Example sentences of "are [verb] [art] right " in BNC.
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| 1 | The specialists are then much easier to satisfy — providing they are given the right kind of food , they are content to sit and stare out from their cages , much as they would sit and stare out at their wild landscapes . |
| 2 | Oriental rugs need room to breathe , and unless they are given the right amount of space they can either be swamped by the surrounding decor or become so overpowering that they detract from everything else in the room . |
| 3 | It is therefore vital that they are given the right sort of care , so they can grow up to be well developed and strong physically , mentally alert , contented and emotionally stable . |
| 4 | But experience has shown that it is possible to create elite , high-calibre long-term support teams if they are given the right leadership and training , an attractive physical environment to work from , good pay and conditions of service and , crucially , a set of realistic objectives about what they are trying to achieve . |
| 5 | It also ensures that all outcomes are covered by the assessments and are given the right emphasis , whether the assessment is knowledge-based or practical , achieved in the workplace or in a classroom . |
| 6 | In a survey of 450 top UK companies last year , Touche Ross discovered that although the efficiency of financial consolidation is of key importance to senior management , few finance departments have any objective measure of their performance and know whether they are using the right tools . |
| 7 | Look down and check that you are handling the right lever before moving it to the DOWN position . |
| 8 | If your graphs and charts are showing an overall decrease in weight , then you know you are eating the right amounts . |
| 9 | Here 's an end to worrying about totting up the calories in food and wondering whether you are eating the right thing . |
| 10 | He needs to think of how we are to find the right ministers , men and women — to let people know that there is a vocation called holy orders , of ‘ unique difficulty and unique happiness ’ ; the variety of ministers , deaconesses , teachers in schools , lay preachers , monks and nuns and friars who belong to ‘ the praying heart of the Church ’ , without which its mission would not have the power of God within it . |
| 11 | He 's convinced though they are heading the right way . |
| 12 | ‘ It 's awfully wild , ’ she said , ‘ but you are going the right way ’ — she was proceeding east and going into the storm at the time — and she thanked me for opening the gate . |
| 13 | Local authorities must be sure they are providing the right care for children , and with increasing pressure on budgets they must know the money is well spent . |
| 14 | Our technique is to make customers feel relaxed and make them feel they are buying the right car for their needs . ’ |
| 15 | At least accident should occur so I 'm asking for a review of those to see if we ha we are buying the right vehicle or not . |
| 16 | This way , they may reason , they can get to the heart of the supplier 's promotional and sales pitch , and reassure themselves that they are getting the right deal . |
| 17 | But the patrols ARE getting the right results … |
| 18 | In by-elections , county elections and in the European Parliament elections , the public , he said , was telling Labour : ‘ You are doing the right thing . |
| 19 | Remember that your colleagues need your reassurance too , to confirm that they are doing the right thing . |
| 20 | They are doing the right things to find a book , but the book is n't where it should be . |
| 21 | ‘ Cleo , have you asked yourself whether you are doing the right thing ? ’ he asked . |
| 22 | If it is your first work of fiction of any great length , I think you are doing the right thing putting it forward for appraisal by the Eastern Arts Board , you are lucky in your part of the country to have this . |
| 23 | ‘ What I do is follow the money and make sure the people who are spending it on my behalf are actually the right sort of people , and are doing the right sort of job . ’ |
| 24 | Being primed with the relevant background information can make you much more confident that you are saying the right thing to the right person . |
| 25 | Students are often uncertain whether they are taking the right kind of notes to help them survive and succeed at college . |
| 26 | ‘ Are you sure you are taking the right course of action ? ’ |
| 27 | Are you sure you are making the right decision ? ’ |
| 28 | ‘ The majority of private companies have very similar problems , ’ he says — they can not afford a ‘ high class ’ finance director and need an outside accountant to make sure they are making the right strategic decisions . |
| 29 | ‘ They are making the right noises about providing them , and each year the budget gets bigger . |
| 30 | ‘ I sometimes wonder , ’ says Dr Andrew Laurie , who is studying marine iguanas , ‘ if we are fighting the right battle . |