Example sentences of "[be] [verb] the right " in BNC.
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| 31 | I mean we hope we 're doing the right thing , and as I say the response we 're getting seems to indicate that , but we have not erm followed through each of we have a large number of participants every year , you see , in the order of about erm a hundred and fifty each year , so very difficult for you to try and follow through the fate of each of them . |
| 32 | Oh how do you know they 're saying the right |
| 33 | Well you 're taking the right steps . |
| 34 | Make sure you 're reading the right one all the time . |
| 35 | As for the levels of owner occupation , there are 3.5 million more owner-occupiers today than there were in 1979 and no doubt 3.5 million more than there would have been had the right hon. Gentleman been in government . |
| 36 | He 's convinced though they are heading the right way . |
| 37 | ‘ It 's awfully wild , ’ she said , ‘ but you are going the right way ’ — she was proceeding east and going into the storm at the time — and she thanked me for opening the gate . |
| 38 | Local authorities must be sure they are providing the right care for children , and with increasing pressure on budgets they must know the money is well spent . |
| 39 | Our technique is to make customers feel relaxed and make them feel they are buying the right car for their needs . ’ |
| 40 | At least accident should occur so I 'm asking for a review of those to see if we ha we are buying the right vehicle or not . |
| 41 | This way , they may reason , they can get to the heart of the supplier 's promotional and sales pitch , and reassure themselves that they are getting the right deal . |
| 42 | But the patrols ARE getting the right results … |
| 43 | ‘ You must be the one to tell me I am doing the right thing . ’ |
| 44 | Earlier , at the start of the FACE photo shoot , the actor had confided , ‘ I 'm not sure I am doing the right thing . ’ |
| 45 | I do n't know if I am doing the right thing , but I want to make her feel safe . |
| 46 | You have been doing the right thing by cutting out the dead wood you found in spring , but these plants do get very straggly , and to get the best out of it you will need to be a bit more ruthless . |
| 47 | In by-elections , county elections and in the European Parliament elections , the public , he said , was telling Labour : ‘ You are doing the right thing . |
| 48 | Remember that your colleagues need your reassurance too , to confirm that they are doing the right thing . |
| 49 | They are doing the right things to find a book , but the book is n't where it should be . |
| 50 | ‘ Cleo , have you asked yourself whether you are doing the right thing ? ’ he asked . |
| 51 | If it is your first work of fiction of any great length , I think you are doing the right thing putting it forward for appraisal by the Eastern Arts Board , you are lucky in your part of the country to have this . |
| 52 | ‘ What I do is follow the money and make sure the people who are spending it on my behalf are actually the right sort of people , and are doing the right sort of job . ’ |
| 53 | Being primed with the relevant background information can make you much more confident that you are saying the right thing to the right person . |
| 54 | It would be very carefully calculated and they 'd be given the right amount of the proteins that they could use to grow , because in the first years of life there 's very rapid growth and development is n't there ? |
| 55 | The sentence can only be assigned the right truth conditions , or alternatively be given the correct semantic representation , if the pragmatic significance of and in this sentential context ( namely the " and then " interpretation ) is taken into account before doing the semantics . |
| 56 | The Government 's principal task in the months to come will be to restore the right mix of monetary and fiscal policy — now badly out of balance — so that interest rates have a better chance of coming down , and staying down over the long run . |
| 57 | To avoid these situations it is important for pilots to be taught the right technique for the take-off run . |
| 58 | To their number must be added the Right Honourable Kenneth Baker ( Mole Valley ) , former chairman of the Conservative Party , who has held many high offices of state , including that of Home Secretary . |
| 59 | But since the replicase is just a protein molecule like any other , the versatile protein-building machines of the bacterial cell can easily turn to building them , just as the machine tools in a car factory can quickly be turned over in time of war to making munitions : all they need is to be fed the right blueprints . |
| 60 | Once you 've chosen a company , try to visit the premises to discuss your d-i-y project , and to ensure you 'll be hiring the right equipment for the job . |