Example sentences of "[pers pn] [am/are] right to [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This subject may send shivers down your spine , but you are right to be alarmed , for whether it is the lowly woodworm or the dreaded deathwatch beetle , whether it is dry rot or wet rot , all weaken the structural timbers of a dwelling . |
| 2 | You are right to be concerned about protein levels , but without a very thorough understanding of canine nutritional science , you will end up tying yourself in knots . |
| 3 | ‘ You are right to be afraid , ’ Rose Alderley said bracingly . |
| 4 | A You 're right to be disappointed with the results of your machine . |
| 5 | Loads of my friends are miserable over the way they look , and the media are basically saying , ‘ Yes , you 're right to be miserable . |
| 6 | You 're right to be concerned . |
| 7 | ‘ I think you 're right to be wary of Andrew , ’ Bridget said thoughtfully . |
| 8 | ‘ You 're right to be careful , ’ he said . |
| 9 | You 're right to be sceptical : we should be indulgent only to a certain point with lovers , whose vanities rival those of politicians . |
| 10 | If they are not of God , then we are right to be wary . |
| 11 | We are right to be scrupulous to maintain our system of open justice , to require that people be tried for charges the purport of which is known , and in courts which are open to the public and to the press and can be fully and fairly reported . |
| 12 | But surely we 're right to be terrified ? |
| 13 | They are right to be cautious . |
| 14 | So I think they 're right to be suspicious , and it 's right for those people who feel they have a role it 's up to them to make it appear interesting and to show them the relevance . |
| 15 | They 're right to be ashamed , but of themselves , not of pop . |
| 16 | The council says the redevelopment is an historic opportunity for the city , and that they 're right to be optimistic . |