Example sentences of "not [vb infin] the right [noun] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In other words , if a minister does not know the right question to ask MI5 about a particular operation or allegation then MI5 will not volunteer any information on its own . |
| 2 | Our problem is not that we have the wrong answers to particular doubts but that we do not have the right attitude to doubt in general . |
| 3 | In addition , there are some excellent hypnotherapists who just do not have the right personality to work in the field of past-life regression — and , of course , there are others who simply do not wish to . |
| 4 | It stands to reason that you can not find the right person to do a job unless you know yourself exactly what that job is . |
| 5 | You can make hard work of an easy job if you do n't know the right way to go . |
| 6 | And to point out to her now that she did n't know the right thing to do when visiting people like the Kirkleys would be , in a way , against the advice she had just given her , although it was n't to do with talking ; more like behaviour and deportment or some such . |
| 7 | When he gets well again , Thérèse thought : Madeleine wo n't let him remember , she does n't know the right words to say . |
| 8 | TOP motorcycle ace Andy McGladdery faced a second operation because red-faced doctors did n't have the right tools to remove screws pinning his leg . |
| 9 | There are so many versions of it already , and now does n't seem the right time to do it — I think I would rather wait until I was more established , and have something different to say about it . ’ |
| 10 | If you ca n't find the right person to talk to , you could phone one of the numbers at the end of this leaflet . |