Example sentences of "[art] [noun sg] be [adv] right " in BNC.

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1 When she got back , the case was exactly right for the job .
2 As The Guardian said , ‘ the thrust of the contract is absolutely right .
3 The budget was about right , except for the extras we added later , and we got it finished in the summer .
4 We believe that the level is about right , although in a sense it always has to be arbitrary .
5 There was the briefest flicker in the landscape , and the truck was now right in front of them .
6 After a few days ' rain the course was just right for the spectators anyway , plenty of mud .
7 The light is just right . ’
8 The weight is about right , if compared to a similar Fender , and the slightly elongated top horn helps the bass to balance well , falling as it does in line with the twelfth fret .
9 With him the mix is just right .
10 ‘ We are not frightened to walk away from the table if the deal is not right , ’ Mr Coe says .
11 If there 's a reading the machine 's not right .
12 The wood 's just right . ’
13 Its distance from the Sun was just right to sustain life , providing the right kind of equable temperatures and flowing water .
14 The burn is n't right .
15 What 's actually covered on the policy there I mean obviously if if you get let's take the first point as regards the if the vehicle is n't right from the day of purchase , then obviously the redress is with the dealer obviously erm I mean we 're all aware of that situation , and obviously the idea of the policy is not to take away the dealer 's liability the dealer 's liability remains , as you would know .
16 In my judgment the judge was entirely right on this point .
17 The judge was therefore right to admit evidence of oral admissions. ( 2 ) the prosecution had originally elected to proceed on substantive counts rather than conspiracy under the Practice Direction [ 1977 ] 1 W.L.R. 537 which was designed to avoid overloading indictments : Novac ( 1976 ) 65 Cr.App.R. 107 ; Thorne ( 1977 ) 66 Cr.App.R. 6 .
18 The price and the benefit are not right and just ; even in the deeply disturbed and complex world of our calculations we can see that .
19 The lady is quite right , Silvio . ’
20 Perhaps the moment is never right , there 's always some excuse .
21 The moment was n't right .
22 She did n't because the moment was not right ; she did not yet know that she could not plead from her position of privilege that she had suffered too — ‘ So you want to annex our wrongs as well , do you ? ’ he might well have answered to her in just bitterness .
23 Time after time , people would slowly open a drawer and give me something they knew perfectly well they 'd had all the time I 'd been visiting them and talking to them , but the moment was now right .
24 Well if , if you feel that the cleaning 's not right , I mean .
25 ‘ The market is a dynamic one and it seems to prove that there was a latent demand for sea travel , but the prices or perhaps the product were not right . ’
26 The Montego is just right for us.It is reliable , strong and very suitable for our road conditions .
27 The size of the bomb was exactly right to wreck the Alliance Party headquarters without bringing down additional buildings such as No. 4 in which several families lived in flats .
28 We met each other at the same art gallery in Milford Haven and the vibe was just right . ’
29 We met each other at the same art gallery in Milford Haven and the vibe was just right . ’
30 She pulled the strings of her apron until the bow at the back was just right , and perched her white cap at the correct angle on her head to make it sit pertly on her dark curls .
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