Example sentences of "just the right " in BNC.
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| 1 | The announcement about dinner being served , Henry observed with approval , had come at just the right length of time after the sherry had been drunk . |
| 2 | A 5ft espalier is just the right height for pruning |
| 3 | ‘ Now this is packed in three-kilo boxes , filled properly with ice of just the right size . |
| 4 | Bringing people together , tirelessly fixing up dates and appointments , putting in just the right word at the crucial moment , helping to forge new partnerships , Milton conducted both his life and his business with an extraordinary degree of caring . |
| 5 | the sky was a beautiful blue , the sun in just the right position for the rainbows to come out of the cleft in exactly the right position photographically . |
| 6 | It was the best lesson I 've ever had , and it came at just the right time . ’ |
| 7 | But she is excellent in the play-extracts , lending Amanda in Private Lives just the right touch of acid mockery and hinting at a whole world of repressed longing as the suburban wife in Still Life ( the embryonic version of Brief Encounter ) . |
| 8 | The aerosol droplets have to be just the right size : too big and they may get trapped in noses , too small and they tend to be exhaled without staying in the lungs . |
| 9 | When he was joined in the Test team by Desmond Haynes , one of the most dependable and successful of all opening partnerships was created , and as the senior member in his late twenties Greenidge matured at just the right time . |
| 10 | The Experience consists of four young men who look , talk and act as if they 've grown up in good families , graduated from decent schools , and dress as if they shop at just the right places — Paul Smith , say , or Emporio Armani . |
| 11 | My brother-in-law the councillor said nothing , just stood looking down at her ; and in his eyes was just the right mixture of kindliness and a sort of authority ; and something else — a twinkle , a you-and-me-having-a-little-joke-together look . |
| 12 | It was evidence of Karajan 's genius or magic or whatever we care to call it that he took enormous pains with these simple chords in order to get just the right degree of string tone with an appropriately dark colour . |
| 13 | But Kylie had just the right look and style and character . |
| 14 | Clearly , it is no use breaking the phosphate bond unless the ATP molecule is in just the right place ; otherwise the result would only be to heat things up . |
| 15 | Nor is it possible to have a membrane with pores of just the right size to allow in needed substances from outside but not let essential substances escape , if only because the cell may need to retain some small molecules , and admit some larger ones . |
| 16 | He is delighted to have run into form at just the right moment , leaving him in his most confident frame of mind since the days leading up to his triumphant 1990 Open at St Andrews . |
| 17 | It is a bizarre tale , and Cobb makes it memorable by hitting just the right note of horror , amusement and disbelief . |
| 18 | But she comes into her own at the not-bloody-likely tea party ; and by the end , she has achieved just the right blend of poignancy and pride . |
| 19 | The English girl was efficient and brought him just the right touch of warmth . |
| 20 | I found the book to be very readable , with each subject being given just the right amount of coverage , considering the intended readership . |
| 21 | Umpteen four-bedroomed houses later , we were wondering if it really was the right thing to do : every time we found just the right place , the surveyor 's report showed movement of the north wall , or some other equally expensive-to-repair problem . |
| 22 | And it is her intuition that she is dependent on for finding just the right thing to muse about to the class in front of her . |
| 23 | The planets and moons that do remain within this range have to be just the right distance from the right size of star , and should also be spinning , otherwise the side facing the star becomes extremely hot , and the other side extremely cold . |
| 24 | The Earth is just the right distance from a star , the Sun , which is of just the right kind of size . |
| 25 | The Earth is just the right distance from a star , the Sun , which is of just the right kind of size . |
| 26 | The Earth , then , provides just the right conditions for life to persist . |
| 27 | From the castle he ruled the lake , more as pirate than governor , choosing just the right moment to sell the fortress to the Milanese during the time of the Spanish-French war . |
| 28 | Some might accuse it of looking like a wedding cake , but I would suggest it has just the right amount of decoration . |
| 29 | The local water also contained just the right quantity of lime for the production of ‘ sheened ’ washed silk . |
| 30 | The farmer 's prayer is to have good weather when his crop is at just the right stage to reap ; the ability to judge the state of a crop can come only with considerable experience . |