Example sentences of "[that] [noun] have a right " in BNC.
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| 1 | To say , in the abstract , that birds have a right to fly seems to me rather foolish if it be taken as saying more than that most birds fly naturally . |
| 2 | More generally the evidence of the study of middle-class kinship by Firth , Hubert and Forge indicates that most people acknowledge that parents have a right to make demands upon their adult children , and that most children will do their best to meet those demands ( Firth , Hubert and Forge , 1970 , pp. 406–7 ) . |
| 3 | The Generalísimo was thoroughly imbued with the idea that Spain had a right to territory in North Africa . |
| 4 | Spanish officials in Brussels insist that Spain has a right to increase emissions because its current rate is lower than most EC countries . |
| 5 | In addition , the recent judgment of the European Court of Justice in ‘ Francovich ’ has established that individuals have a right to claim damages from member states who fail to properly implement Community law . |
| 6 | When we say that individuals have a right to be protected against assault , we do not mean that this protection must be achieved through some particular scheme we already have in mind . |
| 7 | It was the first appeal court ruling that relatives had a right to claim compensation over damage to a foetus which later caused the child 's death . |
| 8 | He accepted that people had a right to prefer buildings ‘ such as custom and habit associate with the name of ‘ church ’ ’ . |
| 9 | But that was not to say that people had a right to it , that they were entitled to it . |
| 10 | Most landowners do realise that people have a right to be there and the best PR for them is to ensure the rights of way are clear and enjoyable — landowners need public support . |
| 11 | ‘ Thirdly , for the first time , we have a legal framework prescribing that people have a right to balanced information and the right to communicate . |
| 12 | If it appeals to the principle that people have a right to compensation from those who injure them carelessly as its reason why manufacturers are liable for defective automobiles , it must give full effect to that principle in deciding whether accountants are liable for their mistakes as well . |
| 13 | That next step is as to whether natural justice makes any requirement that Winchester had a right to be heard before the decision on 30 October was made . |
| 14 | The second was that Winchester had a right of appeal under the Lautro Rules which they had not been afforded the opportunity of exercising . |
| 15 | ‘ They should make it clear that corporal punishment is outmoded and that children have a right to be brought up in their own religion . |
| 16 | Now , much of what they were saying — particularly their insistence that women had a right to control their bodies and therefore a right to family planning — was welcomed by all sides of the population industry . |
| 17 | Once they have suffered punishments fitting to their crimes , the social contract dictates that offenders have a right to re-enter society as citizens . |
| 18 | He must decide , for example , whether it actually follows from the assumed convention of legislation that Elmer has a right to his inheritance because of the statute of wills , or from the putative convention of precedent that Mrs. McLoughlin had a right to compensation because of past judicial decisions . |
| 19 | But , read the chapter this way or that , if there was ever a case for recognising that unions have a right to share in the management of companies , that case depended critically upon a general expectation — amounting to a near-certainty — that , rather than give primacy to their sectional interests , unions would and could act in the general interest whenever it was necessary or desirable for them to do so . |
| 20 | When we consider the regulation that will be imposed and the rights of consumers in Northern Ireland , my hon. Friend will find that consumers will be much better protected and safeguarded under privatisation than if they had been left to continue with a publicly owned monopoly which too often had a life of its own and was not subject to the outside pressures that consumers have a right to bring to bear . |
| 21 | Particularly having regard to the weight of the evidence against W , it was extremely important to remind the jury that W had a right to respond as he had done , was not bound to answer questions , and that they should not infer guilt from any failure to respond . |