Example sentences of "public have a right " in BNC.
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| 1 | It turns out that the public has a right to know only what those who control the media think is good for them . |
| 2 | Surely , however , the public has a right to forward well intentioned concerns ? |
| 3 | And he added : ‘ I do believe the public has a right to know , not least because she is largely financed by the taxpayer . ’ |
| 4 | The public has a right to know . |
| 5 | If we reclassify companies as social enterprises such issues are then not only matters of legitimate public concern about which the public has a right to information , but also matters in which the state is entitled to intervene in order to safeguard the public interest and to ensure compliance with publicly acceptable ethical standards . |
| 6 | Andrew Lees , campaigns director of FoE , said : " While the public has a right to know about what companies are allowed to put down the sewers , the details of their actual discharges are kept secret " . |
| 7 | FoE 's air pollution campaigner , Fiona Weir , commented : " The public has a right to know when air quality is poor . |
| 8 | Nonetheless the public has a right to know . |
| 9 | The public has a right to see this interview . |
| 10 | Federal Judge , Harold Green , ordered the immediate release of the transcript , saying the public has a right to know what the former president said . |
| 11 | The public had a right to be properly informed , which could only be denied them if it appeared absolutely certain that the article would have presented a threat to judicial authority . |
| 12 | As police , he went on , ‘ we sometimes quite wrongly assume the monopoly of good ideas on good community relations and good policing … the public have a right to be actively involved in determining how policing is developed ’ . |
| 13 | On the other hand , the Cumberbatch survey showed that while 24% of over 1,000 respondents thought televising a bad idea in early November 1989 , those thinking this had fallen to 15% by March 1990 , and a rising number of people agreed that it was a good idea because ‘ the public have a right to know what goes on ’ — 87% in the first survey and 95% in the later one . |
| 14 | If only because school is for everyone , because it is compulsory , both government and the public have a right that they do not have in universities to take part in the determination of the curriculum . |
| 15 | I have a suspicion that several objectors had more than the local interests at heart ; those who have enclosed part of the lane and extended their gardens on to land over which the public have a right of passage . |
| 16 | Members of the public have a right to a reasonable level of access to items on the V & A list . |
| 17 | I also support the proposal to have a list published , I know who 's gon na be top of the list , it 's possibly going to be me , and I 'm not ashamed of that so erm , let's go ahead and do it , 'cause it is public money , and the public have a right to know where that money 's going , so I 'm not ashamed of that . |
| 18 | Last night Darlington Labour candidate Alan Milburn said : ‘ Trainees and the general public have a right to know about the success or failure of Government training schemes . |
| 19 | We must get in , do the job and get out as quickly as POSSIBLE — leaving the place as the public have a right to find it . |
| 20 | My main fear is that once the initial publicity for this has died down , that the Health Authority may attempt to have some sort of behind closed doors , almost like a cover up , and I think that , that , the , this is , this incident has got such ramifications for hospital security in general , there should be a full public enquiry ; and the public have a right to know what went on . |