Example sentences of "a right to life " in BNC.
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| 1 | Given its basic anti-absolutist thought that , whether within or without political society , men have a right to life , liberty , and possessions , it can be seen as a kind of picturesque metaphor which , in explaining the structure of legitimate political authority , reveals it to be based in the consent of the governed . |
| 2 | The one-day-old normal baby is a potential person with a right to life that very few would deny it . |
| 3 | It too , in a sense , is a potential person but it would seem the act of a fanatic to insist that it has a right to life . |
| 4 | We might claim , for instance , to have a right to life because we each have an interest in being alive that is of sufficient importance to justify holding others to be under a duty to respect our lives , and the government to be under a corresponding obligation to reinforce that duty by enacting appropriate laws . |
| 5 | He may defend himself against attack , for example , cos he has a right to life and he may also defend his neighbours against attack . |