Example sentences of "[be] [verb] by the right " in BNC.
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| 1 | Impulses from the left side of the field of vision are received by the right side of the brain . |
| 2 | Does he not think that , with a general election coming , if he is confident in his position , the least that he could do would be to put that forward in a general election so that at least people will have an opportunity to give a view before they are committed by the right hon. Gentleman 's signature of a treaty of this magnitude ? |
| 3 | Single-note harmonics only can be played by the right hand . |
| 4 | — to being lectured by the right hon. Gentleman , who is the man who perfected the poll tax . |
| 5 | Roger Wade , co-owner of the Boxfresh label and now handling UK fashion sales for the Carhartt brand gives an insight into the emergence of workwear : ‘ For probably two years there were only really bits and pieces of names like Carhartt being worn — it was a very small thing , but it was being worn by the right people . |
| 6 | The only race card being played is being played by the right hon. Gentleman . |
| 7 | Being assaulted by the right hon. Member for Birmingham , Sparkbrook ( Mr. Hattersley ) on such issues is rather like being attacked by a bread and butter pudding . |
| 8 | Despite being described by the right hon. Member for Finchley ( Mrs. Thatcher ) , then Prime Minister , as both ’ unassailable ’ and ’ brilliant , brilliant , brilliant ’ , he is given a much lower rating by contemporary Conservative opinion . |
| 9 | Dealers generally found trading better than they had expected — or feared — and reported that French clients , notoriously sensitive to political events , had been reassured by the right wing 's win in the General Election and the appointment of Prime Minister Edouard Balladur 's new Government . |
| 10 | Left : Most of the weight of compact camcorders is supported by the right hand on the hand-grip , leaving the fingers and thumb clear to operate the on-off and power-zoom buttons . |
| 11 | Happiness is achieved through virtue , and virtue ( from the same root as ‘ virility , ’ though they wo n't teach you Latin in case you find that out ) is acquired by the right knowledge of things . |
| 12 | Branches dominated by the left are less likely to be racialist , but unfortunately in many areas with large immigrant populations , like Leicester and Loughborough , the important union bureaucracies are controlled by the right wing . |
| 13 | That was always the portrait that was painted by the right hon. Member for Finchley ( Mrs. Thatcher ) and I am afraid that that is occasionally true of the present Prime Minister also . |
| 14 | Her Royal Highness was received by The Right Honourable The Lord Provost of Glasgow ( Mrs Susan Baird ) . |
| 15 | That is as absurd a political point as was made by the right hon. Member for Manchester , Gorton , ( Mr. Kaufman ) . |
| 16 | The republican state was undermined by the right wing counter reforms which eased the road to violence . |
| 17 | The second three-year letter of intent was provided by the right Hon. Member for Croydon , Central ( Mr. Moore ) who is now the Secretary for Social Security . |
| 18 | Once again Taylor was afflicted by the right back curse . |