Example sentences of "[adj] find the right [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was sometimes hard to find the right thing to say . |
| 2 | Working-class heroes have often flirted with delinquency in adolescence : it is hard to find the right channel for extraordinary energy . |
| 3 | However , I think we are more likely to find the right answer if we ask the right question . |
| 4 | Simon , Marie knew , would be able to find the right words to persuade Bella . |
| 5 | Her Spanish was fluent now , and she was able to find the right words . |
| 6 | But unable to find the right person , Nikki has now decided to take the children with her , although it means uprooting them from home and friends . |
| 7 | William Troy in the Nation was similarly unable to find the right words to explain the greatness of It Happened One Night and he suggested that ‘ a good photoplay , like a good book or a good piece of music , remains always something of a miracle ’ and that ‘ beyond a certain point the mind is forced to bow down before its own inability to unravel and put together again all the parts of the shining and imponderable whole with which it is dealing ’ . |
| 8 | Unable to find the right words , Gina moved her hand impulsively across the table and touched his fingers with her own , unconsciously reciprocating the gesture he had made to her earlier . |
| 9 | With ballads , it 's important to find the right balance between simplicity and activity . |
| 10 | Just as it is important to find the right pulse for a piece of music , so you must find the right rhythm by which to live your life . |
| 11 | Always practise on a sample of fabric first to find the right combination . |
| 12 | The range of products previously tried on the current leg ulcer demonstrated not only the unsuitability of one product through every stage of healing , but also the frustration experienced by some nurses desperate to find the right product for a particular patient . |
| 13 | Its taken the Williams team from Didcot in Oxfordshire three years and goodness knows how many millions to find the right formula … |
| 14 | But it was so difficult to find the right moment . |
| 15 | It may be difficult finding the right moment to air an embarrassing subject , but that 's not an excuse for shelving things indefinitely . |
| 16 | 8.1 Finding the right expert You may need experts to give you an expert opinion in a number of areas : ( a ) accident reconstruction ( road accident or factory accident ) ; ( b ) more specialist engineering evidence ( metallurgists , road construction etc. ) ; ( c ) experts regarding particular equipment ( cranes , boats ) ; ( d ) experts re particular substances ( glues , fixing devices , gases ) ; ( e ) employment consultants regarding your client 's position on the open labour market should they have lost or are likely to lose their employment ; ( f ) medical evidence ; ( g ) nursing and rehabilitation specialists in serious cases ; ( h ) ancillary services in severe cases ( gardening , home help , home improvements ) ; ( i ) accountants ( in complicated future loss/special damage cases ) . |
| 17 | Channel 4 's comedy department has at last found the right format for a cabaret star — by going back to the innocent childhood of TV comedy . |