Example sentences of "[conj] [prep] the right [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus , by overwhelming margins voters , in 1980 , believed that ‘ too little , or about the right amount ’ of public money was being spent on various problems : halting crime ( 94 per cent ) ; drug addiction ( 92 per cent ) ; health ( 92 per cent ) ; education ( 89 per cent ) . |
| 2 | or about the right number ? |
| 3 | I will deal with the problems involved in regarding the way of non-violence as an absolute rule , or infallible guide to conduct , or as the right way in all circumstances without exception , in a later chapter on ahi sā . |
| 4 | To quote the report , they live in caravans ‘ because they could not get other dwellings in the right places or on the right terms ; or because caravans meet their needs for cheapness , convenience or mobility ’ . |
| 5 | An action does not become good simply because it is motivated by a good will , or by the right kind of ‘ thinking ’ , at least not in international relations . |
| 6 | When either 2 or 6 words had also to be held in memory then reaction times for both hemispheres improved but more so for the left hemisphere than for the right hemisphere , leading to a RVF superiority . |
| 7 | More accurate perception of orientation was found for the left than for the right hand , at least among right handers ( Benton , Levin and Varney , 1973 ; Varney and Benton , 1975 ; Benton , Varney and Hamsher , 1978 ) . |
| 8 | And their skipper Stuart Davies said : ‘ This win will show the Welsh players that with the right preparation and training , Wales can look forward to a good result against the Australians . ’ |
| 9 | This is generally supplied by top dressing with direct-feed artificials , and there is no doubt that with the right moisture and soil temperature , earlier and more prolific growth can thus be obtained . |
| 10 | The specialists again argue that with the right regime of treatment , there is no need for this to happen ; but in reality the right regime is not always available , and even if it were , some patients may wish to retain their independence to choose suicide . |
| 11 | I have also believed that with the right hand turned sideways , spin produces outswing better than polish , and , with the new ball , I always spun one or two balls in that way during the very first over . |
| 12 | Its theoretical underpinning is that under the right conditions ‘ the central nervous system will restructure itself ’ . |
| 13 | He had found it difficult to accustom himself to the practice , although with the right kind of company there were undoubted compensations . |
| 14 | Voluntary organisations , as Diana and her colleagues said , should have the confidence to suggest that although under the right conditions and with the right resources , er , they may be able to do the impossible , miracles are not on offer . |
| 15 | The site offers only one clue — a continuously blowing steam hole that in the right weather is visible from the road . |
| 16 | In this group of patients the mean number of items recalled from the left ear was higher than from the right ear . |
| 17 | In the non-competition condition P.P. made fixation shifts to the target in his left half-field , but competition reduced this performance much more severely than in the right half-field ( Fig. 2 ) . |
| 18 | But the British Red Cross is warning that without the right training , they could be putting your child at risk . |
| 19 | The body has slipped slightly down into the bed , rucking the shroud at the waist and behind the right shoulder . |
| 20 | All things and all relationships can be studied , and with the right attitude and creative effort , a new way of seeing them occurs . |
| 21 | Voluntary organisations , as Diana and her colleagues said , should have the confidence to suggest that although under the right conditions and with the right resources , er , they may be able to do the impossible , miracles are not on offer . |
| 22 | In this respect , the French government is right to have made the Minister of Culture also Minister of Education ( although whether they have done it for the right reasons , and with the right man is another matter ) . |
| 23 | Psychologically so , too , given books , radio and television ; and with the right temperament , it can even be emotionally serene . |
| 24 | But none of these made any difference to the basic shape of these key results : on the first repetition , t was not important but both and k were — and in the direction predicted by the theory ; on the second repetition , t was important ( and with the right sign ) , as were σ and k — but they both had the wrong sign ( the opposite of that predicted by the theory ) . |
| 25 | Join the short ends together t make a circle and with the right side of the lace to the wrong side of the neck edge , sew in place then turn the lace band over to the right side of the garment . |
| 26 | Each functional manager acts as a subcontractor responsible for delivery of the result on time , at the right cost , and with the right quality . |
| 27 | Though it may well be , he wrote , that one actually achieves more working with the wrong plans and in the wrong spirit , with the wrong tools and the wrong principles , on the wrong surface and with the wrong conception , it may well be , he wrote ( and Goldberg typed ) , that one achieves more than working with the right plans and in the right spirit , with the right tools and the right principles , on the right surface and with the right conception , though right and wrong and more and less are relative concepts and what seems right at one moment to one person may seem wrong at the same moment to another Person or at another moment to the same person , and what seems more to one person at one moment may seem less to another person at the same moment or at another moment to the same person , right , wrong , more , less , relative concepts , scribbled Goldberg , in the margin , panting slightly as he bent over his old Olivetti Portable , there is only the beginning , wrote Harsnet , or rather , there is only having begun , beginning , scribbled Goldberg , aware now of the black stains on his hands left by the felt-tip pen , having begun , there is only the feeling in the pit of the stomach or the feeling in the chest , wrote Harsnet , the feeling of sickness or the feeling of elation , those are not relative , he wrote , those are absolute . |
| 28 | The jerk of the rubber punched up Trent 's arm and into the right side of his chest . |
| 29 | Portsmouth and Gosport between them , he estimated , were protected by only 1000 men and under the right conditions , perhaps after a gale , when few ships were at anchor there , Hamilton believed it might be possible to gain control of Spithead and get men ashore both on the Isle of Wight and at Stokes Bay , on the seaward side of Gosport , and Spit Bank . |
| 30 | Localised knowledge is put to better use and in the right circumstances it may be less costly to establish area factories/offices than to control everything through Head Office ( eg. costs of transportation and travelling may be less ) . |