Example sentences of "be right at the [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For example , the Eskimos , who as hunters and fishermen are right at the bottom of Marx 's and Engels 's technological scale , have a kinship terminology which does not classify relatives any more than the English system does — a sign for Morgan of the presence of monogamy — while the Malays , who have possessed for a very long time highly advanced agricultural techniques , use a kinship terminology which Morgan and Engels associated with the earliest stages of evolution . |
| 2 | So I think I made this point before that the people who are right at the top of politics are the ones who are very good at flattery , duplicity , manipulation and so on and these , are these really the qualities we want in our government ? |
| 3 | Images of parties and party leaders are right at the margin between perceptions and attitudes . |
| 4 | And the French are right at the forefront of design again . |
| 5 | So you 're right at the head of the pecking order ? |
| 6 | You 're right at the head of the pecking order , when the cash generation starts you 'll be first in line ? |
| 7 | See what happens is they always backwards even if they 're right at the back of the field so you find someone you do n't like and you go behind them trip them over |
| 8 | You 'll be right at the heart of Hong Kong 's revitalized waterfront , a new area bursting with energy . |
| 9 | ‘ I 'm right at the peak of my career now , and it 's my ambition to go for the ‘ grand slam ’ , ’ said Gunnell , after winning the 400m , her first race in Britain for five months . |
| 10 | Teacher : If you were right at the top of the tower would the people down below you look like ? |
| 11 | The they er even in the dining room you , you sort of , there were long tables , well when you came in as , as a student nurse you were right at the bottom of the table , and as you , you know , the second year , third year , fourth year , you gradually moved up and then the , the State Registered Nurses they all sat together . |
| 12 | Well it better have cos it 's right at the back of the kiln at the bottom and I do n't |
| 13 | I 'll be able to model your gown ; it 's right at the end of the show , so I 'll have a few minutes after I 've finished Roman 's clothes . ’ |
| 14 | sky , ye yes , well sky 's right at the end of Wednesday 's programmes in that one |
| 15 | We were invited to spend it with Bill and Claire , who have a small farm about 15 miles outside Invercargill ( which is right at the bottom of the South Island ) . |
| 16 | The model I had on test was the five door two litre Ghia , which is right at the top of the saloon range , selling for £17,450 . |
| 17 | Taking one of William Rees-Mogg 's conclusions further , is it not logical to deduce that while ‘ Italy is the cradle of European civilisation ’ , Tuscany is right at the centre of it . |
| 18 | The inherent and deeply charged contradictions of a culturally threadbare working-class politics having such a richly threaded , but essentially unpolitical base , is right at the heart of the problems facing strategists of class liberation ’ |
| 19 | That , I believe , is the real test of our fellowship and is right at the heart of what it means to be a responsible member of a Baptist church practising as we do the principle of congregational government . |
| 20 | The only front that the Cavalry commanders can see is right at the end of the valley where the main Russian army is massively assembled , secure behind their heavy guns . |
| 21 | Vauxhall 's Director at Ellesmere Port , Nick Reilly , told assembled workers , journalists and worldwide representatives of parent company , General Motors : ‘ This engine plant at Ellesmere Port is right at the front of worldwide competition and with the team we have here it will stay there . ’ |
| 22 | Vauxhall 's director at Ellesmere Port , Nick Reilly , told assembled workers , journalists and worldwide representatives of parent company General Motors : ‘ This engine plant at Ellesmere Port is right at the front of worldwide competition , and with the team we have here it will stay there . ’ |
| 23 | When I arrived at the GA European Open , I looked at the list of entrants for the Lancome Trophy to find that I was right at the bottom of the list of qualifiers with one week to go before the final selection . |
| 24 | Because of the vast size of it and the difficulty of controlling it when sailing single-handed , the spinnaker was n't a sail he used much and it was right at the bottom at the aft end of the sail-locker . |
| 25 | It was right at the back of her mind but she could n't get it out . |
| 26 | he was right at the height of his Anthony Newley hang-up , so one problem was constantly reminding him that he sounded like Anthony Newley and trying to ‘ de-Newleyfy ’ him if you could . |
| 27 | However , I can debate with anyone and at any stage that Gibson was right at the time for the Dams . |
| 28 | My own mob was right at the front of the fuss : we did n't want any more secret organisations on our patch . ’ |
| 29 | We got , I was right at the front in the balcony . |
| 30 | It was right at the end of the main hunting season , and we had already watched as a group of males had twice unsuccessfully hunted the same group of colobus monkeys that day . |