Example sentences of "the right [noun sg] [coord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For one thing , the war was only a matter of a few years in the past and the number of potential suitors must have been severely limited , especially of the right intellect and calibre . |
| 2 | This is generally supplied by top dressing with direct-feed artificials , and there is no doubt that with the right moisture and soil temperature , earlier and more prolific growth can thus be obtained . |
| 3 | Although broader than the days when Lord Rothschild described it as populated entirely by men who ‘ are aged fifty-three , live in the South East , have the right accent and belong to the Reform Club ’ , it is hardly representative of the population as a whole . |
| 4 | All golf and gin and bridge and cars and the right accent and the right money and having been to the right school and hating the arts ( the theatre being a pantomime at Christmas and ‘ Hay Fever ’ by the Town Rep Picasso and Bartók dirty words unless you wanted to get a laugh ) . |
| 5 | Full-back Tony Clement is also out after suffering a stress fracture of the right ankle and is replaced by Mike Rayer . |
| 6 | I did the same with another strip around the right ankle and over the foot , so that it was held between the sole of the foot and the wooden backing of the old door . |
| 7 | Do you use the right tone and the right words with which to express yourself or do you find yourself tongue-tied ? |
| 8 | But before he could select the right tone and story-line for these particular circumstances , there was a diversion . |
| 9 | SPAR 79p for six ( 13p each ) : The right look but the pastry is very hard . |
| 10 | But Kylie had just the right look and style and character . |
| 11 | ‘ The women 's game embodies many of the qualities I admire — they have the right attitude and enthusiasm , ’ says Wright . |
| 12 | We believe , as did the Ancient Greeks who originated the word ‘ aristocracy ’ , that every man with the right attitude and talents , regardless of birth or riches , has a capacity of reaching … that status in its true sense . ’ |
| 13 | All things and all relationships can be studied , and with the right attitude and creative effort , a new way of seeing them occurs . |
| 14 | But if you 've got the right attitude and right , as I said on the notes , right voice and the right er personality , it it 's just the same as having somebody face to face . |
| 15 | ‘ The situation is now that if he works hard and shows the right attitude and I think it is right , then last week will be forgotten and he will go in the side . ’ |
| 16 | The mug was the right size but the wrong design , too pretty , for his large , gnarled hand , rough with scar tissue and discoloured by years of work in paint and wood . |
| 17 | Or they 're the right size but they 've got the hard bristles |
| 18 | A home of the right size and in the right place and at the right rent is everybody 's first need . |
| 19 | However , for the best effect , you do need to work out the right size and shape for your arrangement , choose appropriate containers and know which colours of flowers go well together . |
| 20 | So I cancelled the gig and they got the piano that was the right size and the gig was back on . |
| 21 | More importantly , by the time you finish this chapter , you should have a good idea of the right size and shape for your body . |
| 22 | To give a second example , pied flycatchers which have never seen a shrike will mob a model shrike ; the mobbing is best elicited , or ‘ released ’ , by a model of the right size and orientation , with a horizontal black eye stripe on the appropriate background colour . |
| 23 | It was the only horse so far which was the right size and the right shape — or perhaps it was only the spots that detracted from Jazz 's mount . |
| 24 | That helmet is just the right size and shape to have inflicted the blow we saw . |
| 25 | His pearl is fatally flawed , and to supply the missing leaf , or leaves , in facsimile , even of the right size and type , is a desperate measure acceptable only in cases of extreme age or rarity . |
| 26 | ‘ Five stones ’ was a favourite and a collection of good smooth pebbles of the right size and weight was a treasure , something like a really champion conker . |
| 27 | We started the pond in early spring , after deciding on a semi-raised design , and after spending all winter finding the right size and shape of preformed pond . |
| 28 | An hour or so ago , she had seen a stone of the right size and shape lying on the edge of a garden , and had put it into her pocket . |
| 29 | Quite apart from wanting pictures which will enhance the pages of their magazine and which will interest their readers , editors need pictures of the right size and printed on the right sort of paper . |
| 30 | 3 Have the photographs processed to the right size and on the right paper . |