Example sentences of "the same right and " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Our commitment to adopt the Social Charter should remain a priority objective so that employees in our country can achieve the same rights and opportunities as their Community counterparts . ’ |
| 2 | A person who is mentally handicapped is just as much a member of society as anyone else and , like anyone who possesses a disability or impairment , is entitled not only to the same rights and services as society as a whole , but also to special needs and facilities which Britain , as a relatively affluent nation , should be able to provide for the care of disadvantaged people . |
| 3 | As long as work in the home ( 'housework' ) is not formally remunerated , women reach old age without the same rights and entitlements as those in paid employment . |
| 4 | Many professionals find it difficult to accede , in practice , to the values and philosophy of normalisation — that people with learning difficulties should be treated as equal citizens , with the same rights and access to valued social roles as everyone else . |
| 5 | Joyce added that he had been informed at Galway , ‘ where I was stationed ’ , that he possessed the same rights and privileges as if ‘ of natural British birth ’ . |
| 6 | If this is to labour the obvious , it is because the formulation quoted above serves to anticipate the conclusion that a statute should attach to non-owners the same rights and liabilities . |
| 7 | We had the same rights and opportunities as the Americans . |
| 8 | The typical company — one limited by shares — must issue some shares , and the initial presumption of the law is that all shares confer the same rights and impose the same liabilities . |
| 9 | In my own particular section of the clothing and textiles the union fought long and hard to gain the same rights and conditions for temporary workers , and so leading to permanent employment in most cases . |
| 10 | That regardless of background , education , race , sex , occupation or age every single trade unionist is an individual member with the same rights and responsibilities as his or her colleagues . |