Example sentences of "[prep] be the right " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Perhaps , too , as parents you may be wondering , like I do frequently , whether the educational system you are confronted with is the right one to produce the kind of balanced , tolerant , civilized citizens we all hope our children can become ? |
| 2 | ‘ It 's got ta be the right thing to do , ’ agreed Mueller readily . |
| 3 | Arguing for what he believes to be the right way of reading Derrida , Norris makes what is essentially a forensic case . |
| 4 | If they are not , Mrs Thatcher will either have to reconsider her faith in the private sector always to do what she deems to be the right thing , or she will have to promote changes in the way in which the markets go about their business . |
| 5 | And the only Church adviser with a constitutional right to speak thought that he would be wrong to tell the Queen the name of the person whom his instincts told him to be the right person . |
| 6 | Therefore you 've got to be selective in what you do and you 've got to be the right person to deal with those things , of course . |
| 7 | The company was to be the right assault company in the battlegroup attack . |
| 8 | People wanted it and it seemed to be the right thing to do — and we did it . |
| 9 | She made a very positive effort to be the right kind of person to be around — in other words , she was not a liability , she was an asset , an extremely good cook and a very good organiser , and having discovered that we both went to the same school in Switzerland where French was the main language taught , we would enjoy talking to each other in French , much to the annoyance of David who could n't understand the language . ’ |
| 10 | A good rider , like a good ballet dancer , needs to be the right shape . |
| 11 | It would have to be the right length as he was n't giving Lee the cutters again . |
| 12 | For a start , a lectern ought to be the right height for each speaker . |
| 13 | Thanks to the wide choice of premiums , you can choose what you consider to be the right amount of protection for your family for the duration of your policy . |
| 14 | You pass the chosen card and then finger another as if you feel it is going to be the right one and then say ‘ How much do you bet me that the next card I turn over is the chosen one ? ’ |
| 15 | But it turned out to be the right decision . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ We have n't signed anyone yet , only because it 's got to be the right player . |
| 17 | But he 's just 18 and yet he came on and took control , linking with the front players and proved to be the right substitution ’ |
| 18 | She had n't told Frederick , there just had n't seemed to be the right time . |
| 19 | They are well practised in choosing what they believe to be the right firm to handle a particular assignment and nowhere is this more clear than in the area of specialisation . |
| 20 | Yet he proved to be the right man in the right place at the right time . |
| 21 | These however are directives as to what is likely to be the right action ; the actually right action is that which will actually , not merely probably , have the best consequences . |
| 22 | Unfortunately , this did n't seem to be the right thing to say either . |
| 23 | I came up here thinking I would ; I assumed I 'd need to offload on somebody , but somehow it never seemed to be the right time to introduce the subject . |
| 24 | When she was young and maybe a little wilful , Elizabeth had made what she deemed to be the right decision , and she had suffered because of it . |
| 25 | It proved to be the right approach . |
| 26 | It has to be the right thing to do . |
| 27 | Richard liked things to be the right size . |
| 28 | But the handsome brass plate had borne the legend ‘ Woodline Design ’ , so this had to be the right place . |
| 29 | Overall , the process of becoming a budget-minded organisation has been a learning curve for some of us but has to be the right way to go . ’ |
| 30 | I could well , could well be the same event as that because he certainly looks to be the right sort of character . |