Example sentences of "right [verb] or [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Fans demand the right to sit or stand in a safe ground . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ By the common law of England the judges have the right to determine who shall be admitted to practise as barristers and solicitors : and , as incidental thereto , the judges have the right to suspend or prohibit from practice . |
| 3 | The Academy has ‘ reserved the right to confirm or annul ’ the changes after an undefined ‘ period of observation ’ . |
| 4 | The information contained in this brochure is correct at time of going to press , however , the Management reserves the right to cancel or alter the advertised programme in exceptional circumstances . |
| 5 | Parliament would also retain the ultimate right to cancel or vary a part or the whole of Community law as it applied to the United Kingdom . |
| 6 | Nonetheless , the right of journalists and broadcasters to demand trial by jury , in those areas of criminal law where it still exists , is an important security against interference with media freedoms — for reasons explained in 1885 by Dicey , the leading writer on our unwritten constitution : " Freedom of discussion is , then , in England little else than the right to write or say anything which a jury , consisting of 12 shopkeepers , think it expedient should be said or written … |
| 7 | We reserve the right to increase or reduce these prices or amend these offers at any time after publication and in future editions of this brochure . |
| 8 | Whilst we reserve the right to increase or decrease brochure prices at any time , the price of your holiday as shown on your Holiday Details Form and will not be increased unless you amend your booking after it is issued . |
| 9 | This is unacceptable , man made them and therefore has the right to modify or discard them . |
| 10 | ‘ ( a ) For the avoidance of doubt , neither registration in the register of foreign lawyers , nor anything in these rules or in any other rules made under Part II of the Solicitors Act 1974 or section 9 of the Administration of Justice Act 1985 , shall entitle any registered foreign lawyer to be granted any right of audience or any right to conduct litigation within the meaning of Part II and section 119 of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 , or any right to supervise or assume any responsibility for the exercise of such rights . |
| 11 | The wording of the section suggests that this power could not be used to restrict the right to inspect or obtain copies , for example by requiring good cause to be shown thus preventing share registers being used as ‘ sucker-lists , ’ but is intended to ensure that the matter is reproduced in a way which is as ‘ user-friendly ’ as possible without imposing undue burdens on the company . |
| 12 | If shareholders can not be shown to be morally entitled to the corporate property then they have no antecedent moral right to exercise or allocate the power that flows from it , and accordingly the property rights justification of corporate power must fail , and with it , the project of explaining companies as private shareholder domains . |
| 13 | Each contract covers the right to buy or sell 1,000 Dixons shares at a given price in the future . |
| 14 | Ginguene noted that in the period when Baroque style was current , and even after , Opéra soloists sang pretty freely for contexts , he specifies ‘ airs , monologues , duos , etc. ’ 'Singers thought they had the right to hurry or slow down , according to what the words seemed to demand or , more often , according to whim' The ‘ orchestra ’ had to accompany ‘ sometimes note for note , these uneven , shaky lines ’ . |
| 15 | One area of boilerplate which concerns the buyer rather more than the seller is the question of the right to assign or sub-contract all or part of the order . |
| 16 | 6.5 Each Party shall be entitled at the completion of the Project to require delivery up of all copies of any information originating from it except information which the recipient in each case has a right to retain or use for the purposes of clause [ Exploitation of Results ] . |
| 17 | It was agreed that the retiring Prime Minister did not have any right to nominate or give binding advice as to his successor , though he might be consulted along with others . |
| 18 | Do not , by taking away their right to vote or participate in their policies and selections , you need the back-up teams of the trade unions in all its elections . |
| 19 | There is no legal right to protect or demonstrate — merely a right for the present to say what one likes provided that it is lawful whether by way of ‘ protest ’ or otherwise ; or a right to pass to and fro along the highway in a reasonable manner and for a proper purpose , whether carrying a banner or not . |
| 20 | After the meeting Hanan Ashrawi , another member of the Palestinian delegation , rejected Shamir 's conditional acceptance of a conference , stating that " nobody has the right to veto or suggest the names of the Palestinian delegation " . |
| 21 | The company reserves the right to veto or restrict the provision of additional facilities such as juke-boxes , fruit machines , pool tables , etc. , but does not specify from whom these must be hired or demand a proportion of the takings ( this attitude is in contrast to most of the national brewery companies and does something to explain why Palatine are regarded as good employers/landlords by their licensees ) . |
| 22 | His message was that every Christian had the right to read or hear the word of God in his own language , and was capable of redemption only through belief in that word , rather than by any good works that he or she might do . |
| 23 | What it meant in human terms was that black UK citizens excluded from their own country ( Britain ) were and still are being forced to live in countries where they have no right to live or work . |
| 24 | No one has a right to foster or adopt . |
| 25 | Buckleys Yesterday 's World reserve the right to alter or withdraw any facility or details without prior notice . |
| 26 | These rights included not only an ability to continue using the property as before but also the right to rebuild or extend it , provided the original building was not exceeded by more than ten per cent . |
| 27 | Open Line THE Editor welcomes contributions for publication in OPEN LINE but reserves the right to shorten or amend them . |
| 28 | THE Editor welcomes contributions for publication in OPEN LINE but reserves the right to shorten or amend them . |
| 29 | These are concerned with authenticating the lexicographer and his right to access or return an entry . |
| 30 | In such a competition , the right to display or flaunt the symbols of one 's own culture , even when it was almost certain to provoke a violent response from the other side , was a crucial right . |