Example sentences of "they have a [noun] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Only if some people , ‘ because of their special circumstances — because they are crippled or lack talents prized in the market , or for some such reason — end up below the minimum standard of living required to lead a decent , self-fulfilling life at all ’ ( Dworkin , 1978a , pp. 244 , 258 ) would they have a right to ‘ a minimum standard ’ , even at the expense of the general welfare . |
| 2 | My daughter finds everyday learning fun because it involves doing things together , but what of the working mother , or the one who has other children demanding all her attention , or the low-income family — do n't they have a right to pre-school education too ? |
| 3 | Taking everything they 've a mind to . |
| 4 | It was difficult to believe that they had a life to the left or right of that stretch of wire . |
| 5 | None of these eternal operators faired very well when they had a posting to a training unit . |
| 6 | Unbeknown to the tailor they had a key to the shop and let themselves in to sleep off their excesses . |
| 7 | The beneficiaries thus regard themselves as having received no more than their due , to which they were entitled anyhow , while those whose benefits are discontinued regard themselves as cheated of what they had a right to and had been encouraged to expect . |
| 8 | The workers for whom employers competed were not merely the ones with the bargaining strength to make unions practicable , but also those most aware that ‘ the market ’ alone guaranteed them neither security nor what they thought they had a right to . |
| 9 | Egg producers must recognise that they are competing in the sophisticated food industry of the late 1980s and that they have a responsibility to the consumer . |
| 10 | Private golf clubs have it within their power to ease the problem of the ‘ homeless ’ golfer , and should realise that they have a responsibility to the game of golf and not just to their members . |
| 11 | ‘ I believe that as a trustee port they have a responsibility to all port users and that includes my members . |
| 12 | Once they have a decision to work , then I would doubt very much actually they 're going to be into every corner of St Clements and East , or ignoring council estates altogether . |
| 13 | Often , if they have a disposition to broader problem-solving , the search consultant can provide views on several issues : the potential organisational structure ; how the individual would fit in ; the likely scope of his or her responsibilities ; if the tasks he or she will be set are manageable and possibly whether candidates can be found in the market who meet a particular specification ; whether the search can be a UK-based search or needs to be international ; whether any of the top candidates can be attracted for the remuneration or does the remuneration of the senior team need reviewing ; is the nationality of the candidate important ; could a woman do the job ; what happened to the last job holder ; did he or she move on to a bigger job or was he or she fired , and was that person successful in the role ? |
| 14 | They have a tendency to be temperamental , but it would be good experience . |
| 15 | They have a resemblance to the image of Jesus on the cross , and skilful painting brings out the details of this ‘ sculpture ’ . |
| 16 | ‘ Like all fellow citizens , they have a right to : — |
| 17 | The fact remains , however , that they have a contribution to make to the community and that they have a right to our services . |
| 18 | They have a right to be themselves . ’ |
| 19 | At least Jeremy Seabrook 's cut-out cardboard teenage figures of abject horror and pity know , as they sit sniffing glue and planning how to knock off a video recorder , that the world owes them something , that they have a right to the earth , an attitude at least as subversive as the endurance " that is the result of not being ever given very much . |
| 20 | It is often said that by tradition they have a right to judicial appointment when vacancies occur and that this is particularly true of appointment to the office of Lord Chief Justice . |
| 21 | Then you start to feel guilty — they have a right to their beliefs . |
| 22 | They have a right to be protected , and after 20 years , a flawed and failed security policy must be radically changed . |
| 23 | They have a right to it , ’ said Dr Elliott . |
| 24 | Dentists are going to have to recognise they have a duty to the community , and the Government must recognise they should be paid correctly . |
| 25 | They 're not exactly specialist agencies but they have a great deal of experience and they have a commitment to a certain kind of research , and they have , I mean we 've had our run-ins with them as it were , but they have listened , and they 've supported some of our work as well , and I think that they in time will provide a kind of model as it were for a number of erm perhaps less experienced agencies throughout the world , newly set-up ones , as to how it is possible to do consistently good logical rational work in the face of the chaos that a disaster produces . |