Example sentences of "not entitled to [be] " in BNC.
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1 | Feelings of guilt are really about a sense of unentitlement ; in thinking that your desires and feelings are wrong or ‘ silly ’ you are also saying that you feel you are wrong or silly , and not entitled to be taken seriously , or helped . |
2 | ‘ We must strengthen our system of controlling entry and excluding people not entitled to be here , ’ said Home Secretary Kenneth Clarke . |
3 | In Cocks v. Thanet DC the House of Lords applied this rule and held that an applicant who wanted to challenge a decision of a local authority to the effect that he was intentionally homeless and so not entitled to be housed , had to use AJR procedure because his only rights in respect of the decision were public law rights , namely that the decision would be made in accordance with rules of public law . |
4 | Finally , the judge held that the defendants , although not guilty of bad faith , had acted in breach of their fiduciary duties and were therefore not entitled to be paid their commission . |
5 | Yet , in spite of the leading position in its political life of the Orange family , it was also clearly not a monarchy in the normal sense of that term : its representatives were therefore not entitled to be treated as those of a crowned head . |