Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] [art] [adj] rights [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 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 | But in fact the human rights court has generally exercised a positive influence on British legislation . |