right sort
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Charles Anson, former press secretary to Elizabeth II, told the BBC that "getting the right sort of sequence of information is a very difficult thing to do in the internet age".
From BBC ● Mar. 22, 2024
The FBI thought they had the right sort of man — a first-generation issei immigrant who was bilingual, could write in English and was held in high esteem in the community.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 16, 2023
Asked if a deal is expected before Christmas, Sunak's spokesman said: "We haven't set a timeline. The focus is on securing the right sort of cooperation, which works for both sides."
From Reuters ● Nov. 8, 2022
That, he and others believe, will most likely include advising them to eat, exercise and get the right sort of light at times that offset some of the health risks they face.
From New York Times ● Jul. 6, 2022
In France, Mersenne received a rather garbled account of Torricelli’s experiment and tried unsuccessfully to reproduce it, but he lacked the right sort of glass tube.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
