Example sentences of "[be] right to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | This subject may send shivers down your spine , but you are right to be alarmed , for whether it is the lowly woodworm or the dreaded deathwatch beetle , whether it is dry rot or wet rot , all weaken the structural timbers of a dwelling . |
| 2 | The present churches are right to be concerned that many do not give themselves the opportunity to grow in any faith because apathy and false gods have moved into the vacuum that exists instead of a soul . |
| 3 | If they are not of God , then we are right to be wary . |
| 4 | Do you think people are right to be worried about the additives in our food ? |
| 5 | You are right to be concerned about protein levels , but without a very thorough understanding of canine nutritional science , you will end up tying yourself in knots . |
| 6 | Professionals are right to be concerned that all children are protected from abuse and neglect . |
| 7 | They are right to be cautious . |
| 8 | Those in favour of a Europe à la Maastricht are right to be concerned . |
| 9 | ‘ You are right to be afraid , ’ Rose Alderley said bracingly . |
| 10 | They are right to be so ashamed . |
| 11 | We are right to be scrupulous to maintain our system of open justice , to require that people be tried for charges the purport of which is known , and in courts which are open to the public and to the press and can be fully and fairly reported . |
| 12 | You are right to be so . |
| 13 | She had been right to be wary of any new involvement , to stop things before they went too far . |
| 14 | They 're right to be ashamed , but of themselves , not of pop . |
| 15 | Loads of my friends are miserable over the way they look , and the media are basically saying , ‘ Yes , you 're right to be miserable . |
| 16 | But surely we 're right to be terrified ? |
| 17 | A You 're right to be disappointed with the results of your machine . |
| 18 | ‘ You 're right to be careful , ’ he said . |
| 19 | You 're right to be sceptical : we should be indulgent only to a certain point with lovers , whose vanities rival those of politicians . |
| 20 | You 're right to be concerned . |
| 21 | ‘ I think you 're right to be wary of Andrew , ’ Bridget said thoughtfully . |
| 22 | The council says the redevelopment is an historic opportunity for the city , and that they 're right to be optimistic . |
| 23 | So I think they 're right to be suspicious , and it 's right for those people who feel they have a role it 's up to them to make it appear interesting and to show them the relevance . |
| 24 | The thought that it might be right to be a monk kept coming back . |
| 25 | But she felt she could n't stay and drink tea and then just go off , it would n't be right to be slaking her thirst and sitting here chatting with her mother lying ill wondering what had happened . |
| 26 | Blacks were right to be suspicious . |
| 27 | She 's right to be upset . |
| 28 | One can tell from his present ability that he 's right to be sorry , he might have gone on to be a famous international . |
| 29 | As for being ‘ alarmist ’ , it 's right to be ultra cautious ( even to the extent of junking an untrustworthy drive ) when you 're using a hard disk to store valuable data . |
| 30 | M. You seem to think it 's right to be wrong . |