Example sentences of "were entitled [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 ( At the end of the War , it was found that over 50 deaf men from Manchester Institute for the Deaf were entitled to the Defence Service Medal for their work with the Civil Defence , and this could be repeated throughout the country .
2 The judgment held that men and women were entitled to the same pension from the same age .
3 ( 2 ) That the judge 's failure to direct the jury adequately as to the defendant 's previous good character was a material misdirection which could have caused injustice to him ; that at any stage of the trial the jury were entitled to the judge 's assistance on the facts as well as on the law , the withholding of which constituted an irregularity which might , depending on the circumstances , be material ; and that the judge had erred in failing to ascertain what the jury 's problem was and to give the requisite help ( post , pp. 166C , F–G , 167G , H ) .
4 It happened that , for whatever reason , the charge was signed only by the first appellant , whereas both of them were entitled to the freehold .
5 He further submitted that in any event , the Bank were entitled to the benefit of a presumption that the notice was validly issued , and that this presumption could only be displaced by evidence of facts which could not be reconciled with the Bank having the required reasonable opinion .
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