Example sentences of "[prep] be [vb pp] right " in BNC.
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| 1 | Naturally , I understand the balance of , the balance has got to be kept right and we should n't sacrifice the training of our activists to get more revenue in by renting it out to commercial firms , UNISON , I do n't know , the Pet Food Retailers ' Association or whatever . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | If occasionally something is not quite right in your hotel , ask at the hotel reception , politely and firmly , for it to be put right . |
| 4 | I will give them again and , if I am wrong , I shall have to be put right next week . |
| 5 | the sense of order ; 2. the phenomenon of play ; 3. the experience of hope ; 4. the concept of damnation — a sense of cosmic injustice to be put right ; 5. the fact of humour . |
| 6 | If he thought he could do that he needed to be put right . |
| 7 | 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 ’ ) . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | They want to be proved right . |
| 10 | 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 ) . |
| 11 | I sat back expecting to be proved right and watched as people joined in the discussion and debate . |
| 12 | The history of previous attempts to reduce the prison population by introducing alternative punishments suggest that NAPO is likely to be proved right . |
| 13 | And my , how wonderful it was to be proved right once again ! ’ |
| 14 | Bobby Simpson 's judgement was to be proved right … |
| 15 | Why are they so large , because their economies of scale to be reaped right companies are trying to erm , to accrue those economies of scale right , cos if they do n't , they 'll go out of business , because their competitors alright will produce , erm , a superior or a lower price product okay . |