Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] in the right [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although physiologically naive to suggest , as some have , that the seat of creativity lies in the right hemisphere , the latter 's contribution must be considered of unique importance , given what is known about its style of cognitive processing . |
| 2 | Keep the rig as upright as possible An upright rig presents more sail area to the wind and keeps the driving force pointing in the right direction — horizontally forwards . |
| 3 | A strong wind blowing in the right direction can put a metre on a high tide in exceptional circumstances , and the wind can also prevent the tide from receding as much as it should . |
| 4 | However , spotlights need to be positioned so that light falls in the right place . |
| 5 | Five years under Deng Xiaoping appears to have started the mighty machine rolling in the right direction again but , in energy terms there are a number of problems to be overcome which are mainly to do with lack of adequate capital investment and resources management . |
| 6 | The arrow pointed in the right direction , but ten feet past it , without the compass , which way was north ? |
| 7 | Maybe we 'll come across a friendly native with a forked stick going in the right direction and I 'll give him the big-screen smile and hand it over . |
| 8 | Significantly better performance was found when the target tone was presented to the left ear , and the tongue controlled the sound heard in the right ear , than in the reverse condition . |
| 9 | And not every bomb falls in the right place . ’ |
| 10 | Make sure you make the saw cut in the right place ! |
| 11 | A pocket of air may be trapped between the breaking wave and the cliff , if the wave breaks in the right position relative to the cliff ( Fig. 8.1C ) . |
| 12 | Obviously many things might muddy the correlation between social structure and prohibited partners , but one piece of existing evidence points in the right direction . |
| 13 | I suggest that the hon. Gentleman looks in the right telephone directory . |
| 14 | It was Stuart Evans , bringing a touch of Cardiff Arms Park to the proceedings with a pushover try in the right corner , who brought Saints to within a point at 14-15 . |
| 15 | A controversial free kick was taken in the wrong place , but thanks to Lee Clark , the ball finished in the right place for the Geordies . |
| 16 | Well I feel that Sylvia should have the right as anyone else , as any other able person to travel in the right manner , as a passenger in the buffet car or , or or anywhere else on the train and not have to be , have to go in the guard 's van . |
| 17 | You can write your weight in a diary or on a chart or graph and see progress develop in the right direction over time . |
| 18 | Tip is a firm believer in fate , and in 1961 the finger pointed in the right direction for him . |
| 19 | A word dropped in the right ear , Nelly told herself , might bring her the job if she decided to earn an honest penny at Thrush Green . |
| 20 | But is the boundary drawn in the right place or not . |
| 21 | Generally , then , the basic objective is to build up a strong framework or system of main stems , and to develop lateral side shoots which are pruned back each spring to 3 or 4 inches ( 7.5 or 10cm ) , with a terminal bud pointing in the right direction to fill spaces and gaps . |
| 22 | I like to think he had faith in my common sense to turn in the right report . |
| 23 | In accordance with my usual run of luck , I climbed up into thick mist , and being too lazy and smug to take a bearing I followed what seemed to be a well-worn path heading in the right direction for Beinn Dorain . |
| 24 | This suggestion seems in the right neighbourhood , for if checkerboard solutions do have a defect , it must lie in their distinctive feature , that they treat people differently when no principle can justify the distinction . |
| 25 | Without structure it is difficult to keep effort aimed in the right direction . |
| 26 | A paper cup , empty coke can or washing-up liquid container placed in the right position will explain to even the most ardent disbeliever that their swing really is out-to-in and not the most beautiful inside one they thought it was ! |
| 27 | Nevertheless , the tendon developed in the right place even though it had no muscle to which it could attach . |
| 28 | In contrast , Coltheart ( 1980 ) and Saffran , Bogyo , Schwartz and Marin ( 1980 ) suggested that in deep dyslexia the normal reading system can not operate at all , and that the reading that the patient can manage is mediated by an alternative processing system located in the right hemisphere , a system which might play no role at all in normal reading . |
| 29 | If you are going somewhere then you have to know where you are going in order to point in the right direction . |
| 30 | The goal on which we would all agree , I suggest , would be one of fairness , whereby resources are distributed and technology applied in the right way . |