Example sentences of "the right " in BNC.
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| 31 | Though it may well be , he wrote , that one actually achieves more working with the wrong plans and in the wrong spirit , with the wrong tools and the wrong principles , on the wrong surface and with the wrong conception , it may well be , he wrote ( and Goldberg typed ) , that one achieves more than working with the right plans and in the right spirit , with the right tools and the right principles , on the right surface and with the right conception , though right and wrong and more and less are relative concepts and what seems right at one moment to one person may seem wrong at the same moment to another Person or at another moment to the same person , and what seems more to one person at one moment may seem less to another person at the same moment or at another moment to the same person , right , wrong , more , less , relative concepts , scribbled Goldberg , in the margin , panting slightly as he bent over his old Olivetti Portable , there is only the beginning , wrote Harsnet , or rather , there is only having begun , beginning , scribbled Goldberg , aware now of the black stains on his hands left by the felt-tip pen , having begun , there is only the feeling in the pit of the stomach or the feeling in the chest , wrote Harsnet , the feeling of sickness or the feeling of elation , those are not relative , he wrote , those are absolute . |
| 32 | Though it may well be , he wrote , that one actually achieves more working with the wrong plans and in the wrong spirit , with the wrong tools and the wrong principles , on the wrong surface and with the wrong conception , it may well be , he wrote ( and Goldberg typed ) , that one achieves more than working with the right plans and in the right spirit , with the right tools and the right principles , on the right surface and with the right conception , though right and wrong and more and less are relative concepts and what seems right at one moment to one person may seem wrong at the same moment to another Person or at another moment to the same person , and what seems more to one person at one moment may seem less to another person at the same moment or at another moment to the same person , right , wrong , more , less , relative concepts , scribbled Goldberg , in the margin , panting slightly as he bent over his old Olivetti Portable , there is only the beginning , wrote Harsnet , or rather , there is only having begun , beginning , scribbled Goldberg , aware now of the black stains on his hands left by the felt-tip pen , having begun , there is only the feeling in the pit of the stomach or the feeling in the chest , wrote Harsnet , the feeling of sickness or the feeling of elation , those are not relative , he wrote , those are absolute . |
| 33 | Though it may well be , he wrote , that one actually achieves more working with the wrong plans and in the wrong spirit , with the wrong tools and the wrong principles , on the wrong surface and with the wrong conception , it may well be , he wrote ( and Goldberg typed ) , that one achieves more than working with the right plans and in the right spirit , with the right tools and the right principles , on the right surface and with the right conception , though right and wrong and more and less are relative concepts and what seems right at one moment to one person may seem wrong at the same moment to another Person or at another moment to the same person , and what seems more to one person at one moment may seem less to another person at the same moment or at another moment to the same person , right , wrong , more , less , relative concepts , scribbled Goldberg , in the margin , panting slightly as he bent over his old Olivetti Portable , there is only the beginning , wrote Harsnet , or rather , there is only having begun , beginning , scribbled Goldberg , aware now of the black stains on his hands left by the felt-tip pen , having begun , there is only the feeling in the pit of the stomach or the feeling in the chest , wrote Harsnet , the feeling of sickness or the feeling of elation , those are not relative , he wrote , those are absolute . |
| 34 | The right conditions for serenity , he wrote . |
| 35 | Is it because the right hand side is going so badly ? |
| 36 | Kept in touch with him , waiting for the right occasion to use him . |
| 37 | It is the right hand side on both panels that is worrying me , he wrote . |
| 38 | Even in the plan , though , I now realize , he wrote , there was a certain vagueness about the right hand side of both panels . |
| 39 | However , he wrote , for that very reason , the right hand side should have been even more solid , even more thought through than the left . |
| 40 | Though it is never possible to be sure one is doing the right thing , he wrote . |
| 41 | I had gone too far and experienced too much , I needed to slow down , to get back to the small things , the practical things , to measuring and cutting and fixing , and it was with relief that I noticed that daylight had begun to invade the room , I kept quite still , I held the glass firmly in my gaze , gradually the elements already worked on began to emerge , some more clearly than others , some in outline only and some only when they impeded the free flow of light through the glass , until the sun came up and was reflected back from the windows of the house opposite and I could sit and look at the glass and think back through the work and the mistakes and the few successes , and sense again with that sickening feeling in the pit of the stomach that the whole of the right hand side of the lower panel was still a mess , nothing there had been resolved , but then I drew back from that , though it kept trying to pull me back to itself , and concentrated on what was beginning to work , on the left hand areas both top and bottom and on the elegance of the frame and the joy of seeing the bare walls and the wainscoting appear through the empty areas , and as I moved round so different parts of the room appeared and the relation of the surface of the glass to what lay behind changed , precision and fluidity , precision and fluidity , he wrote , choice and chance , not choice alone and chance alone but the two together , that is why delay , not stoppage and not flow but delay , delay in glass , he wrote , as when the plane is late and you should have been gone , have already arrived perhaps , but you are still there , or the sprinter beats the gun and the whole field is called back , the race could have been over but it has not yet started . |
| 42 | My search for the right kind of toy cannon . |
| 43 | As a leading writer put it , after casting doubts on the appropriateness of the philosopher 's imagery , just because his answer was probably the right one it was in effect no answer at all . |
| 44 | Something still very wrong with the right hand side of the bottom panel . |
| 45 | Is this the right venue ? |
| 46 | I knew I was on the right track when I felt that thrill of pleasure at placing object , not painting it . |
| 47 | What about the right hand side ? |
| 48 | ‘ However , from a management company perspective , we feel that doing business there very much depends on associating with the right partner . ’ |
| 49 | WHY is it that hotel owners and operators put so much emphasis on recruiting professional ‘ hotel designers ’ to create the right hotel , but , when it comes to the inclusion of leisure facilities , then they appear to approach any designer , with the impression that it can be addressed from a design viewpoint just like any other area ? |
| 50 | Bradford TEC responded immediately , helped me understand its systems and guided me in the right direction on form-filling , etc . |
| 51 | Potentially the customer holds the strong cards at this stage of the discussion : the hotelier or restaurateur knows what his business problems are and knows what the computer system is going to have to achieve — and the potential buyer , who has thought this through before the supplier appears , is more likely to end up with the right system . |
| 52 | 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 . |
| 53 | Mr Crozier said that although the UK was more advanced in hygiene than most other member states , the document was still ‘ a step in the right direction for Europe ’ . |
| 54 | Peggy Mitchell , seated at the rear of the Variety Tent , sighed in sympathy as , one after another , the right card failed to appear from or disappear into the deck . |
| 55 | The announcement about dinner being served , Henry observed with approval , had come at just the right length of time after the sherry had been drunk . |
| 56 | ‘ Only the left hand side of the carving knife touched the next piece of meat , while the right hand side had been neatly wiped on the outside piece , so everyone else 's meat was unaffected . ’ |
| 57 | I mean , you 've got an education , you 're prepared to work , you 've got the right background and everything … if you could explain more I might be able to help more . ’ |
| 58 | ‘ You 've got the right attitude to life , Dorothy . |
| 59 | The plants beneath help to ensure the right conditions by covering the soil surface , reducing evaporation and hence keeping it moist and workable . |
| 60 | While I was visiting Joan Greenway of Highfield Nurseries , the fruit specialists , she described to me her recipe for trouble-free apple growing : disease-resistant varieties , the right rootstock for your preferred size of tree , a simple summer and winter prune plus a crab apple to take care of your pollination needs . |