Example sentences of "be [verb] for the right " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ But we continue to study it and are looking for the right vehicle . ’ |
| 2 | that decisions are made for the right reasons and do not run counter to deeply held attitudes or beliefs |
| 3 | I 'm an administrator by background , and I think that 's interesting , because one of the things that we are trying to do in the health service is to open up our management posts to people of all professions , and to recognise that management is not the prerogative of any particular group , but that we 're looking for the right people to manage our services from wherever they might come , and I 'm one of three people who has a responsibility to the senior manager in the community at the top , for the managing on a day-to-day basis the health services in Oxfordshire . |
| 4 | If you 're going to , if you 're going to be knocked for something , make sure you 're knocked for the right thing , that 's what you 're really saying . |
| 5 | The banks have been hostile to the plans from the beginning but had been waiting for the right moment to withdraw on commercial rather than political grounds . |
| 6 | Although the City has recommended for the past year that Quality go public , the company has been waiting for the right moment . |
| 7 | I believe she used to be so reluctant about marrying people because marriage is important to her , she 's only been waiting for the right one . ’ |
| 8 | He has been waiting for the right offer for some time after turning down an approach from Italian club Pisa several seasons ago . |
| 9 | Engel explains , ‘ … research must be undertaken for the right reasons . |
| 10 | In the liberated world of radical chic , we may be intended to think , favours could be done for the right person . |
| 11 | I 'm waiting for the right moment . ’ |
| 12 | Okay , now putting both bits aside , if we 're making sure , right okay , if we 're making sure that the product is being sold for the right reasons , i.e. the client is separately saving for deposit , for house moving fees , legal fees , all the other fees , and they could still afford to do this , then I believe it 's a good thing that you can suggest to your clients . |
| 13 | ‘ You were waiting for the right person . ’ |
| 14 | He is confident that between them they can do their bit towards the deciding Test in a gripping series with Pakistan ‘ being remembered for the right reasons . ’ |
| 15 | When the invoice comes in for payment , this is copied on to the system as well , and Caterdata first searches for the equivalent delivery note to check that Brown is being charged for the right goods . |
| 16 | Savings vary from job to job and company to company but , given that the system is installed for the right reasons , it should be possible to recover the hardware and software costs within two years . |
| 17 | Almost everyone concerned with education is looking for the right direction to go , and there is much talk of leadership . |
| 18 | It 's no good my saying I know it 's used for the right purpose . |
| 19 | The child must type the sentence with the words in the correct order , and is rewarded for the right answer by the picture coming to life — John jumps on his bike and cycles to school . |
| 20 | All successful applicants attend an initial induction day with the company at their Ewell headquarters , where a series of assessments are carried out to ensure the right people are recruited for the right job . |
| 21 | His only choice at present was to wait for the right moment to play his hand . |
| 22 | She was stumbling for the right words . |
| 23 | He was searching for the right doctor — he meant a doctor for his soul — and kept falling into the hands of quacks . |
| 24 | She could see that he was searching for the right words , the very thing that would describe what he had felt , what he had experienced at that moment . |
| 25 | I was waiting for the right moment to find out just how deeply your were involved with Elise . |