Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] be right [that] " in BNC.
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| 1 | if I strike a child in a manner likely to cause harm it is right that if the child dies I may be charged with manslaughter . |
| 2 | The nineteenth century headteacher who knew he was right that God loved everyone , and would therefore thrash any boy who did not acknowledge that , had in fact paid almost no attention whatever to the content of his belief . |
| 3 | He does n't think it 's right that he should be told that they ca n't hunt on his farm . |
| 4 | Because of this she never had any time for her own parents : my mother could n't think it was right that they 'd parted with two of their children . ’ |
| 5 | I told Kidsons that I did n't think it was right that I should seek re-election , which was coming up on 30 April , and left it at that . ’ |
| 6 | I think it is right that everyone should be given the freedom to choose whether or not they want to work in a smoking or non-smoking office and separate areas created to cater for both factions . |
| 7 | So you won , Ragu , and in retrospect I think it was right that you did . |
| 8 | But Mr Michael Fallon , the Conservative candidate , said it was right that a quarter of the receipts should go on housing while threequarters went towards repayment of debt . |