Example sentences of "the [noun] the right [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 You can do this to the extent of saying as Agatha Christie ( who abandoned Hercule Poirot 's charmingly bumbling Captain Hastings quite early ) does in One , Two , Buckle my Shoe ; " For the first time Hercule Poirot was looking at the case the right way up . "
2 The adventures usually contain puzzles that have to be solved , cryptic advice , plays on words , red herrings , and some really useful information that is only revealed when you 've asked the computer the right question , correctly phrased .
3 Erm if you wanted to get time to look at the chart to colour the planets the right colour that 's up to you .
4 But I am ready to bet that it had something to do with the trajectory , the pathway through the real-life equivalent of Biomorph Land , that would have to be traversed in order to turn the retina the right way round , starting from whatever ancestral organ preceded the eye .
5 The instant the right leg goes out , the right hand is dropped to the floor so that the body is supported by both hands .
6 " Ai Menina , Menina ! " whispered Maria Candida , turning the medallion the right way round on its chain and patting the girl 's neck .
7 Shall I go and get the other scissors out of the cut the right side .
8 And of course the left brain is very much involved in the words the right brain with the ideas , so that 's the creative side .
9 In these circumstances we accept that it is reasonable that some trustees may feel that in the new situation produced by the tax the right course would be for the settled property to cease to be held on discretionary trust .
10 Exercise 3 : Tip out all the pieces of a jigsaw puzzle onto the table and turn the pieces the right way up .
11 ‘ The voice of George Sanders gave the character the right blend of conceit , disdain and intelligence that we were looking for . ’
12 He 's there , still curled up and still secured by the tape , but he must have wriggled his way through to here while you were down in the cellar ; he 's knocked over a table with the phone on it and he 's just turning the phone the right way up as you enter the lounge and see him .
13 Classics THE SUIT The right suit will be lightweight , roomy and navy blue
14 Alice yawned , put her hand over her mouth , said , " Sorry , we were up late … " and yawned again , offering the policewoman the right sort of smile .
15 At the peak of the jump the right leg lashes out horizontally towards the target .
16 Trying to get in the ground the right way , I was stopped by a riot policeman 's shield and shouted at in Dutch : only the fact that I could reply in Dutch saved a potentially ugly misunderstanding .
17 ‘ It gives the magazine the right image when people can see that its representatives care . ’
18 Thankfully by the end of the season the right feeling came back to me and I was able to start getting good results again . ’
19 Now did you get the the couplers the right way round on the erm ?
20 If you want the motif to come out as a mirror image of the graph , keep the graph the right way up and start knitting from row 1 at the bottom of the sheet .
21 One method is to draw over the outline again on the underside of the paper with a soft pencil , then turn the paper the right way up and place on the icing .
22 During the impact the right side and top of the instrument panel was twisted upwards and to the left , causing it to strike the left-hand side of the straining bar beneath the canopy to the left of the pilot 's head as well as impacting on the right side of the pilot 's face , resulting in minor injuries .
23 There are two problems here : getting the arms and legs in the right holes and getting the garment the right way round .
24 She gives you a tour of that painting in cheerful detail , noting with satisfaction that she had managed to achieve in part of the backdrop the right kind of ‘ girny ’ blue .
25 In fact all ordinary telescopes would do so but for the addition of an extra lens-system to turn the image the right way up again .
26 Our brain not only turns the image the right way up , but also adds a considerable amount of detail .
27 The first step : learning how to hold the book the right way up .
28 Not surprisingly , I always pass the dentist the right drill in the surgery . ’
29 As the socialists moved increasingly left of the republic , splitting the coalition government , the right gained support reorganising itself into a united opposition to the republic under the umbrella of the C.E.D.A. The right wing capitalised on the Catholic reaction against republican anticlericalism in order to gain power .
30 The work for this would ferment in the house the right kind of feeling , atmosphere , to do away with the nastiness of the last day or so .
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