Example sentences of "they [prep] the right [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whilst they are heavy , it would have been quite possible , by co-operative effort , to move them into the right position to mark ‘ the line ’ . |
| 2 | Are we gon na be able to get them into the right place ? |
| 3 | Ideas flew from Lucy 's lips , Jay worked them into the right phrase , the right analogy . |
| 4 | British exporters have been extremely successful and that is because the Government have provided them with the right framework for success . |
| 5 | Similarly , in shaping the format and means of communicating plans and performance down to managers , ‘ having run the retail operation at TSB I appreciate the needs of the front-end operation and the importance of giving people the information that really matters to them with the right commentary . |
| 6 | But if England and Wales were to provide them with the right context come this Saturday , Mike Teague — who has been shortening in the betting and who was integral to the Lions ' strategy under the same coach , McGeechan , in Australia in 1989 — and either Emyr Lewis or Richard Webster could win the two blindside berths . |
| 7 | The problems of crofting may be insoluble in terms of practical politics , but , if we look at them in the right way , we may find that they themselves are a resource . |
| 8 | ‘ Scouting attracts the hooligans , ’ he told the National Defence Association in 1910 , ‘ who are really the fellows of character if you can turn them in the right way ; and no doubt these fellows will be of some use to us in the future instead of being absolute waste material , fit only to be buried . ’ |
| 9 | Clean the gunge that is probably beneath these brushes , rub everything clean and return them in the right order . |
| 10 | See who can remember them in the right order . |
| 11 | I mean , as you say , I cover all the points but because you do n't do them in the right order perhaps you muck them up |
| 12 | er we have er a ski machine coming from Gloucester which is going to let people have a go and er get them in the right position , and when they do it right all the bells go off , so it 's a fun day for people to come and have a go on things . |
| 13 | Travelling to polling stations is expensive in a country where many people earn only £100 a year , so wealthy well-organised candidates bus voters to the booths and traditionally nudge them in the right direction with sample ballot sheets with the appropriate names ticked . |
| 14 | Then it was up to us and the dogs to stalk a heed and chase them in the right direction . |
| 15 | The letter expressed the CPSU 's ‘ deep anxiety for the fate of socialism in Poland ’ , regretted that the necessary measures had not been taken against domestic anti-Soviet and anti-socialist forces , and called upon the Polish party to ‘ reverse the course of events and channel them in the right direction ’ . |
| 16 | Like the silkmoth , ants sense pheromones through their antennae ; but they make continual use of both antennae to keep them in the right direction . |
| 17 | ‘ We are trying to educate young people and point them in the right direction and I do n't think we are fulfilling our duty very well when we have a rule like this . ’ |
| 18 | This three-track tape was recorded under the auspices of the GDR Studios in Darlington who seem to have rounded up the Divers and pointed them in the right direction . |
| 19 | It was difficult to remember the route , but Lowell 's van in the bottom field signposted them in the right direction . |
| 20 | And just to put them in the right mood , they have now been invited to take part in an international competition at Market Drayton next weekend ( June 19–20 ) involving the United States junior team , Eire and Great Britain juniors . |
| 21 | The new edition of the Oxford Placement Tests now gives you everything you need to test your students , mark their papers , and place them in the right class with accuracy and efficiency . |
| 22 | In this arcade adventure the aim is to collect the correct objects and drop them in the right place at the right time . |
| 23 | Shuffling all those bodies about to get it all nice and tidy , I think would not only be an enormous exercise , it would be a waste of time , because people do n't stay fixed in aspic once you 've placed them in the right place ; they change , they progress , they regress or whatever . |
| 24 | Get them in the right frame of mind — keep atmosphere relaxed and friendly |
| 25 | Unionists proved quite able to handle the new mass electorate , and their efforts to gear up to meet new challenges in and after 1911 had set them on the right road . |
| 26 | ‘ In the 1950s and 60s there were superb beers — if you caught them on the right day . |
| 27 | Philby claimed he thoughtfully put them on the right track to divert suspicion from himself . |
| 28 | They were in costumes that , in spite of their crumpled shabbiness , recalled the garb of Count Arnheim in the opera of ‘ The Bohemian Girl ’ , and looked like fugitive kings and emperors beside the thick-set railway porter , in capacious velveteens , whose duty it was to put them on the right track towards the ‘ free land ’ . |
| 29 | Erm , you see they were dyed on the wrong side you know they were of course it was easier to penetrate than it would be if they dyed them on the right side you see , it was technically i far far superior . |
| 30 | Send them to the right person at the right address for payment and include the following information : |