Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] [prep] the right " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 Eleven out of the 12 right-handers achieved higher scores after shock to the right side of the head , one patient showing no left-right difference .
3 We 've got hives full of honey for the right kind of honeybees .
4 A 44-year-old man , who presented with an abrupt onset of weakness in the right arm , was shown by computerised tomography to have a left lentiform nucleus infarct .
5 Iain MacLeod appreciated that Britain , in the post-Suez era , had neither the political will nor the military resources to slow the tide of colonial emanicipation ; and so he was prepared , with Macmillan 's whole-hearted support , to accelerate the process , despite opposition from the right wing of the Conservative Party .
6 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 .
7 Most significant things , from marriages to murders , happen between people who know each other well , so the best way to reach people is by word of mouth in the right places .
8 He gave a cynical laugh , mooched around the abandoned jetty until he found a piece of wood about the right length , wedged it as politely as possible in the gap between the lid and the box , and pulled out one of the flat packages .
9 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 .
10 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 ) .
11 Their costume reflected Mongolian and Chinese affinities , with coats always wrapped over to the right , having a band of decoration down the right edge , and soft leathern thick-soled boots .
12 One social worker who had cared for her own mother for many y ears explains below how important it is to take on the role of carer for the right reasons :
13 The success of any navigation is governed by the ability to supply the right amount of water at the right time .
14 John McIlwraith , Balig , Ayr , chairman of the BSS UK , says the Beltex is the terminal sire that can deliver the right type of lamb at the right weight and with a conformation that is accepted in Europe as second to none .
15 Talk a lot of rubbish in the right tone of voice .
16 Agassi was already doubtful because of tendonitis of the right wrist , but Graf 's appearance is now in doubt because of a foot injury .
17 Because of interference from the right lung into the liver ROI , a correction factor was applied to take account of this ‘ cross-talk ’ , resulting in a corrected liver TAC ( Fig 1 ) .
18 It was suggested that they were able to switch to using a more " holistic " processing mode which is the preferred mode of operation of the right hemisphere .
19 An obvious method is to advertise but be careful that you aim the right kind Of advertising in the right direction , otherwise it is money badly spent .
20 ‘ There are some initiatives going on which interest me , whereby young women who had a child when they were adolescent , and although they love the child , regret very much that they were too young , too immature , and too unsupported to care for it effectively : it 's being suggested that they should go into schools and talk to girls about the glories of motherhood at the right time , but begging them not to embark on it too young .
21 All of these 7 patients had had cerebral birth injuries which might have induced a shift of dominance to the right hemisphere .
22 With stimulation of corresponding regions of cortex in the right hemisphere only one out of 14 right handers showed any effect of stimulation and none showed post-operative aphasia .
23 Twenty months later , the patient again complained of pain in the right upper abdomen .
24 In fact almost everything which happens within your organisation could be of interest to the right publication .
25 More and more decisions seem to have been concentrated not merely in Westminster or Whitehall but , increasingly , and particularly during the period of office of the right hon. Member for Finchley ( Mrs. Thatcher ) , in No. 10 Downing street .
26 The control group consisted of patients who had undergone similar surgery for carcinoma of the right colon .
27 Eight patients with a history of ileocolonic resection for carcinoma of the right colon agreed to undergo blood flow studies during their planned surveillance colonoscopy .
28 There being no trim control ( the aircraft is set up during assembly with the right incidences for a set speed ) the pilot selects the cruise throttle setting which corresponds to straight and level , depending on load .
29 Work a few centimetres/inches on a fairly wide sample of stitches , ending with carriage at the right ready for the next row .
30 The then politicians led them into battle without the right equipment and without a proper defence agreement .
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