Sentence examples for rightly handed from inspiring English sources

When Chris Gunter's run into the left hand side of the Azeri penalty area was curtailed by a rash trip from Rashad Sadikhov, Wales were rightly handed a golden opportunity to open the scoring.

Now the Obama administration rightly wants to hand off military leadership to its NATO partners.

I've witnessed a lot of free passes handed to Indian friends while white counterparts are rightly admonished.

In fact the creation of the OBR is a more modest institutional change since control over fiscal policy remains firmly (and rightly) in the hands of the chancellor.

Conservation is about the environment, which is rightly in the hands of government.Q: What is the proper role of government in securing energy?

The conveners framed the clash at hand rightly: the fight over the internet was "incumbents versus insurgents" – insurgents challenging existing gatekeepers and institutional power, incumbents defending.

English majors are not credible advocates for studying English (the humanities camp has also been rightly accused of hand-wringing, deference, and arrogance).

We donated more than expected to the Jim Collins Foundation, and my medical care was rightly in the hands of a medical-care provider.

Philip James is rightly "scandalised by how quickly and how far Andrew Lansley, the health secretary, is handing public health over to the food and alcohol industries" (Department of Big Macs, 16 November).

I am not suggesting that Congress enact a law that all judicial nominees receive the approval of the A.B.A., for this would give a nonelected organization power that rightly belongs in the hands of the representative government.

Talbot portrays her, rightly, as a steadying hand.