Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] the right [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But we must land the right catch . |
| 2 | Some parents worry that rewarding good behaviour is a type of bribery , and believe that a child should do the right thing as a matter of course , simply because it is right . |
| 3 | As he prided himself on his fair and honest trading , and the high standards which he always maintained except in extenuating circumstances , the ginger-haired totter had decided he should do the right thing by her . |
| 4 | In his view , it is a complete fallacy to say that downsizing is cheaper — people should choose the right machine to do the job , he says , obviously enough . |
| 5 | me patient should have the right sort of symptoms and should have been subject to some stressful emotional experience before the onset of the illness . |
| 6 | ‘ He must have the right kind of family . |
| 7 | But it certainly has n't determined policy in any way , because what we 've said is that provided we 're satisfied that there is n't profiteering going on by the oil companies , and our Office of Fair Trading have told us that there is n't , then it is right that , that we should pay the right price for our petrol , and that is what it costs at any one time . |
| 8 | But Mr Bush told the U N Security Council in New York that Iraq must put the right wrong it has done in seizing a nation to which it had no right . |
| 9 | She must find the right man first . |
| 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 | Sloan recognised that centralisation and decentralisation are not mutually exclusive , but that an organisation should find the right combination between freedom for its divisions and control over them . |
| 12 | How you gon na deal with people who are , we get this side of the group to be aggressive people passive side , we 'll give the right hand side of the group as I 'm standing look at the passive people . |
| 13 | I 'm sure you 'll do The Right Thing . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ He 'll meet the right girl and then he 'll feel differently . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ You 'll meet the right guy some day . ’ |
| 16 | Linguists , psychologists and AI workers have theories about what procedures might select the right sense on the basis of sensible rules and reject the wrong one . |
| 17 | I would imagine it 'll be a very , very similar sort of game , er hopefully we 'll get the right result , but it 's good for the club to have a good run . |
| 18 | But before I could phrase the right remark , the question that would show her I saw no reason why in Conchis 's absence she should maintain the pretending to believe , she stood up . |
| 19 | No one in the world could give the right answer just like that , especially a girl ! |
| 20 | We played late on the first day and I went round in the morning spotting the pin positions , trying to get a feel for the course so I could give the right information to Nick . |
| 21 | She saw no sequence in what was happening , and no coherence , but she knew it was there to be seen , if only she could achieve the right angle of vision . |
| 22 | But before he could select the right tone and story-line for these particular circumstances , there was a diversion . |
| 23 | But at least I 'd get the right size then . |
| 24 | If you could get the right money it would be appreciated . |
| 25 | The lift was thankfully free and she stepped blindly into it , blinking so that she could find the right button to push . |
| 26 | Besant was an earnest Victorian , with equally earnest friends and associates , all of them convinced that human nature , the universe and everything were perfectible , if only they could find the right answer . |
| 27 | Some temperaments hanker after blueprints — ‘ if only I could find the right formula I 'd triumph ’ . |
| 28 | ‘ I promised I 'd find the right man to save Swift and then marry him . ’ |
| 29 | he 'd hit the right side of his head . |
| 30 | As far as the working classes were concerned all that was needed was managers who could determine the right mix of films and the right range of prices to suit the specific down-town drop-in cinemas and even more the neighbourhood and small-town cinemas that were now increasingly thought of as catering for ‘ industrial ’ or working-men audiences . |