Example sentences of "[noun] be [adv] right [verb] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the Murray committee is probably right to say that a minimum five-year experiment with a four-day game programme is now due . |
| 2 | The hon. Gentleman is absolutely right to say that the schemes have been highly successful , but I take issue with him on his assertion that the matter should be taken out of the hands of the district council and placed in the hands of the Scottish Office . |
| 3 | The hon. Gentleman is absolutely right to say that the right to life and to not being molested or attacked is fundamental . |
| 4 | This appears to be an interpolation , and Krueger is probably right to suggest that the original had per damnationem legati . |
| 5 | Well the honourable gentleman for Great Brimsea is quite right to say that these matters er had some consideration given to them during the passage of the the legislation er but it is also true to say that er er th in the Bingham report there was a broad acceptance that the present s system of supervision of banks should continue . |
| 6 | Professor Peter Green is surely right to suggest that the cult of Pericles , and the idea of a decline following his death in 429 BC , reflect the persistence of a mistrust of democracy among many modern commentators on ancient Greece . |
| 7 | Although Nelson is probably right to say that the DUP had lost its role ‘ as the articulator of poor Protestants ’ social grievances ' by the end of the 1970s , this would not cost it votes until there was an alternative . |
| 8 | Editor , — David Griffith is quite right to emphasise that the new Community Care Act potentially will have negative as well as positive effects on the development of support for carers . |
| 9 | Paley was quite right to insist that the adaptation of each individual species to its environment was an indication of divine forethought , but it was equally important to demonstrate the existence of an underlying pattern that showed that all species could be seen as elements within a rational plan . |
| 10 | They want to hang on to their fat subsidies and America is entirely right to say that this is unacceptable . |
| 11 | While Porter is obviously right to argue that there is no economic reason for completely separable SBUs to be combined , it does not follow that they would function any better by becoming completely independent . |