Example sentences of "the right [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What it does mean , however , is that you retain the right both to say " no " and to have that " no " totally respected . |
| 2 | In an important sense , Hugh may almost be looked on as the instigator of the Investiture decree of 1078 , for he had gone to Rome for his episcopal consecration four years earlier in order to avoid contact with a secular ruler , who claimed the right both to nominate and to invest his nominee in his episcopal office . |
| 3 | His head falls forward , his hands drop , and before he can vomit I jab the right again to split his nose and cover his face with blood . |
| 4 | Dyson swung the wheel to the left , then swung it sharply to the right again to avoid a lorry which was overtaking him on the inside . |
| 5 | It also stated that the RSFSR " reserves the right freely to leave the USSR " according to procedures established by USSR law . |
| 6 | Come right up to the right up to bar really are n't you ? |
| 7 | He has the right not to judge in feudal ( or state ) matters but in " matters of sin " . |
| 8 | The right not to answer was pointed out to W when he was cautioned and it would be wrong to put before the jury a question and answer where the question might influence the jury , and the answer amounted to nothing . |
| 9 | No tape recorder , no camera , questions strictly limited to her professional life , the right not to answer , the chance to okay quotes , no absurd leather trousers , accompanied at the interview by a trusted associate — if only her predecessors , who are equally distinguished publishers after all , had taken the same precautions . |
| 10 | The duty not to ask and the right not to answer relates to the actual spent offence and , in terms of section 4 ( 1 ) ( b ) , also to any circumstances ancillary to it , including the conduct that constituted the offence , proceedings preliminary to sentence , the sentence itself and any review or appeal proceedings . |
| 11 | We should have the right not to join when the timetable date is reached in respect of the present European monetary union treaty . |
| 12 | In the Fifties the question was whether you could claim protection under the Fifth Amendment , which grants the right not to incriminate oneself . |
| 13 | Equality of access must be promoted in all forms of work with the right not to take part in some roles as strongly guarded as the right of access to others . |
| 14 | Whilst we may agree , at your request , to release a draft of our report at any stage prior to completion of the services set out in this letter , the suitability of a draft for release is a matter for our judgement , and we reserve the right not to release a draft it , if in our view , release is not appropriate . |
| 15 | D. Katsikas and the right not to transfer |
| 16 | Thus , though a record like Wham 's ‘ Wham Rap ! ’ ( a disco-based assertion of the right not to work , to have a good time all the time , ‘ You 've got soul on the dole ! ’ ) was a big hit , it worked as fantasy rather than as any sort of explicit political comment . |
| 17 | He has the right not to change or wash , a right not to conform to social conventions . ’ |
| 18 | Not merely morality but theology illuminates the theme : people have , say Solzhenitsyn , ‘ the right not to have their divine souls ’ burdened with ‘ the excessive flow of information ’ . |
| 19 | Each citizen may be said to have the right not to have sexual choices imposed on him or her ; whether the law should go further , and hold that each citizen has the right to pursue his or her sexual choices consensually with another ( subject to public-decency laws and to the protection of the young ) , is a question to be considered separately . |
| 20 | The relevant provisions state that an employee has the right not to have action short of dismissal taken against him ‘ as an individual ’ by his employer to : prevent his belonging to an independent trade union ; or prevent him from taking part in the activities of an independent union ; or compel him to join any trade union . |
| 21 | People must have the right not to belong to a union , but where more than half the workforce demonstrate in a postal ballot that they want to belong , they should be allowed bargaining rights . ’ |
| 22 | Or , perhaps all our democratic rights have now been superseded by an even more compelling one — the right not to know . |
| 23 | If not , and if there are to be individual assessments of the criteria , will the Foreign Secretary assure the House that if Germany decides that the criteria have been met and recognises the republics but Britain decides that the criteria have not been met , the United Kingdom will reserve the right not to recognise the republics ? |
| 24 | ‘ We 're fighting for simple ordinary things : the right to grumble whenever you feel like it ; the right to be wrong and stupid , and the right to become less wrong and stupid if you want to ; the right not to suffer bodily pain . |
| 25 | If the conduct or behaviour of any member of your party causes distress or threatens danger or damage we reserve the right immediately to withdraw all their holiday facilities , including the provision of accommodation and flights , with no liability to refund any part of the price received for that person 's holiday . |
| 26 | This gives the latter ( the innocent party ) the right subsequently to avoid the contract ( see Chapter 6 ) . |
| 27 | Such scrutiny serves no purpose unless it is accompanied by the rights of free speech , ie the right publicly to report , to discuss , to comment , to criticise , to impart and to receive ideas and information on the matters subjected to scrutiny . |
| 28 | Such a right of re-entry , which is an express proviso in most legal leases and is implied into all equitable leases , gives the landlord the right literally to take possession of the land . |
| 29 | In Chelmsford Auctions v. Poole it was held that he also had the right personally to sue the purchaser for the price . |