Example sentences of "be [verb] [verb] the right [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Doubtless it could be arranged to give the right answers . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | These considerations should be used to judge the right level of detail and regularity of their preparation . |
| 5 | 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 ? |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Regional Railways : Decade to be spent making the right signals |
| 8 | 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 . |