Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] the right place " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fitting the right lock in the right place will make a thief think twice — he might give up and move on to easier targets . |
| 2 | He is usually accompanied by a stalker and gillie , local men who are familiar with the herds and their habits , and who know the country like the back of their hands and can help lead those doing the shooting to the right place . |
| 3 | If this can be kept in a place that is accessible to teachers , along with a monitor ( a small black and white one would do ) , then it can be used for teacher viewing and for setting a tape at the right place before a lesson . |
| 4 | So a kingfisher experimentally required to dive into oil might starve to death , like newborn chicks provided with distorting goggles that shift the light five degrees to the right , who never learn to peck for grains of corn in the right place ( Hess 1956 ) . |
| 5 | The ‘ keys ’ or trigger features required to ‘ unlock ’ these two types of cell are rather simple — it is just a matter of applying a small stimulus in the right place , and giving it the correct sign , an increase for one and a decrease for the other . |
| 6 | The fact that it is actually a bit of wood is not important ; what is important is the function , which can be carried out most conveniently by a bit of wood in the right place . |
| 7 | And yet a small adjustment at the right place can make a significant difference . |
| 8 | ‘ It 's the right product in the right place at the right time , and the only way you can ever deliver that is if you fully understand your current consumer needs and demands and can accurately anticipate the next ones . ’ |
| 9 | Other bores can also be used but the obvious point must be that a small charge in the right place is a lot better than a heavier charge badly directed . |
| 10 | If you insert the text cursor at the wrong place do n't bother with the mouse , use the cursor keys to move the insertion point to the right place . |
| 11 | ‘ I was the right person in the right place at the right time . ’ |
| 12 | Haines was a friend in the right place , ready to cut a few corners and pass on information while it was still worth having . |
| 13 | Within generative phonology there has been much debate about whether one can put tonic ( ‘ primary ’ ) stress in the right place without referring to the non-linguistic context in which the speaker says something . |
| 14 | This complex of elements and activities should be managed such that it ensures that the right product is available at the right price in the right place at the appropriate time to satisfy the needs of target customers in the chosen market segments . |
| 15 | ‘ I would n't say that ; I think we could practise an armistice in the right place . ’ |
| 16 | The final thing to do is to put the chart in the right place in the house . |
| 17 | Chest straps can also aid stability , and help keep the shoulder harness in the right place . |
| 18 | If she put an ashtray in the wrong place , she 'd get beaten up ; if she never put his paper in the right place , she 'd get beaten up ; if he came in from work and his dinner was n't on the table , she 'd get beaten up . |
| 19 | A possible reason is that it was difficult to get arms and ammunition to the right place , despite the virtual absence of border controls between Germany and its western neighbours . |
| 20 | If there are problems getting the cable to the right place , start off with a piece of weighted string , which you can ‘ fish ’ through the hole you have cut , and then use this to pull the cable through . |
| 21 | His achievement was thus in a real sense an imaginative one , and so much was he the right man in the right place at the right time that his procedures and opinions were never seriously gainsaid . |
| 22 | but Mr Clinton was the right man in the right place at the right time . |
| 23 | It has been said that what made John F Kennedy great was that he was the right man in the right place at the right time . |
| 24 | But Denholm was aboard the Ariadne not because of his many connections with the highest echelons of society — heir to an earldom , his blood was indisputably the bluest of the blue — but because , without question , he was the right man in the right place . |
| 25 | Yet he proved to be the right man in the right place at the right time . |
| 26 | Influence over the machinery of the law could give a politician additional means of gratifying friends and intimidating enemies , for a word in the right place could greatly ease the problems of those who came into conflict with the laws . |
| 27 | Looking for happiness in the right place |
| 28 | If you are ‘ editing in camera ’ , that is shooting your scenes to the correct length and in the correct order , the ‘ still frame ’ button will help you to begin each new shot at the right place on the tape . |
| 29 | With your preparation and your prospecting complete it then becomes a simple matter of erecting the net in the right place on the night . |
| 30 | One bullet in the right place , and down he goes . ’ |