Sentence examples for be right in theory from inspiring English sources

Ultimately, Niblett concludes, "the worry has to be that she may be right in theory, but wrong in practice.

This is a club at which everything seems to be right in theory, from squad to stadium to training ground, but things keep going wrong.

The former was the major statement of his political philosophy, which he also discussed in Zum ewigen Frieden (1795; Project for a Perpetual Peace) and in the essay "Uber den Gemeinspruch: Das mag in der Theorie richtig sein, taugt aber nicht für die Praxis" (1793; "On the Old Saw: That May Be Right In Theory, But It Won't Work in Practice").

Which play is right in theory is hard to say.

He was right in theory but wrong in practice.

That was right in theory but wrong in practice.

They are right in theory: good regulation should protect quality journalism.

The energy functional in the low dimensional space is used to demonstrate that the proposed WKM model is right in theory.

Sir Alex Ferguson picked a team with ten changes from the side that drew with Everton on Saturday including Chris Smalling, Fabio da Silva and Javier Hernandez and when he says that they should have won the game he is right in theory.

Galloway was typical of many who felt that just failing to recognize Parliament's right to regulate trade didn't accomplish anything, and as a matter of fact he wasn't even sure that that was right in theory.

Newman: I think Sally is right in theory.