Example sentences of "[noun] [noun] have a right " in BNC.
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| 1 | He must decide , for example , whether it actually follows from the assumed convention of legislation that Elmer has a right to his inheritance because of the statute of wills , or from the putative convention of precedent that Mrs. McLoughlin had a right to compensation because of past judicial decisions . |
| 2 | No convention decides either that Mrs. McLoughlin has a right to compensation for her emotional injury or that Mr. O'Brian has a right not to be made to pay it . |
| 3 | The first is that the effect of such an undertaking would be to impose an obligation on the council to indemnify Wickes against damage suffered by it , in the event of section 47 being held to be invalid as inconsistent with article 30 , irrespective of whether in such circumstances Wickes has a right to damages — i.e. , irrespective of whether the Bourgoin case is wrongly decided . |
| 4 | Any council member has a right to inspect any document held by or under control of the authority and relevant to any business to be transacted in council , committee or sub-committee . |
| 5 | It can not be expected to deliver the kind of service that Northern Ireland consumers have a right to expect . |
| 6 | Under Article 8 of the Canas-Jerez Treaty of 1858 between Costa Rica and Nicaragua , Costa Rica had a right to be consulted on any proposed regional canal route . |
| 7 | The , the point of the change in our constitution was actually to er move strictly away from all parish organizations having a right to representative here , and just a small number have elected . |
| 8 | About 1815 , Clarkson made the assumption explicit that Great Britain had a right to see her colonies managed on principles , and a morality not contrary to her own . |
| 9 | DDR citizens have a right to a passport but only conditional rights to a visa for departure . |
| 10 | Nor may we punish criminals to a greater extent than their crimes are felt to deserve ( for example in the hope of reforming them or deterring others ) : under the retributivist principle offenders have a right to go free once they have ‘ paid their debt to society ’ . |
| 11 | If the subordinate members of society can be persuaded to believe that those who dominate have a right to do so , and that those who have great material advantage have a right to it , then they are very unlikely to challenge or threaten the privileged . |
| 12 | ‘ Any man who is banker to the great John Stevenson has a right to be happy at this hour , ’ he said . |
| 13 | However , the effect of requiring unanimity means in practice that any one constituent body has a right of veto . |