Example sentences of "be [v-ing] [prep] the right [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the contrary , they form the foundation blocks to all that follows , and serve as a constant reminder of the need to ensure that we are building on the right foundation and that the materials with which we build have spiritual survival capability ( 1 Cor. |
| 2 | You will now want to make sure that your feet are landing in the right place . |
| 3 | ‘ But we continue to study it and are looking for the right vehicle . ’ |
| 4 | Or at least make sure you are listening to the right station . |
| 5 | Neurons do not individually have the property of consciousness , consciousness emerges when a large number of neurons are interacting in the right kind of way ; just as speed is a property not of any single component of a car , but an emergent property of the whole system when it is operating in an appropriate way . |
| 6 | Right , so we 're looking at the right price as well , O K , and what else are we looking for ? |
| 7 | If you jump , yes you 're looking at the right place , but you 've jumped ahead . |
| 8 | ‘ We 're going in the right direction but I do n't know where the piste has got to . ’ |
| 9 | I do n't think the vicarage can be here — Dorothy , are you sure we 're going in the right direction ? ’ |
| 10 | It is different from country to country , and I sometimes feel I mean I 'm not sure whether I 'm being unfair to our industry here , but it does seem to me that perhaps we have n't quite got our act together yet , we 're going in the right direction , but we have n't quite got there . |
| 11 | Well they 're getting to the right temperature he said . |
| 12 | ‘ We 're coming to the right turn . ’ |
| 13 | The banks have been hostile to the plans from the beginning but had been waiting for the right moment to withdraw on commercial rather than political grounds . |
| 14 | Although the City has recommended for the past year that Quality go public , the company has been waiting for the right moment . |
| 15 | He has been waiting for the right offer for some time after turning down an approach from Italian club Pisa several seasons ago . |
| 16 | There is a sense that things are heading in the right direction in South Africa , and that is all . |
| 17 | You can enjoy the feeling that you and your life are moving in the right direction towards action , health , harmony and independence . |
| 18 | If the patient 's well-being is enhanced or if a problem such as asthma is cured , but joint pains flare up or a skin rash develops , the physician can reassure the patient that things are moving in the right direction and that the joint or skin problem should be transient and will also clear up in due course . |
| 19 | The consensus , however , is that we are moving in the right direction and the further 1% cut in base rates and its knock-on effect on mortgages is the best tonic the country could get . |
| 20 | This microlight had been flying with the right wingtip set to maximum incidence , but with the left at one setting of reduced incidence from neutral . |
| 21 | If you do n't think your rivers are running in the right place , divert them . |
| 22 | But first of all in terms of a precedency attitude I hope I 'm looking in the right place ? |
| 23 | But would you be writing from the right address ? |
| 24 | Thought well at least I 'm heading in the right direction you know . |
| 25 | I 'm going to the right place now . |
| 26 | I 'm waiting for the right moment . ’ |
| 27 | Yeah , yeah six minutes past the hour so there , yeah , so they kept giving you doubts , now if you 're getting on this train make sure you get out at Lemington , so at about twenty past twelve , the twelve six went out from platform eleven , why , cos that will upset everything then , by , few of the trains kept coming round , then they said were very sorry but the Shrewsbury train will come in at platform ten that 's where we 're all waiting , so the ready train be outside somewhere , so , that came in just as the , the twelve , six went out about twenty past twelve these in and this girl got up so we said do n't get on this , you 'll never get to Birmingham you get on here , wait until we get on we said , cos they changed the train , oh she was getting all worked up , she come from Middlesborough , well I said well , well , anyway , we said no , there , there 's no trains for university no , nobody will be going at the right time will they ? |
| 28 | Opposition from vested interests will be intense , but no one should underestimate the power of the goodwill that survives to be tapped as soon as politicians are seen to be moving in the right direction . |
| 29 | Rush is one of that group of people who coalesced in the early 70s and saw the signs that the tide might be moving in the right direction , and that they could influence its course . |
| 30 | The fact that some believed that their teaching programme would not differ greatly even if such examinations were abolished seems to suggest that the GCSE syllabuses may be moving in the right direction , and present fewer conflicts with the way arts teachers normally operate . |