Example sentences of "[verb] find the right [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is all very confusing with the result , in my experience , that in many instances the fishkeeper has to find the right feed level by trial and error , which invariably involves water quality problems , as well as compromising the health of the fish until the correct balance is achieved . |
| 2 | Promotional and sales effort will need to find the right target ( which may Not necessarily be the buying department ) , otherwise it may be wasted . |
| 3 | Having created a viciously oppressive system of laws and rules , the government has found the right sort of people to operate it . |
| 4 | ‘ You 've just got to find the right plan . |
| 5 | That way we shall have a good idea of all the different kinds of rose , where to look to find the right variety to suit a particular purpose , and more importantly , where not to look , and what to leave alone . |
| 6 | How are you going to find the right frequency before they blow us to pieces ? ’ |
| 7 | He would try to find the right balance between the predictability necessary to protect the valuable institutions of legislation and precedent and the flexibility necessary for himself and other judges to improve the law through what they do in court . |
| 8 | They will have to find the right balance between rule by unwieldy committee and by a chosen few ( or fewer , as at Clifford Chance , which has a partners ' council but where power , in practice , largely rests with the managing partner ) . |
| 9 | I ca n't say I envy the director , having to find the right balance of youth and experience … ’ |
| 10 | Having found the right house in the most perfect location less than half a mile from the gates of Assisi , she set about transforming it . |
| 11 | Mark Tompkins could have found the right opening for his consistent but one paced Rosgill in the Eastleigh Handicap Hurdle at Newbury tomorrow . |
| 12 | DURING the next six weeks Scotland are pledged to find the right blend in order that their assault on the Rugby World Cup Sevens at Murrayfield does not self-destruct . |
| 13 | Halfway through a d-i-y job , when you reach for a screwdriver , do you always seem to find the right tip and size on the last you pick up ? |
| 14 | We 've tried to find the right combination of fluid proteins and … ’ |
| 15 | Automatically — the writer 's habit — I was trying to find the right word to describe the scene . |
| 16 | Sorry , I 'm trying to find the right bit of paper . |
| 17 | Tessa was already turning the tatter-edged yellow pages over , trying to find the right date , when Bob put his phone down . |
| 18 | I 've been hoping to find the right opportunity for weeks . |
| 19 | ‘ You just had to find the right path , did n't you , my lass . |
| 20 | I 'm incredibly lazy but I do think I 've found the right way or at least a better way than hers to live . |
| 21 | It was only the third script to be completed ( Coburn 's ‘ The Tribe of Gum ’ serial , retitled ‘ Doctor Who and 100,000 BC ’ , and John Lucarotti 's ‘ Journey to Cathay ’ preceding it ) , but at once Whitaker felt he had found the right niche for Doctor Who 's presentation of science fiction . |
| 22 | It was so straight that it was hard to tell whether he had found the right side of the fairway or the left . |
| 23 | I 'm essentially a social historian , although I sometimes think that if I wanted to find the right adjective , and I 've never been too much worried about adjectives , I would say I 'm really a cultural historian . |
| 24 | first of all you have to find the right branch — a pine-branch that splays at the end into three , four or five separate limbs . |
| 25 | ‘ At this ungodly hour of the day you 're lucky I even managed to find the right jar . |
| 26 | ‘ I think you have found the right word for it , ’ Jonathan Martin , head of sport at the BBC , says . |
| 27 | Well , thought Fenella , it seems that at least I have found the right spell . |