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

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1 It was a bit cross ( and told the Germans so ) when Germany seemed to think it could have a debate about whether Turkey , a NATO member , was entitled to the benefits of the same collective security which Germany has enjoyed for more than four decades .
2 Under the Guardianship of Minors Act 1971 , as amended by the Guardianship Act 1973 and the Domestic Proceedings and Magistrates ' Courts Act 1978 , both father and mother are equally entitled to the care and custody of the infant ; and in case of a dispute between them the court must , in coming to a decision , regard only the welfare of the infant .
3 But secondly it highlights the fact that women are entitled to the freedom to engage with and be part of all the creative , nurturing processes with which we organize human reality .
4 In 1896 it had been well over half a century since Parliament had made specific grants to build parish churches and if Church schools got grants they did so as voluntary , not as Church schools : Roman Catholic , Methodist and ‘ British ’ schools were equally entitled to the grants .
5 SIR — Britain leads the world in recognising that mammals with brains as large and complex as ours are entitled to the freedom we humans so ardently strive for .
6 SIR — With the introduction of independent taxation we thought it best to share our investment income equally so that both of us would be entitled to the full allowances .
7 William the Conqueror , who was a second cousin to King Edward the Confessor , succeeded as Duke of Normandy in 1035 , and believed that he was entitled to the crown of England , despite the fact that Harold II had fought along side him in his many battles against his great enemy , the King of France .
8 Politicians must never make the mistake of thinking the state must always know best , or that it is entitled to the lion 's share of people 's money .
9 Police officers are entitled to the protection of the community they serve .
10 The caddies received only a proportion of this as a caddie master was entitled to the remainder .
11 Plants of splurge — weed will have less genetic identity , will be less entitled to the name ‘ individual ’ than their opposite numbers in bottle-wrack .
12 If you are the inside board and have an overlap over the board outside you at two board lengths before the mark , you are entitled to the inside position around the mark .
13 ( As a result of the age barrier those claiming attendance allowance after the age of 65 will not be entitled to the new lower rate . )
14 ‘ Pupils should be entitled to the same opportunities wherever they go to school ’ .
15 Thereafter each student passes before the Chancellor , who says ‘ I admit you ’ and at that moment the student changes from being a graduand ( one who has satisfied all the requirements for a degree ) to a graduate ( one who has been admitted to the degree and is entitled to the privileges thereof including use of the designatory letters , e.g. BA , MSc or PhD ) .
16 By the turn of the century , the majority of women will probably be entitled to the basic pension in their own right , though perhaps not at the full amount .
17 Until April 1988 , as a widow under 60 you are entitled to the widow 's allowance for the first 26 weeks after your husband 's death provided he paid enough contributions .
18 After the first 26 weeks , you may be entitled to the widowed mother 's allowance if you have dependent children .
19 A young childless widow who does not qualify for either of these benefits will no longer be entitled to the weekly national insurance benefit even for the first 26 weeks .
20 If you are over 60 when you become widowed , you are entitled to the basic pension , based on your own contributions , your husband 's or , if necessary , a mixture of both .
21 ( 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 .
22 ( This is not taxable if you are a man aged over 65 , a woman aged over 60 , or a man aged 60 or over who is entitled to the long-term scale rate of supplementary benefit ) ;
23 On a reference from a Dutch court , the European Court in Luxembourg held that the Dutch company was entitled to the same treatment as other Dutch companies , notwithstanding that it was the subsidiary of a UK parent .
24 If this advice were incorrect , then Margaret Rose would be entitled to the Crown as coparcener and , in strict law , the vice in Elizabeth 's title could not have been removed by the Royal Titles Bill which would , ex hypothesi , have lacked the Royal Assent .
25 ‘ . Yours is a common-sense interpretation which says that the company is entitled to the exemptions but that it chooses not to use them .
26 If the auditors ' report under s 248(3) were included in the accounts ( in a way which did not cause confusion ) , the company would be entitled to the exemptions , even if it did not take advantage of them .
27 In such a case , the auditors ' report referred to in s 248 would be better separated from the main audit report and included instead in a note which explained that , although it was entitled to the exemption , the company was not taking advantage of it .
28 The Crown was thus entitled to the summary judgment .
29 If it elects not to prepare group accounts , the exemption under para 8(c) would seem not to apply and as each UK company is not entitled to the small company exemption in its own right , neither can they claim the exemption under para 8(a) .
30 The Authors jointly and severally warrant to the Publisher that the Company is entitled to the relevant services of the Authors and is therefore in as position to contract in this way with the Publisher , and that this will continue to be so throughout the period of the Publishing Agreement .
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