Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] at the [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | well I mean you 're right in a way Bob those people who seem to get on within a company some of them are people who seem to be able to say the right words at the right time do n't they ? |
| 2 | Well yes but also say the right words at the right time yeah ? yep . |
| 3 | Because of that , it is important that we take the right steps at the right time to ensure the right results . |
| 4 | Fat Marlene with the wobbling chin , laughing Clyde who could smack you across the mouth without once losing his smile , and slow , amiable Harry who always asked the wrong questions at the wrong time and had by far the biggest prick of the many hundreds or thousands she had sucked and handled . |
| 5 | If we 'd done the wrong things at the wrong time , it could have been the end of Cowley . |
| 6 | Last night , he must have done about three grams of the white stuff , plus cognac to stop the shakes , plus not going to bed all night , plus having to behave like a serious grown-up with his trainer and make sure his homes were going to the right races in the right countries at the right time , plus a screaming anxiety attack about his father and Butler and the mess his life was in , plus the horrific combined effects of the morning and the country air . |
| 7 | ‘ Nevertheless the fact remains that disciplinary action against officials who may have exceeded their duties or wilfully abused the position of responsibility with which they have been entrusted is a purely internal matter which will be carried out , should the situation warrant it , by the appropriate authorities at the appropriate time . |
| 8 | One of the chief causes at the present time was the increase in interest rates , especially for the self-employed . |
| 9 | The future It was peculiarly difficult to predict future trends at the present time when it was anticipated that there would be a major re-distribution of work in the trial courts in consequence of legislation to give effect to the recommendations of the Civil Justice Review . |
| 10 | I soon realized that if one reversed the direction of time in Penrose 's theorem , so that the collapse became an expansion , the conditions of his theorem would still hold , provided the universe were roughly like a Friedmann model on large scales at the present time . |
| 11 | It does nothing useful , despite what you may think about screen saving , but it 's given me more entertainment watching it than any amount of television soaps — Johnny even celebrates major holidays at the right time ( assuming your PC 's clock is set correctly , of course ) . |
| 12 | This objection may be made about most human beings as well as about most fictional characters at the present time , when there is no accepted common standard . |
| 13 | Do you feel that it 's pointing the right way , bringing the sun in through the right windows at the right time of day ? |
| 14 | ‘ After all , I only have to make the right moves at the right time . ’ |
| 15 | Erm , there are no agreed sites at the present time . |
| 16 | It would depend both on his precise mental state , whether he was capable of lucid moments at the particular time , and the particular treatment involved ; for instance , refusal of therapeutic drugs prescribed to control dangerous behaviour would not be regarded in the same light as refusal to have a tooth extracted . |
| 17 | He is the one with the knowledge and power to bring in the right instruments at the right time , of ten just by raising a hand to reach for his telephone . |
| 18 | ‘ I 'll have a lot of time to go back over the past in the coming years , I suppose , wonder whether I made the right choices at the right time . ’ |
| 19 | Your GP or health visitor will make the necessary arrangements at the correct time . |
| 20 | Your GP or health visitor will make the necessary arrangements at the correct time . |
| 21 | The rise of the lay colleges at the present time is largely the fault of the medical profession itself , a result of its consistent disregard for this approach to treatment so that the demand for it far outweighs the practitioners available to supply that demand . |
| 22 | Some of the Indian princes had private stations , and in China special stations were even built so that the Emperor could visit the western tombs at the appropriate time of the year . |