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

No	Sentence
1	Both marine and aeronautical radios are mounted on the right panel .
2	Advice from the BMAA is that a high positive incidence on the right tip , in relation to the left , is likely to precipitate a right wing-drop at the stall from which recovery would be difficult at low level .
3	Once I 've settled on the right composition , I invite the sitter back and start serious drawings .
4	I know I 'm on the right route when I spot a bus marked ‘ Pensioners Touring Kerry ’ .
5	I can only apologize , we 'll try and get his legs on the right way again when he comes back from Spain .
6	‘ Ernest has his head screwed on the right way , ’ Ruth said .
7	LEFT Especially if you are not used to fitting a check chain , take care to ensure that you put it on the right way round .
8	‘ Got her head screwed on the right way , though , ’ said Joe .
9	So , although your two-year-old can sweep off her hat or pull down her trousers , she has n't got the physical coordination needed to put a sock on the right way , with the heel round the back of her foot .
10	That is probably why he needs to hold a general election , to get his clothes on the right way .
11	Well you try and get those on while I just put these on the right way round .
12	The other objects worthy of note are the lovely modern screen by Karel Stádník , the papier mâché crucifix on the right wall as you leave , and the magnificent organ decorated with vases and putti by Braun .
13	Carey went over on the right ankle during a friendly game with Armagh a fortnight ago , and is still gingerly finding his way back to full fitness .
14	‘ Well , you ca n't pick anything up on your radio unless you 're on the right wavelength , can you ? ’
15	‘ It 's like Elinor says , you 're not on the right wavelength . ’
16	The Arts : On the right wavelength ?
17	Establishing rapport is the process of getting on the right wavelength with someone — usually , but not inevitably , with someone you are meeting for the first time .
18	The adviser described to the head the purpose of the visit as ‘ to get on the right wavelength — that the self-appraisal needs some talking through ’ .
19	And even when I had assured myself I was on the right road , I felt compelled to stop the car a moment to take stock , as it were , I decided to step out and stretch my legs a little and when I did so , I received a stronger impression than ever of being perched on the side of a hill .
20	It is an ideal way to start the under 14's on the right road to savings .
21	They had been on the right road , he was certain of it .
22	Our team will point you on the right road towards a slimmer , healthier figure , with dietary and fitness advice tailored to your needs .
23	‘ Well , you 're on the right road , but I would say you had chosen the wrong day . ’
24	The LTA has increased its training staff and with the arrival of Tony Pickard and others it does appear that we are on the right road to success or at least start travelling in the right direction .
25	Unionists proved quite able to handle the new mass electorate , and their efforts to gear up to meet new challenges in and after 1911 had set them on the right road .
26	whether he is on the right road or not :
27	‘ We 're on the right road . ’
28	Caspar said , in a rather flat voice , ‘ At least we can be sure of being on the right road . ’
29	These are all roads where the pedagogical tradition has pointed signposts in the wrong direction , making us search for English ( the nature of English conversation , at least ) where it is not — and where only a careful analysis of natural conversational data can get us on the right road again .
30	‘ And Feargal said he would be down there that day , and I said — you know how you do — if you happen to see a dark green Morris Minor driven by this astonishingly beautiful girl with cropped dark hair , would you make sure she gets on the right road ?