Example sentences of "[art] right [prep] veto " in BNC.

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1 Early efforts to become involved in multi-agency approaches to crime and associated topics were painful experiences … we wanted to maintain the lead in every forum , to be the gatekeepers of power and have the right of veto if decisons were made which did not suit us . ’
2 The right of veto in individual matters .
3 The second most important power which came with the ownership of the Golden Share was the right of veto over the hiring and firing of the editor .
4 The Estonian parliament , influenced by these concerns , adopted a constitutional amendment on 16 November providing for the right of veto over all legislation that was intended to apply to the USSR as a whole .
5 Furthermore , the right hon. Member for Finchley had the opportunity to do just that because at that time she had the right of veto .
6 How does the hon. Gentleman square his enthusiasm for the right of veto on that occasion with the decision of the leader of his party that he would give way at Maastricht on all the issues that are now being discussed ?
7 The Assembly on Jan. 21 voted against acceptance of Havel 's constitutional reform , which would have guaranteed the two republics ( the Czech Lands and Slovakia ) the right of veto over any new constitution .
8 Their privileges as permanent Security Council members , especially the right of veto , had been increasingly questioned by Germany and Japan which , as major economic powers , had allegedly claimed permanent membership of the Council .
9 They have they have the right of veto on whoever goes on there .
10 The UN Charter would have to be amended to provide for a special security council which would not , presumably , include the rights of veto held by the five permanent members of the existing security council .
11 He said this did not amount to a demand for a right of veto : ‘ The principle we stick to is that the PLO will be totally out of the picture . ’
12 Mr Yeltsin 's team was preparing to counter-attack today with a draft of a new constitution that would extend the presidential term from five years to six and give him a right of veto over parliamentary Bills and to pick a small team of state ministers .
13 As a result of the ‘ legal ’ relationships involved between LEA , governing body and headteacher , the head reserves a right of veto over management-board decisions .
14 However , the effect of requiring unanimity means in practice that any one constituent body has a right of veto .
15 In the case of a two-tier board structure , the Proposal allows for the supervisory directors to be appointed by the supervisory board itself rather than shareholders or employees ; in this case , employees would have a right of veto , as would shareholders .
16 At its session on Jan. 11 the Armenian Supreme Soviet also voted for itself a right of veto over legislation approved by the authorities in Moscow .
17 Although he did not specify the powers he had in mind , they were reported to include a right of veto over parliamentary decisions .
18 These provisions all concern interim or supervision orders and do not impinge upon the jurisdiction of the court to make prohibited steps or specific issue orders under section 8 of the Act of 1989 in the context of which the minor has no right of veto , unless it is to be found in section 8 of the Act of 1969 .
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