Example sentences of "a right [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With doorstep sales , the buyer had a right to cancel an HP or credit sale contract , recovering any payment already made , within four days of receiving a second copy of the agreement . |
| 2 | Also , cl 3.3 deals with the right not only to reject the goods in question , but grants a right to cancel the balance of the order as well . |
| 3 | All have a right to see the new architecture planned for their town . |
| 4 | A general shift of attitude by teachers towards openness arose , at least in part , from their arguments in support of a right to see reports and references on the teachers themselves . |
| 5 | From September 1990 parents , and in some cases the pupils themselves , have a right to see the record in so far as it is made after 31 August 1989 . |
| 6 | We are committed , morally and politically , to treating everyone as free , with a right to see things from his own standpoint and make his own decisions . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | pointed out ) , ‘ The right to discovery is a right to see someone else 's documents . |
| 9 | How will the public be able to gain access to the information that by law they have a right to see ? |
| 10 | The guardian also has a right to see and copy case records and registers maintained by voluntary organisations and those responsible for registered children 's homes ( The Arrangements for Placement of Children ( General ) Regulations 1991 , reg 11 ; Children 's Homes Regulations 1991 , reg 16 ; The Foster Placement ( Children ) Regulations 1991 , reg 14(4) ) . |
| 11 | The public has a right to see this interview . |
| 12 | Otherwise , the lawyers have to sort out things like what rights are retained by shareholders , access to new revisions , compensation plans , employment contracts , shared AT&T/USL patents , pension plans and whether USL employees still have a right to go back to work at AT&T , an enticement used to get them to go to USL in the first place . |
| 13 | 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 ’ . |
| 14 | I went I said gas shell drop close to me and that that gave me a bit of a right to go an d to the hospital . |
| 15 | Er the developers as we all know have a right to go to appeal which they did and |
| 16 | ‘ It follows therefore that every citizen has a right to criticise an inefficient or corrupt government without fear of civil as well as criminal prosecution . |
| 17 | The Atlantic Agreement called " upon the Seamen of all the world for service … to demonstrate practical appreciation of freedom won " , and the American Shipping Act of 1915 had established for seamen on foreign ships a " a right to quit " while in US ports from March 1916 . |
| 18 | I claim a right to live on my land , and accord you the privilege to live on yours . |
| 19 | This is fundamentally better than depriving the child of a right to live . |
| 20 | In addition , mentally handicapped people have a right to expect people to understand them and accept them within the society of which they are a part ; a right to be born and a right to live . |
| 21 | The Germans are a peaceful people , but they have a right to live , and to live as Germans , and they are convinced of the fact that they have a mission for all the nations of the earth ; if one hinders them from fulfilling their mission then they have the right to use force . |
| 22 | Do n't poor children have a right to live and grow-up as anyone else ? |
| 23 | Everyone has a right to live as they want , as long as it does n't harm others ’ , she says . |
| 24 | We have to , we want to live in our own country , and we have a right to live in our own country . |
| 25 | But , he added ‘ While these people have a right to live as they want , they are infringing on the rights of other people . |
| 26 | We will ensure that every employee has a right to participate in decision-making in their enterprise . |
| 27 | However it is by no means self-evident that the latter is incapable of generating a right to participate in the policy-making process , at least where fundamental issues of policy are concerned . |
| 28 | The equal opportunities/human rights lobby believes that people with special needs have a right to participate fully at all levels of education on a par with their peers who do not have special needs . |
| 29 | Subsection ( 5 ) defines ‘ relevant shares ’ as : ‘ shares in the company other than — ( a ) shares which as respects dividends and capital carry a right to participate only up to a specified amount in a distribution , and ( b ) shares which are held by a person who acquired them in pursuance of an employees ’ share scheme or , in the case of shares which have not been allotted , are to be allotted in pursuance of such a scheme . ’ |
| 30 | If I 'm punishing myself for my religious beliefs , I 've damn well got a right to punish you too . |