Example sentences of "[conj] [v-ing] the right [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And when they are really involved in finding things out — even though they are n't doing it right , or getting the right answer . |
| 2 | But high street use differs greatly from technical use in the hills , where getting the right balance between warmth , weight and function are critical . |
| 3 | Awareness of the camera has , however , led many Members to plan more carefully their behaviour in the Chamber , including taking care to sit next to Members who are likely to be called ( although organised ‘ dough-nutting ’ has largely been dropped ) or choosing the right people to sit next to them . |
| 4 | InteCalc claims that pressing the right arrow key will scroll through the currently available files but this was n't the case on my sample . |
| 5 | Care has been taken to ensure that getting the right answer requires a genuine understanding of the grammatical rules . |
| 6 | He also found that moulding the right shape was more important than pecking up loose stuff , and that they would mould in a bean bag as well as in straw . |
| 7 | Henry 's clerks had perceived the important truth that asking the right questions was the path to consolidating gains . |
| 8 | All of which is a roundabout way of saying that what matters in this world is asking the right questions , rather than knowing the right answers . |
| 9 | At Barclays we understand that choosing the right savings account to suit your own particular needs can be confusing . |
| 10 | He said , ‘ You have to remember that selecting the right cigar is an act of intuition rather than analysis . |
| 11 | ‘ You are what you eat ’ is a favourite maxim , and eating the right things is important in order to be healthy at every stage of life . |
| 12 | With regular brisk walking , and eating the right kinds of food , we should be fit and healthy without having to resort to extreme , fanatical exercise routines or slimming diets . |
| 13 | Keeping weight down , getting exercise and eating the right foods are important to beauty as well as health . |
| 14 | Pointing at the object and pressing the right mouse button displays each object 's properties . |
| 15 | Northampton social services department says the problem is one of finding and hiring the right quality people . |
| 16 | When he first fell in love with Alyce-Faye , Cleese revealed : ‘ I 've got this new relationship right because of a mixture of learning from therapy and meeting the right person . |
| 17 | Commercial manager said that finding and training the right people was not a problem . |
| 18 | Recruiting and training the right people |
| 19 | It 's been working with NeXT since January , tuning the software and getting the right hardware configuration — stuff like modifying its QVision board . |
| 20 | My hon. Friend is absolutely right to refer to the Government 's role in setting the right climate and environment and providing the right services for industry . |
| 21 | Remotivating individuals and providing the right conditions for business are the only ways to make lasting change . |
| 22 | Help her by arranging her clothes on the bed in the order she should put them on , and facing the right way . |
| 23 | The babies were developing properly and being well stimulated and doing the right things at the right age and they were really coping well . |
| 24 | in general there is perhaps a little bit too much of an emphasis on beliefs and saying the right thing — giving the right word . |
| 25 | When studying wild living apes , the contribution to this ongoing debate is a relatively easy one ( though it does require time and patience ) , consisting of making enough observations and asking the right questions . |
| 26 | But it but it 's often misinterpreted , as being of the right mind and having the right attitude , about understanding |
| 27 | Merely looking at one 's watch and giving the right time is usually enough to prevent the completely accurate recall of an unfamiliar telephone number . |
| 28 | It is not only a matter of picking the right players — schedules and choosing the right programmes will also be important if we are n't to be fighting out for seventh or eighth place in Dublin . |
| 29 | We are left in no doubt that fund-raising , and knowing the right people , are essential skills in scientific research . |
| 30 | The whole movie industry had become obsessed with achieving respectability by widening the mix of patrons and in the trade papers we see an almost frenetic attention to the small details of improving comfort and achieving the right publicity . |