Example sentences of "[is] [prep] the right line " in BNC.
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| 1 | John 's on the right line for a new video |
| 2 | And , since there is no limit to the number of hypotheses that can fit a given body of data , what reason have we to suppose that we are capable of producing , and finding plausible , an hypothesis that is on the right lines ? |
| 3 | That is on the right lines , of course , since certainly we do not suppose that e would have occurred even if either cc or e itself did not . |
| 4 | Therefore , if the conditional theory of knowledge is on the right lines , you do not know that you are not a brain in a vat . |
| 5 | For instance , ‘ a building for lodging horses ’ is an adequate definition of stable ( or at least is on the right lines ) ; but while ‘ a stable-dwelling animal ’ might serve to identify horse , it is not an adequate definition . |
| 6 | My right hon. Friend is on the right lines . |