Example sentences of "of [v-ing] [prep] the right " in BNC.
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| 1 | A concurrent verbal task interfered with the speed and consistency of tapping by the right hand while a visuo-spatial task interfered more with left hand performance . |
| 2 | After some time of searching for the right facility they have had to go back and build something anew . |
| 3 | There was an area of bruising below the right eye but , although it was recent , Wycliffe felt sure that it had been inflicted some time before death — probably the day before . |
| 4 | Choosing the best time to buy is not always possible , and sometimes the inconvenience of waiting for the right moment can cause more trouble than any financial saving may by worth . |
| 5 | So it was a question of waiting till the right moment . |
| 6 | They have a very fiercely competitive system , and some people say that you have to start preparing for this at nursery school erm and it 's a question of going to the right schools , going to the right training colleges , though it 's not so much a question of going to university , although you do have to have a university degree in most cases , but they have special training establishments with a tough competition to get into it , and as a result of this the people who come out are very highly selected , and think of themselves as being very professional , very competent , they have a great deal more self confidence , in some ways , than our British civil servants do . |
| 7 | I 'm sure you 'll agree it 's a matter of going into the right stock at the right time . |
| 8 | Establishing rapport is the process of getting on the right wavelength with someone — usually , but not inevitably , with someone you are meeting for the first time . |
| 9 | It is a matter of providing for the right amount of development in a balanced way . |
| 10 | ‘ All who have become aware of the plight of Tony Bland and the anguish of his parents will have been moved by the agony of their dilemma and the acute difficulty of coming to the right decision . |
| 11 | Jorghino , suddenly spring-heeled and full of running on the right wing , outflanked the Dutch defence before producing an inspired centre . |
| 12 | By long history the Bishop of Durham had the privilege of standing at the right hand of the sovereign throughout the coronation as her chief supporter . |
| 13 | A professional finish is achieved in part by showing a minimum amount of stitching on the right side of the fabric . |