Example sentences of "be [art] right [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I am the right side of the Consul-General 's brain . |
| 2 | While ‘ one more heave ’ might have been the right response to Labour 's 1987 defeat , ‘ it is a wholly inadequate response to our 1992 defeat , ’ he said . |
| 3 | And Allied Signal Corp chairman Lawrence Bossidy has initiated the UK ‘ manufacturing versus services ’ debate in the US , suggesting that for those that believe that IBM Corp should be making more , cheaper rather than shuttering factories all over the place , he might have been the right man for the job : US industry ‘ can not slash its way to prosperity , ’ he told the new Design & Manufacturing Institute of the Stevens Institute of Technology — adding that while design innovation is a US strength , ‘ we need to extend US technological excellence from the design laboratory to the manufacturing floor — American business needs to find ways to improve the speed with which we convert innovative design into high-quality , marketable product ; many of our factory floors are populated by high-school graduates or dropouts , with a few engineers serving as supervisors safely ensconced behind glass walls , ’ Bossidy said , where Japanese shop floors are staffed much more by graduate engineers who work directly with well-trained workers , to solve problems and improve manufacturing efficiency . |
| 4 | Now that has clearly been the right choice given that I think Motif has clearly achieved the ascendant over open look . |
| 5 | With a lot of misgivings , I eventually withdrew — and within weeks , as new opportunities opened up , it was clear this had been the right decision for me . |
| 6 | I wondered if this had been the right place to come at all . |
| 7 | It had been the right thing to say . |
| 8 | It had been the right thing to say . |
| 9 | I do n't know if that would 've been the right thing to do there . |
| 10 | What 's been missing up until now , though , has been the right producer — early REM cohort Mitch Easter 's enlisted here — the cash to afford a string section for those weeping , sweeping passages and , crucially , confidence on the part of Moose themselves . |
| 11 | The band could probably have signed to IRS but Hallin does not think it would have been the right move . |
| 12 | It had been the right advice — Colonel Windsor knew it was — and Tubby had promised to take it . |
| 13 | They were quietly seething , June 1988 may not have been the right time for demonstrations , but parts of the student body and some sectors of the urban population appeared to be contemplating some form of action to let the government know of their intentions . |
| 14 | Edward Shevardnadze , who resigned as Soviet foreign minister last December , might have been the right sort of UN leader . |
| 15 | I mean , that may have been the right impression , and I do n't want to force you to say more than you want to , or really anything , but I 'd like to know if you still want to write to me , possibly just about books , or if you wanted to — |
| 16 | It 's been the right weather for ducks at the Henley Royal Regatta … but despite the rain and the lack of Olympic rowers , there 's been plenty of top rowing … the regatta continues until Sunday . |
| 17 | These can be useful for compression joints , provided they are the right size . |
| 18 | Propagating streptocarpus : ensure leaf sections are the right way up |
| 19 | The school 's convinced that Vocational A Levels are the right way forward . |
| 20 | There is a sort of joy in persuading the English you are the right person for them by dancing like a stoned Russian . |
| 21 | The final decision on whether or not you are the right person with the right franchise must be yours . |
| 22 | Learn what are the right kind of rocks . |
| 23 | But although his selected trio — Northwich Victoria 's Liverpool-born defender Jeff Parker , Warrington Town utility man Paul McNally and Northern Ireland Under-21 midfielder Norman Kelly may not be household names , he is convinced they are the right choice . |
| 24 | I just wondered because we were in Winners once and it had some and he picked them up and he looked at them and he said I do n't think these are the right shape for my car and I know he needs some . |
| 25 | Or they may give the impression that they are not quite sure if you are the right candidate , i.e. they have not done their homework . |
| 26 | I tell you , I make that point , that we we have to , to try and not vet , but to check you out , if we 've got somebody that 's understandable , realistic , because we have had examples on this course , where erm , with the best will in the world , and the systems are the right hand of God , erm , the projects that people have brought along , the case studies that people have brought along , wo n't work . |
| 27 | You are the right side of the hedge , I 'm sure . |
| 28 | Make sure that you are the right temperature ; that you have enough air ; that mattress and pillows are comfortable . |
| 29 | Check that worktops and washbasins are the right height . |
| 30 | Check that both shelves are the right height . |