Example sentences of "[prep] just the right " in BNC.

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1 Still it 's hard to believe the young warlord wo n't rattle around in his armoury for just the right mace .
2 ‘ Now this is packed in three-kilo boxes , filled properly with ice of just the right size .
3 Nor is it possible to have a membrane with pores of just the right size to allow in needed substances from outside but not let essential substances escape , if only because the cell may need to retain some small molecules , and admit some larger ones .
4 The Earth is just the right distance from a star , the Sun , which is of just the right kind of size .
5 Using a fluorescent marker to highlight the left side of any reading material , such as a newspaper , can help the patient to pay attention to the whole text instead of just the right half .
6 The existence of a second decaying solution , which would occur on its own only if one had an initially large disturbance of just the right configuration , is irrelevant . )
7 That puts still more of a premium on shrewdly imaginative lineout tactics , married to throwing in of just the right pace and parabola .
8 And he handed over the letter ( which had creased beautifully in his pocket ) with just the right note of impatient politeness .
9 Masur paces the first movements with great skill and builds climaxes with just the right sense of slow , inexorable growth .
10 Alexeev commands a wide tonal palette and his lighter , filigree strokes , ( e.g. in the G major and E flat major préludes ) k , but all in all this is a most satisfying interpretation , with just the right balance between control/taste and fascinating notes from the late Gerald Abraham .
11 I was relaxed , confident , with just the right amount of adrenalin pumping through my veins .
12 The three knurled rotaries feel good , with just the right amount of damping .
13 That 's something we at Sumitomo Bank keep in mind when we deal with our customers , combining our specialized expertise in international banking with original thinking to offer service with just the right character to fit their particular needs .
14 Channel 4 's TV Heaven is the equivalent of Now That 's What I Call Music — shameless retro zeitgeist wank split into individual years and presented with just the right tone of sobriety and knowingness by Frank Muir .
15 The beautiful opening on the Moscow River is delicate , grey , understated ; the introduction to Marfa 's conjuration has a murkiness that prepares for her entry with just the right atmosphere and weight .
16 A good listener , she responded sensitively , with just the right questions .
17 This is a charming small town , or perhaps overgrown village , with just the right kind of simple hotels to tempt you to stop off here .
18 Others were picked up opportunistically because a visitor or student arrived with just the right skills or interests to move ahead on a front I might otherwise have neglected .
19 Alex sipped her wine , which was cool and fruity , with just the right degree of dryness .
20 Her voice was perfect , she estimated — appealing , weak , but with just the right amount of braveness to it .
21 Like the chimpanzees , the ability of bluetits to learn the complex series of manoeuvres required to release a peanut from a special trick-feeder is no more difficult than many of the activities it learns during the course of its life , seeking out insects and seeds from the most intricate of places , getting itself and its beak into just the right position to extract the desired morsel .
22 the sky was a beautiful blue , the sun in just the right position for the rainbows to come out of the cleft in exactly the right position photographically .
23 Clearly , it is no use breaking the phosphate bond unless the ATP molecule is in just the right place ; otherwise the result would only be to heat things up .
24 But other workers have now shown that retinoic acid is actually present in the limb , and its concentration is graded in just the right direction .
25 Twelve minutes after the break he moved into the middle during a rare Palace break and was in just the right spot to hammer home a left-wing cross to give Palace a great victory and set up a 3rd round tie against Liverpool !
26 And perhaps the light from those ears of corn which are in just the right condition for her to lay her eggs , fluoresce in a particular manner , recognizing which from her own inward pre-patterned instincts , she homes in and deposits her eggs .
27 ‘ The sun is in just the right place , and it will make a good picture . ’
28 In fact the listener is probably in just the right psychological state of expectation to hear again what he has just heard ( or a slight variation of it ) .
29 It was very conventional , even old-fashioned , but its tensions built up in just the right way , and it gripped like a strangler 's hand .
30 I bought an expensive photograph album with a padded cover and gold curlicues on it and spent ages arranging the photographs I had taken at his house so that they were in just the right order .
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