Example sentences of "[noun] [art] [adj] right [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | The Commission kept under review the human rights situation in Afghanistan , Romania , El Salvador and Iran but sent a clear signal that it may terminate special scrutiny of the latter two countries at its next session . |
2 | In November the human rights organization Amnesty International called on Kenya to investigate its human rights record , claiming that hundreds of government opponents had been arrested and some tortured ; several aid donors , including the United States and Denmark , withheld or froze aid disbursements , expressing concern about the government 's treatment of its opponents . |
3 | In Canada the Human Rights Act 1978 does not go as far as removing mandatory retirement ages ( although there is pressure growing to do so ) but does make it unlawful to deprive people of employment opportunities on grounds of age , as a result of policies or practices relating to recruitment promotion , training , or other personnel matters . |
4 | In October the human rights organization , Amnesty International , called on the SWAPO government to set up an impartial inquiry , claiming that at least 350 prisoners were still unaccounted for . |
5 | Earlier in the month the human rights organization Amnesty International accused the government of human rights abuses . |
6 | Earlier in the month the human rights organization Amnesty International had warned that the prospects for a peaceful transition to democracy in South Africa would be seriously threatened if the government failed to intervene effectively and impartially to stop violence and curb the excesses of the security forces . |
7 | In Derry the civil rights movement achieved its greatest moral authority and it was in the city that its authority first began to crumble . |
8 | As a multi-lingual movement the human rights message can be conveyed via dozens of reports , books and audio-visual materials to audiences from Japan to Nigeria . |
9 | AI urges members to contact their local MPs to push for a law which : provides that all transfers of repressive technology , equipment and training be disclosed in advance ; takes into account the human rights situation of the receiving country ; establishes channels for the receipt of information from non-governmental organisations on human aspects of such transfers ; and demonstrates , before such transfers take place , that they will not contribute to human rights violations . |
10 | But in fact the human rights court has generally exercised a positive influence on British legislation . |
11 | Although for a majority of employees a protected rights contract is usually likely to offer a higher return , there are certain limitations and the accepted wisdom seems to be that the older the employee and the larger the transfer value , the more attractive a section 32 buy-out becomes . |