Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] the right [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In both conditions the usual asymmetry emerged suggesting that factors associated with verbal output do not determine the advantage for the right ear . |
| 2 | The same subjects who showed an advantage for the right ear with pairs of digits showed a significant superiority for the left ear when the stimuli consisted of snatches of melody which had to be identified by means of a multiple-choice response method . |
| 3 | He subsequently found ( Gordon , 1978a ) that these two features show different laterality patterns , pitch yielding no ear difference and rhythm an advantage for the right ear . |
| 4 | As a general rule stimuli which are heard within , or from part of a linguistic context give rise to an advantage for the right ear whereas stimuli heard within a non-linguistic context are more likely to show a superiority favouring the left ear . |
| 5 | When your FlexiLoan is arranged , we will give you a special cheque book so that when the time comes to spend some or all of your borrowing limit , all you have to do is make our a cheque for the right amount . |
| 6 | We 've got hives full of honey for the right kind of honeybees . |
| 7 | For just two-coloured stripes you can still work in regular row sections but if you have the purl side as the right side the stripes blur in a pleasant way and merge toning colours splendidly . |
| 8 | Single colour tuck and slip can also sometimes be used with the knit side as the right side . |
| 9 | Elinor was sometimes at a loss for the right word , or name , and then became impatient with herself ; she was often frustrated because she could n't move as swiftly as she did before . |
| 10 | He thinks this keeps him on his mettle , but it often leaves him at a loss for the right word . |
| 11 | Edward seemed of a sudden bereft of further speech and Joan was at a loss for the right words . |
| 12 | Chapman 's search for the right man ended in 1929 when Preston put on transfer at £9,000 their ‘ Wembley Wizard ’ Alex James , the Scottish international who had been the bane of England at Wembley the year before , when Scotland won 5–1 . |
| 13 | The last of the ceramic bodies developed by Josiah Wedgwood I , Jasper ware was perfected in 1774 after years of search for the right ingredients . |
| 14 | My search for the right kind of toy cannon . |
| 15 | Two important stimuli to the search for the right structure for the NHS throughout this period were a concern about effective policy control in the face of professional domination , and anxiety about the extent of inequalities in health between social classes and between regions . |
| 16 | In most cases the subject comes first , followed by a search for the right artist . |
| 17 | The exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art also shows his cameras including his very first Rolleiflex and his vital contact sheets ; showing how painstaking was the search for the right shot . |
| 18 | Ideologies of this sort both prevent procrastination through excessive thought and analysis and reduce uncertainty about the right steps to take , thus increasing commitment and motivation . |
| 19 | It 's a handy program for anyone who needs to send a large variety of business letters and who does n't want to faff about thinking of the right thing to say . |
| 20 | There was a clear appreciation of the right time to strike . |
| 21 | The eleventh-century punishment for causing inflation by reducing the value of coins ( usually by using base metals or clipping off pieces of silver ) was the loss of the right hand and castration . |
| 22 | Although I 'm a strong advocate of the right tool for the job , for obvious reasons , not every d-i-yer owns a mallet , and even many carpenters exclude them from their tool kits . |
| 23 | Such times are unusual , yet they do occur ; with hindsight , they often seem to have been the result of the right combination of people , time and place . |
| 24 | ‘ It had to be the East Coast main line apart from the obvious attraction of the line , we had a considerable fleet of locos and rolling stock of the right pedigree , ’ said Richard . |
| 25 | It 's the side opposite the right angle . |
| 26 | 3 ) HWIM and HEARSAY-II have only rough measures of the usefulness of the right context , while in TRACE II the amount of feedback is tightly controlled by the number and activity of the higher-level units . |
| 27 | Gloag had a deformity of the right arm and a somewhat high-pitched voice , but overall made a forceful impression . |
| 28 | Erm , either the person is erm , thinking of what to say , in search of the right words , so they have a pause within their turn and then carry on . |
| 29 | Over a year a hare may travel over an area as large as 50 hectares , in search of the right food . |
| 30 | The tall , blond player who had joined West Ham at the tender of age of 17 some four years earlier , had done more than choose the right moment to emerge , he 'd nicely anticipated the coming of the right man , Alf Ramsey , who took over the England management shortly afterwards and began to forge the national side which would win the World Cup in 1966 and in which Moore would play an anchor role . |