Example sentences of "to deprive [pers pn] of the " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | The date on which they were re-charged was in 1973 and was used as a pretext to deprive them of the right to be tried by a jury . |
| 2 | To deprive them of the |
| 3 | You have the intention permanently to deprive me of the petrol . |
| 4 | Anglo-Welsh is attempting to deprive you of the opportunity to benefit from our excellent prospects . |
| 5 | His refusal to grant extra funding on the grounds of ‘ basic need ’ at the two schools in his own constituency created a political storm which threatened to deprive him of the Roman Catholic vote in the general election . |
| 6 | It would be sad if ill-health were to deprive him of the chance to become the first democratically-elected president of South Africa . |
| 7 | When Annie Besant was prosecuted with Charles Bradlaugh for publishing The Fruits of Philosophy , a book of contraceptive advice in 1877 , she faced public abuse and insinuations about the immorality of her private life , culminating in the successful attempt to deprive her of the custody of her young daughter . |
| 8 | In my view that course of conduct by the landlord seriously interfered with the tenant 's proper freedom of action in exercising her right of possession , and tended to deprive her of the full benefit of it , and was an invasion of her rights as tenant to remain in possession undisturbed , and so would in itself constitute a breach of covenant , even if there were no direct physical interference with the tenant 's possession and enjoyment . |