Example sentences of "right about the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( Actually , the Brits are right about the European space effort , but that is not the point . ) |
| 2 | She was absolutely right about the salt-water lagoon , which is of European status as a bird refuge , but other , neglected parts of the island grew dense and dark with rhododendrons . |
| 3 | ‘ I was right about the Black Land . |
| 4 | By the way , you were quite right about the higher price — dedicated gamesplayers do n't mind paying that little extra , especially for that whole lot more . |
| 5 | You may be right about the other two though . ’ |
| 6 | But I 'm right about the other thing . |
| 7 | But she had been right about the other thing , so maybe she was right about this . |
| 8 | Erm but to be honest I , I think you 're right about the Christian angle because I do think that erm , although I enjoyed that year , |
| 9 | He is entirely right about the British contribution to Europe , both in the long term and in the past few years when much of the present shape of the Community has arisen from initiatives by this country . |
| 10 | On March 21st , a despatch from Falkenhayn admitted that Rupprecht had been right about the British not being able to take the offensive , and at the same time it ordered the withdrawal of three of his divisions for the general reserve . |
| 11 | At one end there was a platform with a piano on it , so Fosdyke might , for all she l–new , have been right about the musical comedies . |
| 12 | If I am right about the masculine character of the women pioneers of agriculture we can see that the fact that the followers of the Phrygian mother-goddess castrated themselves is a nice illustration of Freud 's idea of the ‘ shadow of the object falling on the ego ’ : the ultimate reproach against the new agricultural mother was that she was masculine , and therefore the self-punishment came to fit her crime while confirming the identification with her in the most exact way possible . |
| 13 | Er my final point sir is concern with perhaps a few emotional points being made to my right about the old and the infirm and the young not being able to afford houses . |
| 14 | My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State was right about the public relations campaigns being run by the counties and districts . |