Example sentences of "[am/are] [v-ing] [prep] [art] right " in BNC.

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1 On the contrary , they form the foundation blocks to all that follows , and serve as a constant reminder of the need to ensure that we are building on the right foundation and that the materials with which we build have spiritual survival capability ( 1 Cor.
2 You will now want to make sure that your feet are landing in the right place .
3 ‘ But we continue to study it and are looking for the right vehicle . ’
4 Or at least make sure you are listening to the right station .
5 Neurons do not individually have the property of consciousness , consciousness emerges when a large number of neurons are interacting in the right kind of way ; just as speed is a property not of any single component of a car , but an emergent property of the whole system when it is operating in an appropriate way .
6 I think we 're developing along the right lines , Elinor .
7 I 'm an administrator by background , and I think that 's interesting , because one of the things that we are trying to do in the health service is to open up our management posts to people of all professions , and to recognise that management is not the prerogative of any particular group , but that we 're looking for the right people to manage our services from wherever they might come , and I 'm one of three people who has a responsibility to the senior manager in the community at the top , for the managing on a day-to-day basis the health services in Oxfordshire .
8 If you jump , yes you 're looking at the right place , but you 've jumped ahead .
9 Right , so we 're looking at the right price as well , O K , and what else are we looking for ?
10 ‘ We 're going in the right direction but I do n't know where the piste has got to . ’
11 I do n't think the vicarage can be here — Dorothy , are you sure we 're going in the right direction ? ’
12 It is different from country to country , and I sometimes feel I mean I 'm not sure whether I 'm being unfair to our industry here , but it does seem to me that perhaps we have n't quite got our act together yet , we 're going in the right direction , but we have n't quite got there .
13 Well they 're getting to the right temperature he said .
14 ‘ They 're getting in a right old frenzy .
15 ‘ We 're coming to the right turn . ’
16 Now it 's not John Major and it 's not Martin Brandon Bravo and it 's not the Sheriff although we 're thinking on the right lines there , and it 's not Kenneth Clarke or Brian Clough and it certainly is n't Dennis McCarthy and it 's not D H Lawrence either .
17 There is a sense that things are heading in the right direction in South Africa , and that is all .
18 ‘ But now it 's becoming so expensive to make programmes we are being forced into making sure we are going along the right lines .
19 You can enjoy the feeling that you and your life are moving in the right direction towards action , health , harmony and independence .
20 If the patient 's well-being is enhanced or if a problem such as asthma is cured , but joint pains flare up or a skin rash develops , the physician can reassure the patient that things are moving in the right direction and that the joint or skin problem should be transient and will also clear up in due course .
21 The consensus , however , is that we are moving in the right direction and the further 1% cut in base rates and its knock-on effect on mortgages is the best tonic the country could get .
22 If you do n't think your rivers are running in the right place , divert them .
23 But first of all in terms of a precedency attitude I hope I 'm looking in the right place ?
24 Thought well at least I 'm heading in the right direction you know .
25 I 'm going to the right place now .
26 I 'm waiting for the right moment . ’
27 I 'm getting into the right positions , but I 've got to start finishing them off . ’
28 I am dealing with the right hon. and learned Member for Monklands , East .
29 When all the guttering is in place you can start on the downpipes These are generally fixed from the ground working upwards , but you must make sure that you are working to the right line if ( as is common ) the guttering is offset from the wall .
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