Example sentences of "be [vb pp] right " in BNC.
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| 1 | He may well be proven right . |
| 2 | The impact of this resolutely conservative and often authoritarian political ideology can be felt right across the field of social and economic policy where an idealized and homogenized vision of ‘ The Black Community ’ is the object of a discourse that urges it to take care of its own problems and assume the major burden of managing its own public affairs . |
| 3 | Glasser 's prose is sometimes declamatory and sententious in an old-fashioned sort of way , and sometimes awkward ( ‘ Hidden in the near future , he was to be proved right ’ ) . |
| 4 | Widnes ............ 30 Canberra Raiders .. 18 FOR 20 minutes at Old Trafford last night , it looked as if Graham Lowe might be proved right . |
| 5 | One day , if only by the laws of probability , the rumours will be proved right . |
| 6 | In truth , the full non-payment picture will not emerge for several months yet — but those who argue that Scotland is now experiencing the calm before the political storm could well be proved right . |
| 7 | She was to be proved right , as we had been taught a Spartan routine for our babies at ‘ Alderbourne Arches ’ the pre-natal training unit . |
| 8 | They want to be proved right . |
| 9 | He told one correspondent that Eliot owed his best poetry to Pound — he was convinced that there would eventually be a vogue in favour of Pound which would take the form of a reaction against Eliot ( in that he was to be proved right ) . |
| 10 | I sat back expecting to be proved right and watched as people joined in the discussion and debate . |
| 11 | The history of previous attempts to reduce the prison population by introducing alternative punishments suggest that NAPO is likely to be proved right . |
| 12 | Sometimes I think he wants me to have an affair just so he can be proved right . ’ |
| 13 | And my , how wonderful it was to be proved right once again ! ’ |
| 14 | I know that we will be proved right and that trust status will be good for my constituents and for those of my hon. Friend the Member for Basildon . |
| 15 | Bobby Simpson 's judgement was to be proved right … |
| 16 | This , however , could soon be put right as investors begin to focus on changes which have taken place in the past few years . |
| 17 | The publication of A Force for Change was crucial because it represented an important internal victory for the reformers , and established glasnost as the principle by which the Met was to be put right . |
| 18 | ‘ This is a technology , ’ says the UK Genetics Forum , ‘ which should be looked at from the point of view that if something goes wrong , it ca n't be put right . |
| 19 | ‘ Bear in mind there are people who suffer lifelong injury which can never be put right . |
| 20 | After a few years in management , you know who they are , and it will be put right . ’ |
| 21 | If occasionally something is not quite right in your hotel , ask at the hotel reception , politely and firmly , for it to be put right . |
| 22 | Friendly , helpful service will be with you within 24 hours — and things will be put right a quickly and efficiently as possible . |
| 23 | But that could be put right , now , with the traditional builders sand . |
| 24 | I am reasonably good with my hands and with your guidance I 'm sure my lovely old guitar could be put right . |
| 25 | Any breach of these undertakings that can not be put right will lead to a deferred inheritance tax charge based on the current market value of the item concerned . |
| 26 | The past with all its mistakes , tragedies and consequences , can not be wiped out , nor can it be put right . |
| 27 | Some cases might be summed up as ‘ What have they been doing wrong and how can they be put right ? ’ |
| 28 | It is thus both a ‘ What have they been doing wrong and how can it be put right ? ’ and a ‘ Which way should they go now ? ’ case . |
| 29 | No , there was nothing wrong with their uniforms that could n't be put right , as far as Vi was concerned . |
| 30 | In rewriting , the spellings can be put right , and the finished piece of work is more likely to be accurate . |