Example sentences of "had the right [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( c. 1 ) Writing shortly after Charles 's death , he believed that a new generation of both kings and nobles could preserve the realm so long as they had the right personal qualities . |
| 2 | I can not answer for other members of the United Nations , but in our meeting last week I certainly drew attention to the necessity for ensuring that the United Nations had the right financial and material aid to complete the tasks that we have set it . |
| 3 | It had the right bureaucratic timbre and , besides , was a favourite of the new commissioner , littering his memos . |
| 4 | She had the right academic approach to nursing to make a first-class tutor , but not ward sister . |
| 5 | I would find it all a little more convincing had the right hon. Gentleman not peddled the Government 's line so enthusiastically , with militant zeal — I hope that he will not resent the term — for so many months . |
| 6 | Had the right hon. Gentleman followed that example , he might have put forward a better case tonight . |
| 7 | I suppose a wife should consider her husband 's work before her own happiness , ’ Penelope agreed , for like many modern young women she had the right old-fashioned ideas about men and their work . |