Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] at the right " in BNC.
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| 1 | They 're useful in surgery to keep blood flowing at the right speed and sucking old blood from re-attached parts so new blood flows in quickly . |
| 2 | She understood then that if she had had leisure to listen at the right moment , she might have heard the faint , suggestive sounds of a third presence . |
| 3 | These movements are preprogrammed " ballistic " responses whose velocities are determined by the anticipated distance of travel , ensuring that the eye arrives at the right place after a fixed period of time . |
| 4 | In part this has been due to a failure to look at the right parts of the higher order visual cortex , using the right stimuli . |
| 5 | I loved the programme and the people but I made the decision to leave at the right point , before I could grow bored . ’ |
| 6 | If egg and sperm meet at the right time , one of the spermatozoa is likely to penetrate the egg . |
| 7 | And that leads to the third , less obvious , reason : the market-place itself , to work efficiently , needs consumers who know how prices compare , and who act on that knowledge buying at the right price , not buying if the price is too high for this to have an influence on prices , through traders who set attractive prices competing successfully against traders who set inflated prices , it is by no means necessary for all consumers to be actively price-conscious . |
| 8 | So Bartle may have been a corn spirit , christianised to become St Bartholomew whose day falls at the right time of year , or even a former village priest as has been suggested . |
| 9 | The way we must do this is by working together to get our costs down and ensuring we provide the quality of service out customers need at the right price . |
| 10 | Thus the pilots may be found in the Engines Section absorbing the means whereby the aviation spirit and flames arrive at the right place at the right time to produce the urge for forward movement , or they could be watching in some fascination an array of lights and switches on a array known as ‘ electrics ’ which behave themselves so well under the persuasion of the engines instructor , but which flash and fail to respond in such heart-breaking fashion when the student is urged to demonstrate that he has ‘ got ’ it . |
| 11 | The effect of suppression , wherever it occurs , is that stimuli presented to the left ear are destined predominantly for the right hemisphere and stimuli heard at the right ear arrive mainly in the left hemisphere . |
| 12 | Ghandi came at the right time , you know . |
| 13 | With correct positioning , to ensure the join came at the right point with the stairs , and a generous overlap , we could cut the correct angle through both . |
| 14 | Notice how the melody given in Example 8 , after four bars of ( almost ) adjacent notes , suddenly expands into more intense emotion with the octave leap and the temporary abandonment of stepwise motion : This shows leaps placed at the right psychological moment , when the intensity of a large leap is crucial to the emotional flow . |
| 15 | Additional airbrake should be available to make the glider stop floating at the right moment . |
| 16 | First , the crossed auditory pathways inhibit the uncrossed pathways such that stimuli presented to the right ear arrive intact at the left hemisphere and stimuli presented to the left ear arrive at the right hemisphere . |
| 17 | A shot aimed at the right side of the green has every chance of landing in the bunkers . |
| 18 | Editor , — K M Citron 's editorial on BCG vaccination against tuberculosis appears at the right moment . |
| 19 | The Collector had gone up to join Ford on the roof because he wanted to be in a position from which he could give the order to retreat at the right moment ; in his own mind there was no doubt but that he would have to give it sooner or later . |
| 20 | This coordination of two developmental events , crucial to the formation of the eye , is achieved in some animals by the approaching eyecup inducing the lens to develop just where it touches the surface , and so the lens develops at the right place . |
| 21 | Sometimes Julia accompanied her , and as they travelled home one day Carrie said thoughtfully , ‘ You know I never wished Ma dead , Julie , but I 've got to admit her death came at the right time for me . |
| 22 | Each Land Registry deals with a certain number of counties , and readers are referred to the current edition of Longman 's Directory of Local Authorities in order to ensure that their applications for First Registration or for a dealing arrive at the right place . |
| 23 | Today it is one of the best automated factories in the world , with computer-controlled parts arriving at the right instant at each work station to churn out reliable personal computers ( ‘ PCs ’ ) for a market that is still growing . |