Example sentences of "a [noun] [prep] the right [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is difficult to reconcile such findings with Ornstein 's claim that intuitive non-logical thinking is a function of the right hemisphere . |
| 2 | Roughly speaking , plain , unemotional , ordered " talking " , which is heavily dependent upon our ability to recognize and encode binary discriminations ( distinctive features in phonology and logical oppositions in argument ) , has been shown to be a function of the left hemisphere of the brain , while emotional responses , which are the consequence of reactions to sensory inputs from outside , are a function of the right hemisphere . |
| 3 | Goulston and McGovern found no benign strictures in the right colon among their 13 patients , leading them to speculate that a stricture on the right side is more likely to be malignant than benign . |
| 4 | And he 's got a badge on the right hand side as well . |
| 5 | Though deeply Anglo-Catholic he rejected what the world thought of as Anglo-Catholic fuss , a mistaking of the right vestment for the right religion . |
| 6 | Virtually anything waved around in the receptive fields of these cells will evoke a response under the right conditions . |
| 7 | When your FlexiLoan is arranged , we will give you a special cheque book so that when the time comes to spend some or all of your borrowing limit , all you have to do is make our a cheque for the right amount . |
| 8 | Before we take a look at the right fitness plan for you let's look at the physical benefits of regular exercise : |
| 9 | The Government have taken a stand on the right principles , and when my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister goes to Maastricht to uphold them , he will have the overwhelming support of the House and the country , whatever the outcome of the summit . |
| 10 | Going northwards along the Via Flaminia , about five miles or so past Spoleto , a signpost on the right points to Poreta . |
| 11 | Right , the Agency has an address , and a signpost at the right turning off the Beltway . |
| 12 | Gloag had a deformity of the right arm and a somewhat high-pitched voice , but overall made a forceful impression . |
| 13 | If you have to go out to deliberately buy them the chances are that you wo n't but if you buy the occasional packet when you happen to see them you can have a grand time selecting them to effect a change on a sweater at the right time . |
| 14 | Elinor was sometimes at a loss for the right word , or name , and then became impatient with herself ; she was often frustrated because she could n't move as swiftly as she did before . |
| 15 | He thinks this keeps him on his mettle , but it often leaves him at a loss for the right word . |
| 16 | Edward seemed of a sudden bereft of further speech and Joan was at a loss for the right words . |
| 17 | Bangor sealed the game following a break down the right wing when the ball was pushed under Gibson . |
| 18 | The region where women ca n't vote in the local elections , and seats on the council depend on how a show of hands looks to the official in charge , is also the region where men were wearing a ring in the right ear long before it became a youth fashion elsewhere . |
| 19 | A Stroke In The Right Direction |
| 20 | If this can be kept in a place that is accessible to teachers , along with a monitor ( a small black and white one would do ) , then it can be used for teacher viewing and for setting a tape at the right place before a lesson . |
| 21 | In most cases the subject comes first , followed by a search for the right artist . |
| 22 | It 's a question of the right opportunity presenting itself . ’ |
| 23 | But I knew it would work , I knew it was the perfect register for it ; it was just a question of the right tonality and the right feeling . |
| 24 | Tanabe , 69 , a reformist from the right wing of the party , had narrowly defeated the centre-left candidate , Tetsu Ueda , in a leadership ballot of the party 's 83,000 members on July 23 . |
| 25 | A home of the right size and in the right place and at the right rent is everybody 's first need . |
| 26 | Even forgetting the music , there 's nothing more soul destroying than discovering that the constituent parts of the lean , mean Rock'n'Roll machine you worshipped as a kid have subsequently developed beer bellies , a penchant for incontinence wear and an alarming tendency to part their hair Jack Charlton- style an inch and a half above the right ear . |
| 27 | This particular operation was a lengthening of the right achilles tendon . |
| 28 | About six miles from Gubbio en route to Umbertide , a turning on the right points to Pietralunga . |
| 29 | The International Publishers Association may have given us a pointer in the right direction with the publication this year of its Charter for the Reader . |
| 30 | In the accident she sustained a very severe closed head injury , a mid shaft fracture of the right humorous fractures of the lower left radius and ulna and a fracture of the right femur . |