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

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1 ‘ The situation is now that if he works hard and shows the right attitude and I think it is right , then last week will be forgotten and he will go in the side . ’
2 Or they 're the right size but they 've got the hard bristles
3 Measure it , get the right size and I 'll put in my handbag .
4 you know , but , you , not only have you got to get the right colour and everything , you 've got to hold it the correct distance away from the metal
5 The county council thinks that its proposed provision is the right approach and it 's a balanced approach in line erm with Secretary of State 's previously e stated wishes .
6 Anyway he has the right approach and I 'm sure something will result . ’
7 That 's the right approach and I suggest to this Committee that if you take the Liberal Democrat Conservative resolution that will be not a bad .
8 ‘ The caring may not be true caring , ’ Bloch explains , ‘ but it is in the right measure and it gets results . ’
9 The cops think I 'm the right build and they suspect gorilla man wears a wig and false moustache sometimes and maybe false teeth too .
10 Miss J. has pretty well run him and now he 's doing a roaring trade and has just married a daughter of Lord Lytton , he 's evidently right in with the right lot of people … and what a God 's mercy that for once in a way these people have got hold of the right man and what a thing for England . ’
11 So , we 're in a pretty strong position to make acquisitions if they appear at the right price and they fit our strategic framework .
12 So you must first ensure that your approach is to the right quarter and you must realise at the outset that mutual trust is essential .
13 After he had taxied in to the terminal and parked the plane , he had checked the right engine and its hydraulic system with one of the Aeroflot engineers .
14 Demerger is clearly the right road but it is not a freeway to success .
15 ‘ We 're going in the right direction but I do n't know where the piste has got to . ’
16 Sir Hector said : ‘ There was a general acceptance that we have to get things moving in the right direction but it is not easy to find a quick solution . ’
17 The new Standing Committee procedure with the cross examination of Ministers is a preliminary step in the right direction but there is a great need for earlier involvement in the process .
18 The statement just as a as a useful instrument will er I hope it will be a useful instrument er is a step in probably the right direction and we just wait and see .
19 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 .
20 ‘ 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 . ’
21 They 've got a body of about the right description and they 've gone to see Miss Morgan 's parents .
22 ‘ Other prisons are run what we call the right way and it 's the short , sharp shock . ’
23 Go about things in the right way and you wo n't have the same worries again .
24 You have made the right choice and you are being rewarded .
25 The civil service is on the right path and it often serves as a good guide and leading light to the private sector .
26 Finally , assuming that you have made it to the right starting line in plenty of time , wearing the right kit and your race number , and are facing the correct way when the cannon sounds , there is just one last piece of essential advice : do n't panic !
27 Rather important that one you know , a street lamp out for six weeks , though I know it 's difficult getting in touch with exactly the right department and whose responsibility it is .
28 I did n't know whether I 'd put in the right number and I thought well I 'll , I wo n't let anyone answer it , I 'll just re-dial .
29 ‘ His heart 's in the right place but he 's a bit mixed up so we 'll have to give him time . ’
30 And then you put that down where you think is the right place and you get really pissed off cos it 's moving really slowly and moving the board outline as well .
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