other policies can be used to get the right balance of activities in the economy , we can confine our attention to the narrower questions : are firms more likely to attain the lowest possible cost curve in the public or the private sector ? |
7 | She began to exchange odd words with the others , the Afghan 's owner , tall and bearded in home-knitted sweaters full of mistakes , the woman who ran a boutique a street away and her argumentative pekinese , and an Alsatian with a middle-aged man in dark suits and expensive shoes who looked like an advertisement for men 's tailoring , the kind who would be bound to have the right clothes for any occasion . |
8 | Regional Railways : Decade to be spent making the right signals |
9 | I believe that a London terminus of the right kind must be established to provide the right links to the north and the rest of England . |
10 | DURING the next six weeks Scotland are pledged to find the right blend in order that their assault on the Rugby World Cup Sevens at Murrayfield does not self-destruct . |
11 | When Coleman looked into this , DIA assets in Lebanon reported that much of it was being printed there , with large numbers of genuine $1 bills being bleached to provide the right paper for phony $100 bills . |
12 | Sand that 's measured to ensure the right grain size for maximum strength and exceptional beauty . |
13 | By contrast , those places which could be expected to have a predominantly European clientele , particularly at the hill stations , a sort of English country style was adopted to create the right atmosphere for a cool refreshing visit to the hills . |
14 | A spokesman for Lothian Health Board said last night that an appropriate salary package was needed to attract the right calibre of staff . |
15 | He replied that he did n't intend to submit himself to a leadership election because he was determined to fight the right wing , I told him that if he refused to go he would probably end up giving them exactly what they wanted . |