be on the right lines

And he hopes future programmes will be on the right lines once again.

Further independent tests at a fire college showed they were on the right lines.

Why not give him a ring, see if he thinks we're on the right lines.

It is nonetheless advanced as being on the right lines.

Then we would know we were on the right lines.

The policies in train are on the right lines.

This was just an essay, to see if he was on the right lines.

I don't think we can be on the right lines here, somehow.'

No but you're on the right lines now.

"Dad was on the right lines as it turned out, only I didn't know it.

"I have looked into this case with some care, and I am not convinced that you are on the right lines.

I think you're on the right lines,' he hazarded.

Still, things are on the right lines.

My right hon. Friend is on the right lines.

'Iris, if we're on the right lines, Dora must be feeling pretty grim at the moment.

It is that sort of falling-together that reassures you are on the right lines.

He was on the right lines.

Hiltrud Breyer's report is on the right lines.

The Commission's proposals are on the right lines, rightly suggesting various measures based on the protection of juvenile fish.

Therefore, if the conditional theory of knowledge is on the right lines, you do not know that you are not a brain in a vat.

"I think there are quite a lot of pretty hard-headed chaps who think Ronnie might be on the right lines - steady, old thing.

I think it is on the right lines, and it is very gratifying to read that the Ombudsman has obtained the documents he asked for.

Fostering such abundance is indeed one of the Commission' s less controversial duties. The Gröner report is on the right lines.