Example sentences of "right [to-vb] at [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He remained silent when the government decided to extend the period of contribution required for a full state pension , thereby calling into question the right to retire at 60 , introduced by the Socialists . |
| 2 | more reluctant to so infer , particularly where the applicant did not know of his right to object at that stage . |
| 3 | The Senate reserves the right to discontinue at any time the studies of any student whose academic work proves unsatisfactory . |
| 4 | English family relationships are said to be less strong than those of Asians , but most English people would be deeply shocked if their grandmother or grandfather , coming to visit them , or their young brother or sister , was held in detention by people with quasi-police powers , accused of lying and then sent back ; or if their husband or wife , coming to join them after a long separation , was further delayed for years and then told that they were not the people they claimed to be and hence had no right to come at all . |
| 5 | Outside Cabinet Leon Brittan argued in a speech that the Government must have the right to look at new ideas , although I suspect that both Leon and Geoffrey Howe must have been appalled at the way the issue had been handled . |
| 6 | Sometimes we may need to make changes which we reserve the right to do at any time . |
| 7 | The age of 21 seems exceptionally high , since a person has the right to vote at 18 and the age of consent for other sexual conduct is 16 . |
| 8 | The potential for political expression was not restricted to those who had the right to vote at General Elections every two or three years , since people of all classes could let their feelings be known through petitions , demonstrations , and riots . |
| 9 | Denmark also made unilateral declarations on issues such as citizenship and the right to vote at municipal elections . |
| 10 | As the enclosure movement gained impetus towards the end of the eighteenth century , many of the poor could not afford the fences necessary to confirm their claim to the land , and therefore sold it to the wealthy ; those who could were often unable to raise a living on the poor land they acquired , and sold it too ; those who were squatters had no right to land at all and none to sell . |
| 11 | It 's not a duly-made objection , it 's not one that he has any right to raise at this late stage . |
| 12 | Listen , listen so you may have a right to defend at any cost which you think is privileged society the fact of the matter is people out there I received twenty seven letters in support against the fox hunting I did not receive a single letter asking me to support the fox hunting . |