Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] be [art] right [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 For verbal ability , there was expected to be a right field advantage , whereas visuo-spatial ability was expected to have a lesser advantage in the right field indicating left field advantage .
2 Overall , the process of becoming a budget-minded organisation has been a learning curve for some of us but has to be the right way to go . ’
3 About 300 metres of each , I 've torn to make the covers so far but I 'm still doing it because each one has to be the right size and colour-coded by room .
4 It has to be the right thing to do .
5 If they are not , Mrs Thatcher will either have to reconsider her faith in the private sector always to do what she deems to be the right thing , or she will have to promote changes in the way in which the markets go about their business .
6 When she was young and maybe a little wilful , Elizabeth had made what she deemed to be the right decision , and she had suffered because of it .
7 I could well , could well be the same event as that because he certainly looks to be the right sort of character .
8 A good rider , like a good ballet dancer , needs to be the right shape .
9 Character A — or it might have been B again , for he seemed to be a right prune — had left late or had left early travelling at half the speed of the other .
10 I came up here thinking I would ; I assumed I 'd need to offload on somebody , but somehow it never seemed to be the right time to introduce the subject .
11 People wanted it and it seemed to be the right thing to do — and we did it .
12 Thanks to the wide choice of premiums , you can choose what you consider to be the right amount of protection for your family for the duration of your policy .
13 er if they do n't give you what you consider to be the right answer to those questions , are you saying that you should totally disregard the other issues that are
14 I will say in moving that , would I note that the property services , the property sub- committee I should say , is receiving a further report on recommendations on how to preserve the long-term viability of the estate , which I consider to be the right priority , erm , the long- term viability of the estate is essential for the value both as an estate and for the value of it er , to us should we need to dispose of any of it for development land in the future .
15 Therefore you 've got to be selective in what you do and you 've got to be the right person to deal with those things , of course .
16 ‘ We have n't signed anyone yet , only because it 's got to be the right player .
17 So it will matter then to the child that if he types in four times two plus one , it 's got to be the right version of that sum .
18 They are well practised in choosing what they believe to be the right firm to handle a particular assignment and nowhere is this more clear than in the area of specialisation .
19 But since then , there has never seemed to be a right time .
20 She had n't told Frederick , there just had n't seemed to be the right time .
21 It would have to be the right length as he was n't giving Lee the cutters again .
22 O odd occasion we 'll come across people you know who yes he seems to be the right person and then somebody else turns up to do
23 It seems to be the right time to revert here to the old system .
24 But he 's just 18 and yet he came on and took control , linking with the front players and proved to be the right substitution
25 Yet he proved to be the right man in the right place at the right time .
26 It proved to be the right approach .
27 Do does this seem to be the right policy ?
28 Unfortunately , this did n't seem to be the right thing to say either .
29 Where it had to be the right name .
30 But the handsome brass plate had borne the legend ‘ Woodline Design ’ , so this had to be the right place .
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