Example sentences of "[vb past] a right to " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Privy Council in London on Nov. 26 granted a right to an immediate hearing of the application by 116 black Moslems to the Trinidadian courts for their release from prison . |
| 2 | He reckoned he 'd a right to nice things the same as this bad company he 'd got in with . |
| 3 | What I mean is , he 'd a right to a bit of visiting when he was dying . ’ |
| 4 | Fitzsimmons broke Jeffries nose , cut both cheeks to the bone , but Jeffries landed a right to the stomach and a left hook to the jaw and ‘ Fitz ’ was counted out . |
| 5 | The Tribunals and Inquiries Act 1958 , s.12 initiated a right to reasoned decisions which were to be treated as part of the record , but only in the sphere covered by the Act . |
| 6 | At the relevant time rule 7.3(1) of Lautro 's Rules gave a member on whom an intervention notice was served the right to apply ( immediately ) for the board to rescind the notice , and rule 7.3(11) gave a right to the member to appeal against the notice and against any decision not to rescind it . |
| 7 | But the sovereigns from Queen Victoria onwards turned consultations with the archbishop into a constitutional convention ; so that now the Archbishop of Canterbury had the principal say in the choice of bishops and had a right to be consulted on the choice of his own successor ; or , if he had not a constitutional right , at least he had every right to proffer advice to the prime minister whether the prime minister asked for it or not . |
| 8 | The beneficiaries thus regard themselves as having received no more than their due , to which they were entitled anyhow , while those whose benefits are discontinued regard themselves as cheated of what they had a right to and had been encouraged to expect . |
| 9 | In Mexico in the early 1980s these networks had joined to form the National Council of Popular Urban Movements , with their main demand being that every poor family had a right to a piece of land for a dwelling ( Cockroft 1983 ) . |
| 10 | He was loud and self-confident , but he had a right to be : he had a knack for picking winners . |
| 11 | None were to be relieved who had a right to the benefit of the Insolvent Act currently going through Parliament , except by paying their clearance fees . |
| 12 | But that was not to say that people had a right to it , that they were entitled to it . |
| 13 | I should prefer the headland without it but it 's beginning to look as if it had a right to be there . ’ |
| 14 | Ollie had then built up the impression that he actually had a right to all these advantages and was , therefore , a very important dog in the pack — not important enough to challenge the humans , but able to get their attention when he wanted it , and to defend his position against Stan . |
| 15 | Manual workers made up a large proportion of the TUC membership , and the health of many of these was depicted as having been destroyed by their employment ; and , moreover , it was held that all workers had a right to a period of leisure in later life supported by-a full subsistence pension . |
| 16 | This document proclaimed to the people of Wales that members of a society with mental handicap had a right to the same services as everyone else , had the right to be treated as individuals , and might need special assistance to make this possible . |
| 17 | To begin with , he felt he had a right to be bitter . |
| 18 | By the sixteenth century , no longer assuming that it had a right to positions of leadership in the armies , the aristocracy began to attend military academies where it learned the art of making war . |
| 19 | Under Article 8 of the Canas-Jerez Treaty of 1858 between Costa Rica and Nicaragua , Costa Rica had a right to be consulted on any proposed regional canal route . |
| 20 | That next step is as to whether natural justice makes any requirement that Winchester had a right to be heard before the decision on 30 October was made . |
| 21 | In this case Lord Meston submits that it was implicit in the order of Judge Lally of 2 July 1991 that the father had a joint interest in and a ‘ right of custody ’ of the child , inasmuch as he had a right to be consulted and to have his views considered in relation to the determination of the child 's place of residence . |
| 22 | PAMELA : You know these things better than I , Mr. B. Yet , I thought I had a right to a little Free Will . |
| 23 | It is said , the son had a right to an equal distribution of his father 's property , and did complain to his father because he had not had an equal share , and said to him , I will cease to complain if you will not sue upon this note . |
| 24 | This was the very widespread feeling ( at least in Parliament : public opinion normally tended to be suspicious of ministerial projects ) that the king and his ministers had a right to the support of all loyal and patriotic subjects . |
| 25 | ‘ I think Gran might have demanded the money because she thought I had a right to it , but it was for love of me and despair at our poverty — her kind of rough justice . ’ |
| 26 | It was inside a cave , but bigger than any cave had a right to be . |
| 27 | Martin apologized because he had shouted at Alice in front of them all — he had been no angrier , Nick considered , than any father had a right to be — but after that , he seemed disinclined to discuss her . |
| 28 | I also remind the Minister that the then Prime Minister , the right hon. Member for Finchley ( Mrs. Thatcher ) , told me in a letter that we had every right to help organise a campaign for former employees of British Shipbuilders , who had a right to 13 weeks unemployment or supplementary benefit . |
| 29 | The document stated that land was the property of the people living on it , and that every citizen had a right to a plot . |
| 30 | The Generalísimo was thoroughly imbued with the idea that Spain had a right to territory in North Africa . |