Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] the right [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Engel explains , ‘ … research must be undertaken for the right reasons . |
| 2 | A freezer well stocked with little bags , each containing a prepared calorie-counted and fibre-counted meal , provides excellent protection against temptation to break your diet simply because you have n't had time to shop for the right foods . |
| 3 | Savings vary from job to job and company to company but , given that the system is installed for the right reasons , it should be possible to recover the hardware and software costs within two years . |
| 4 | Applying for the right jobs |
| 5 | So each interviewer goes out hunting for informants who fit into the right boxes — or quotas . |
| 6 | Well , for me yes , because erm there are now things like the Independent Living Fund , things like that , if people fit into the right boxes and contact the right people , then they can get some sort of help but I mean , it 's still an absolute maze out there for anybody who does n't have that sort of back up . |
| 7 | Puzzles and games must be sorted into the right boxes , boxes placed in cupboards , books on shelves and blocks packed away . |
| 8 | Directors Share Protection provides for the shares of a director who dies to pass into the right hands . |
| 9 | How does it happen that these stimuli are so arranged in space that the right kinds of cells appear in the right places ? |
| 10 | Fight the flab with fat-burning aerobic dance which is another alternative for those who only want to shake in the right places . |
| 11 | A systematic and documented approach will be more cost effective , auditable and more likely to come to the right conclusions . |
| 12 | DRIVING ON THE RIGHT LINES ? |
| 13 | The main problem with MI6 at the time was that all the senior people were amateurs who had joined MI6 only because they had gone to the right school , wore the right sort of tie and dined at the right clubs . |
| 14 | ‘ I meant , well , I just meant that — I du n no , I just ca n't think of the right words . |
| 15 | I do n't like the title , it 's probably done for the right reasons but … well … |
| 16 | that decisions are made for the right reasons and do not run counter to deeply held attitudes or beliefs |
| 17 | It is these needs rather than those of the plant which have left us still looking for the right materials . |
| 18 | She paused for a moment looking for the right words . |
| 19 | She was stumbling for the right words . |
| 20 | ‘ I mean , ’ Corbett began slowly , ‘ the House of Comyn and that of Bruce must , er — , ’ the English clerk paused , searching for the right words . |
| 21 | Emily paused , angrily searching for the right words . |
| 22 | She could see that he was searching for the right words , the very thing that would describe what he had felt , what he had experienced at that moment . |
| 23 | Fenella and Caspar both knelt down , taking a gentle hold of the Tree Spirits ' maimed branches , searching for the right words to convey their gratitude . |
| 24 | ‘ No , ’ she frowned , searching for the right words . |
| 25 | He paused , as if searching for the right words . |
| 26 | Lucy remained silent , searching for the right words to soften Bertha 's attitude . |
| 27 | She was still searching for the right words to describe how she felt when he suddenly got up and went to meet more guests , and she did n't see him for a long time . |
| 28 | The tiniest corner can become a retreat from the day 's troubles , where a patch of raked sand — seen through the right eyes — is a rippled lake , or a few stems of bamboo a hillside thicket . |
| 29 | London , at the easiest rates and may be ascertained of the right kinds . |
| 30 | The failure of AZT is ‘ disappointing ’ , he says , but it reinforces ‘ the absolutely key message ’ that AIDS can be prevented with the right precautions . |