Example sentences of "for the right to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Simon Fraser , the SLF director , said : ‘ In spite of what Government and others might say about quota not having a value , there are clearly farmers willing to pay very large sums for the rights to Sheep Annual Premium . |
| 2 | Top studios are fighting for the rights to Benson 's story . |
| 3 | Rival producers Robert Halmi , who recently paid a record £5 million for the rights to film Scarlett , and Marvin Davis , the former owner of 20th Century Fox , both claim to have secured exclusive rights to official KGB archives . |
| 4 | Cameron 's father began writing plays again , and managements competed for the rights to stage each new mature masterpiece . |
| 5 | But it is now under threat from a consortium of millionaire promoters from Jersey who have offered a ‘ blank cheque ’ for the rights to stage future tournaments . |
| 6 | How far will terrestrial broadcasters compete for the rights to SPORTS coverage ? |
| 7 | The joint HDUR and UVR talks ended on March 24 and called for respect of rights of nationalists and minorities , for the right to education in a mother tongue and for an unbiased bilingual media to assess accurately recent disturbances . |
| 8 | The National Council for Women 's ‘ Charter for Women 's Health ’ launched in September calls for the right to knowledge , participation in health-care decisions , opportunity for choice , provision for quality care , accessible health care & the right to a healthy lifestyle ( All issues that the NCT has been working towards for a long time ) . |
| 9 | The victory of Gantt , a liberal who professed support for the right to abortion , and opposed the death penalty and high defence spending , meant that he would face Republican Jesse Helms , the right-wing conservative incumbent who , in his three terms in the Senate , had campaigned prominently against civil rights , federal spending and permissiveness . |