Example sentences of "[be] right to be [adj] " 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 | They are right to be cautious . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | If they are not of God , then we are right to be wary . |
| 5 | ‘ You are right to be afraid , ’ Rose Alderley said bracingly . |
| 6 | Do you think people are right to be worried about the additives in our food ? |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Professionals are right to be concerned that all children are protected from abuse and neglect . |
| 10 | Those in favour of a Europe à la Maastricht are right to be concerned . |
| 11 | She had been right to be wary of any new involvement , to stop things before they went too far . |
| 12 | A You 're right to be disappointed with the results of your machine . |
| 13 | ‘ You 're right to be careful , ’ he said . |
| 14 | The council says the redevelopment is an historic opportunity for the city , and that they 're right to be optimistic . |
| 15 | You 're right to be concerned . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | They 're right to be ashamed , but of themselves , not of pop . |
| 18 | ‘ I think you 're right to be wary of Andrew , ’ Bridget said thoughtfully . |
| 19 | Loads of my friends are miserable over the way they look , and the media are basically saying , ‘ Yes , you 're right to be miserable . |
| 20 | You 're right to be sceptical : we should be indulgent only to a certain point with lovers , whose vanities rival those of politicians . |
| 21 | But surely we 're right to be terrified ? |
| 22 | Blacks were right to be suspicious . |
| 23 | One can tell from his present ability that he 's right to be sorry , he might have gone on to be a famous international . |
| 24 | She 's right to be upset . |
| 25 | M. You seem to think it 's right to be wrong . |
| 26 | Tony Benn is right to be dismayed at the talk of ‘ firework displays bigger than the Fourth of July ’ , but he 's wrong to deny that on some level this is what war has become . |
| 27 | There is a no we must n't , no , things are n't too bad , just leave it alone it 'll be okay , and somebody coming in and saying no that 's not the way you should look at it , that there is provocation if you 're gon na have a revolution it has got to be violent and it is right to be violent . |
| 28 | She is right to be worried . |
| 29 | The young man dead through sin ‘ is alive again ’ ( Luke 15:24 , 32 ) , ‘ so it is right to be glad ’ ( Meyer 1979:131 ) . |
| 30 | I was right to be cautious . |