Example sentences of "[noun sg] [v-ing] [prep] [art] right [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | They 're useful in surgery to keep blood flowing at the right speed and sucking old blood from re-attached parts so new blood flows in quickly . |
| 4 | After spending all last seaon looking for a right back we now sell one ! |
| 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 | 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 . |
| 7 | Seemed to go back and forth between the reservation and the city for a while looking for the right place to be . |
| 8 | And that leads to the third , less obvious , reason : the market-place itself , to work efficiently , needs consumers who know how prices compare , and who act on that knowledge buying at the right price , not buying if the price is too high for this to have an influence on prices , through traders who set attractive prices competing successfully against traders who set inflated prices , it is by no means necessary for all consumers to be actively price-conscious . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Additional airbrake should be available to make the glider stop floating at the right moment . |
| 11 | you mention mel and people think of some fat lard trundling down the right side of the pitch . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Seam the band by mattress stitching from the right side , this allows you to match the ‘ knits ’ and ‘ purls ’ of each half , producing a neat finish at the centre front . |
| 14 | We had spent much time looking for the right place and seemed to have explored almost every corner of the country , from Devon to Cumberland , and had almost settled on a disused mill at Fisherton-de-la-Mare , near Amesbury . |
| 15 | The body is made entirely from maple and features some token contouring for the right arm , and a bit more round the back for the ribcage . |
| 16 | ( It is important when dealing with caterpillars to realise that many species rely for their survival entirely on one plant growing in the right place at exactly the right time . ) |
| 17 | At that time , Graham was a left-hander switching to the right hand when he became a professional . |
| 18 | Morais and Bertelson ( 1975 ) pointed out that the usual dichotic listening paradigm does not allow one to distinguish between an interpretation of the REA in terms of ear of stimulus presentation and an alternative explanation favouring input coming from the right side of space . |