Example sentences of "[prep] the right " in BNC.

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1 In the liberated world of radical chic , we may be intended to think , favours could be done for the right person .
2 But it is likely that the professionals who have been responsible for the running of such companies at local level will have been allied to the more liberal group among the upper protestant classes , as represented by such families as the O'Neills , who have looked to the English public schools for the right sort of education .
3 Kept in touch with him , waiting for the right occasion to use him .
4 My search for the right kind of toy cannon .
5 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 .
6 ‘ You never do anything right , you never do anything for the right reasons .
7 Though deeply Anglo-Catholic he rejected what the world thought of as Anglo-Catholic fuss , a mistaking of the right vestment for the right religion .
8 You should look for the right company if you 're intending to buy one , the right situation in the right country and then move quickly .
9 However , he may well have made the wrong choice for the right reason .
10 With — ’ she searched for the right word .
11 ‘ The funds are there for the right project .
12 Finding the right animal may involve tracking the herd for miles across steep and inhospitable terrain , and waiting patiently for the right opportunity .
13 Even obscura such as The Houseplant Disc ( a database to help you pick the right ones for the right situations ) or Bon Appetit ( which suggests recipes based on your input of what you happen to have in the fridge ) are , in the right situation , useful .
14 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 .
15 He would wait for the right moment .
16 While he was still searching for the right question to ask , the sound of a key in the padlock made them both jump .
17 Mungo admired Emily 's patience as she waited for the right moment to mention his proposition .
18 It is these needs rather than those of the plant which have left us still looking for the right materials .
19 Reading have returned to the blueprint of their 1990 title success by recalling Per Jonsson and Armando Castagna as they strive for the right formula to regain the league championship .
20 An authority is justified , according to the normal justification thesis , if it is more likely than its subjects to act correctly for the right reasons .
21 Most people in the territories feared the PLO was in danger of rushing into some unsatisfactory settlement rather than holding out for the right conditions .
22 ‘ You were waiting for the right person . ’
23 We want to make sure people get the dog that 's right for them , for the right reasons , that they fully understand their responsibilities regarding training , controlling and welfare . ’
24 I do n't like the title , it 's probably done for the right reasons but … well …
25 Scott J. scoured the common law for the right restrictive formula — but without success .
26 Almost everyone concerned with education is looking for the right direction to go , and there is much talk of leadership .
27 Chapman 's search for the right man ended in 1929 when Preston put on transfer at £9,000 their ‘ Wembley Wizard ’ Alex James , the Scottish international who had been the bane of England at Wembley the year before , when Scotland won 5–1 .
28 Affinity for the right side with pain and pneumonia .
29 madly for the Right Note to strike ,
30 One social worker who had cared for her own mother for many y ears explains below how important it is to take on the role of carer for the right reasons :
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