Example sentences of "give the right [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Given the right conditions of air , moisture , non-acidity , organic matter , temperature , and protection from physical damage , the earthworm population will increase naturally . |
| 2 | However , given the right conditions , they fight furiously , and Coldingham fish have a fine reputation . |
| 3 | Since the idea of earth energies was first put forward in the 1930s , attempts have been made to show that the ancient peoples could detect such energies and that , given the right conditions , we can do so today . |
| 4 | Given the right conditions the growth of the foliage will be quite fast and as the days get longer the flower buds will start to appear . |
| 5 | Your pool will be big enough to keep Koi , and given the right conditions , there is no reason why they should not breed . |
| 6 | Black spot has to be taken very seriously because , given the right conditions , it can ravage and virtually destroy a rose garden in just a few days — I have seen this happen , and it is not a pretty sight . |
| 7 | He postulated that given the right conditions and sufficient length of time , all ( or nearly all — Carroll left out the lowest live per cent ) pupils can achieve mastery . |
| 8 | Given the right conditions they could flare up at any time . |
| 9 | In contrast to this , Theory Y assumes that ( a ) for most people work is natural ; ( b ) people are interested in their work and will exercise self-direction ; ( c ) given the right conditions then people will seek responsibility ; ( d ) people are committed to organisational objectives since rewards are associated with the achievement of these objectives . |
| 10 | ‘ Given the right conditions for investment the area carries great potential for further exploration and development . ’ |
| 11 | The experience here suggests that a publicly owned operator can provide a better and more efficient service than private enterprise , given the right conditions . |
| 12 | Dermot , you see , is an Elvis fan , and given the right stimulants , has been known to think he looks like Presley ( although , as one bemused clubber from Leeds commented , ‘ He looks more like a young Max Bygraves ’ ) . |
| 13 | It is certainly true that , given the right circumstances , computers can ‘ reduce the drudgery , freeing the brain in front of the screen to do more productive things ’ . |
| 14 | With hindsight I can see that I was already predisposed , given the right circumstances , to become anorexic . |
| 15 | Given the right circumstances , unattended emotional debris dating from our past can prove quite a stumbling-block . |
| 16 | On this view , criminals are still ‘ differentiated ’ — but only in terms of values , motives and skills favourable to the commission of crime , and these could be acquired by anyone given the right circumstances . |
| 17 | This property is , he argues , intrinsic to literacy and the reason for many of the grand consequences which , given the right circumstances , arise from the spread of literacy . |
| 18 | If we can articulate those goals and their underlying values and beliefs , then we have some picture of what , given the right circumstances , may lead to arousal and potential activity . |
| 19 | If this argument is correct , it is possible to conceive that the European Court might , given the right circumstances , hold the English rule that damages are only available in English law to protect private law rights to be in conflict with European law . |
| 20 | If Heisenberg 's matrix mechanics , or Schrödinger 's wave mechanics , had not given the right answers for the behaviour of objects like hydrogen atoms then certainly no one would have got very excited about them . |
| 21 | Given the right resources and planning , the King 's Cross project in association with Thameslink 2000 will improve rail links between Kent , Sussex and Hampshire and the north-east of England and will allow travellers from one region to visit the other with only a single change at King 's Cross . |
| 22 | Given the right markers in the basic text , it would be relatively simple to compile dictionaries in particular subject areas by means of a machine search for all entries pertaining to those subjects . |
| 23 | Just as I am sure twenty-seven victories seemed utterly insufficient to Jackie — and had he not retired , he was certainly fit enough and a good enough driver , given the right cars , to which he would have had total access , to notch up another fifteen or twenty — I am sure that his first million seemed a trifle . |
| 24 | The actions of human characters involve a whole grammar of visual signals which the audience will pick up if it is given the right clues . |
| 25 | After chatting to the veterans for several minutes , the prince turned to an aide and joked : ‘ I hope we have given the right medals to the right people . ’ |
| 26 | Er , but any change you make to a computer system , is likely to introduce bugs into the system , so that it does n't give the right answers any more . |
| 27 | This was a liberal middle-class reformist cop-out guaranteed to give the right women a step up in the power stakes as well as provide appeasement for male consciences which were getting a bit ragged at the edges from the constant battering of Irish feminists . |
| 28 | Doubtless it could be arranged to give the right answers . |
| 29 | We may clear away the smoke that suffocates and remove the saturated fats that clog by making certain reasonably simple decisions , but giving the right directions , was a very different — and in my case — a far harder problem . |