Example sentences of "in the right [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although record companies are n't in the business of promoting tours ( see the agent 's article in this book ) , they will lend their support to ensure their artists ' performances are in the right venues . |
| 2 | Old Red was in the right age-group and free . |
| 3 | As with many aspects of human performance , it is perhaps inappropriate to talk of ’ rights ’ and ’ wrongs ’ as in the right choice ( i.e. correct ) and the wrong choice ( i.e. an error ) . |
| 4 | ‘ I said to the grave digger , in conversation with him , ‘ Look , are you in the right plot ? ’ and his answer was the priest told him to dig the grave opposite Patrick 's but when he came along he 'd seen there was already a burial there , who was the sister Annie , but had seen this vacant plot next door , so he had dug the vacant one . |
| 5 | Projectionists had to be very careful to orientate the disc and to put the pickup in the right groove for the sound to be in synchronism . |
| 6 | If we accept that we can not prevent science and technology from changing our world , we can at least try to ensure that the changes they make are in the right directions . |
| 7 | You see , it 's not up to the participants to come in the right mood . |
| 8 | I 'd even go a step further than the physical necessities of being able to see and hear properly and say that the audience must be in the right mood , too , to receive the message . |
| 9 | The free wine really did put everyone in the right mood for the rest of the evening when you could sit back and be entertained or dance to the disco music outside on the terrace . |
| 10 | We did not really listen , but it helped to put us in the right mood . |
| 11 | ‘ Because I 'm not in the right mood for studying . |
| 12 | ‘ If I 'm not in the right mood I get very guarded and do n't want to talk to people . |
| 13 | Kate was n't in the right mood for him . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | But I did n't lose my rag , I was in the right mood to deal with it . |
| 16 | You can only do it when you 're in the right mood . |
| 17 | The label manager also organizes promotional material like T-shirts , badges , picture discs and special limited edition sleeves ( in the right quantities to ensure maximum effect and minimum waste ) . |
| 18 | Distribution is the process of making the right materials available at the right time , in the right quantities and in a condition in which they can be used . |
| 19 | When the attacking leg is at full extension , the shoulders , the muscles in the right leg and the entire right side of the lower back and buttocks are completely tensed , and an incoming opponent , met by this sudden kick , shooting upwards from the ground , is immediately stopped dead in his tracks . |
| 20 | Well again er , er a three bedroomed house , I would , you see and they were putting one plug in , in , in each , each bedroom and , and two plugs in the main bedroom so they dropped one down altogether and erm , erm in a lounge like this to put two plugs in , sort of one in that corner and one in that corner it 's no good to anybody , it 's , as much as anything else was er , er about placing plugs as well er , if one 's only going to have two plugs well then least one should be able to place them in , in the right positions , er putting them behind doors is , is , is no good at all , a lot of them have been done that way because the it always means flex is going to be draped across the , the door if people are walking in gon na trip over it and erm , they probably got down to now , something er just less than the standard I would think in the , in the last houses they built . |
| 21 | Watchpoint : If you are in the right category , but your weight has been creeping up over the years , then it would be wise to reassess your eating habits . |
| 22 | Ex-soldiers such as Mike would travel from one army to the other , hoping to be in the right army at the right time . |
| 23 | I had to run to the end of the course with a hoop on my head then put the ring on a pole , then on the way back I had to arrange the bean bags in the right colour hoops , then get in an old potato bag and jump to the middle of the course then I had to skip to the end . |
| 24 | Then all Paul had to do was put a tick under the right person 's name in the right colour for their shift . |
| 25 | Kitted up some five minutes later with a pair a good size too small and with a hole in the right toe , McLeish led his troops into action . |
| 26 | The idea was that I should be in the right state of mind for the concert I was about to conduct . |
| 27 | My head was n't really in the right state for assimilating all this stuff , but as far as I could gather , Uncle Rory had been trying for years to come up with something Creative ( his capital , his italics ) . |
| 28 | However , in order to make sure that the memory is in the right state , it is necessary to use a certain amount of energy ( to move the bead or to power the computer , for example ) . |
| 29 | " Get your peg in the right hole , missus , before you chip off the corners — and possibly even lay bare your embarrassment " . |
| 30 | He stood in it , his clothes and skin steaming , dripping water into the urine-scented callbox , called her number , listened to it ring , called again , saying the numbers to himself like a chant , making sure his finger was in the right hole on the dial each time . |