Example sentences of "[not/n't] [vb infin] the right [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Cooking for one can sometimes be a dreary business , and many elderly people on their own do not eat the right types of food to maintain health . |
2 | ‘ He did not fit into Cheltenham and he did not make the right impression , ’ he said . |
3 | It is necessary for the painter to make the distinction because unless what he captures on his canvas is what Reid calls ‘ the appearance of objects to the eye ’ the viewer of the painting will not make the right judgements . |
4 | They might or might not ask spot the point , they may or may not answer the right questions , but you 're in a marvellous point of view , position , to actually be able to spot angles . |
5 | She complained that it was not feminine — a woman should show off her waist — and therefore did not convey the right image . |
6 | In other words , if a minister does not know the right question to ask MI5 about a particular operation or allegation then MI5 will not volunteer any information on its own . |
7 | Most of these universes will not provide the right conditions for the development of the complicated structures needed for intelligent life . |
8 | The organisers did not provide the right equipment for the Stourbridge band . |
9 | She did n't have any idea of the way you eased into queries of this sort , and to have a jukebox banging out the Rolling Stones would not provide the right background . |
10 | yeah , if a single carriageway or has four more lanes , do not use the right hand path , you use that one and that one , but do n't use them two |
11 | Our problem is not that we have the wrong answers to particular doubts but that we do not have the right attitude to doubt in general . |
12 | I telephoned Burakovsky , who ordered the child to be brought in , examined her , but said there was nothing they could do because , unfortunately , they did not have the right kind of specialists . |
13 | And if we do not have the right drugs for a particular adjustment , research on orthodox lines will often find one . |
14 | The mayor continued his address , but he did not have the right answers . |
15 | Some of the smaller , poorer countries may not have the right equipment or training for the new types of job . |
16 | He believes that companies such as Philips , Polly Peck and Brent Walker suffered ‘ because they do not have the right information systems ’ . |
17 | He was due to be put down because he did not have the right ears for a show class pedigree corgi . |
18 | In addition , there are some excellent hypnotherapists who just do not have the right personality to work in the field of past-life regression — and , of course , there are others who simply do not wish to . |
19 | Other animals living today are , in some sense , failed evolutionary experiments that approximate to us but do not reach the right level . |
20 | But in an election the facts speak for themselves ; if you do not get the right message across to the right people , you lose . |
21 | The report suggested that it was not the ultimate loser 's fault that the judge at first instance and the Court of Appeal did not get the right answers , and that the loser should not be liable for the appellate costs . |
22 | Fletcher is clearly concerned that some of England 's key players would not get the right amount of rest before the start of the new season . |
23 | Jan Turner says that he helped organise an evererst marathon a few years ago and one sad thing about that was the local runners could not afford the right equipment or did n't have the money to tarin … so he 's here to help them |
24 | We can not of course attract and keep customers if we do not produce what they want to buy , if we do not control costs , if we do not hire the right kind of people , or if we fail to motivate them . |
25 | It stands to reason that you can not find the right person to do a job unless you know yourself exactly what that job is . |
26 | I wanted to speak to her but I could not find the right words . |
27 | I thought for a moment , but could not find the right answer . |
28 | I 'm sure they are in a mess and perhaps you will not find the right thing , after all . ’ |
29 | She said sometimes , of school , ‘ But I ca n't make the right conversation , ’ and it was true . |
30 | He says : ‘ There is no place in the group for units that are subsidised or do n't make the right sort of return on capital employed . ’ |