Example sentences of "is not [adv] the right " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( It is not exactly the right answer because of the rough averaging procedure we used to arrive at the direct effects . ) |
| 2 | ‘ Hearing ’ is not really the right word for this faculty , because we immediately relate it to our own highly specific sense of hearing . |
| 3 | Sniffing is not really the right word because the vapours are inhaled through the nose and mouth ; some users call it ‘ huffing ’ . |
| 4 | Medication is not always the right resource in times of distress , but there are certain situations that are so terrible that you will need something to help you through the first few months . |
| 5 | They 're very happy with manufacturing , but the selling of the product and the trading is not quite the right thing to do . |
| 6 | ( perhaps one should say that as such a psychological statement it would express my awareness that I have the belief rather than my belief that I have the belief , since belief is not quite the right word in this context , but let us leave such qualifications to be understood . ) |
| 7 | But , as Dent points out , recycling is n't always the right answer to disposing of waste plastics . |
| 8 | But still Ms Stone has the world at her feet and her reputation remains , if untarnished is n't quite the right word , intact — the uncrowned ‘ Hottest thing in Hollywood ’ . |
| 9 | No comment is worth making on this bizarre suggestion , except perhaps pointing out to Professor Drife that a beard is n't precisely the right analogy . |