Example sentences of "had right [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Goods were increasingly seen as commodities or articles of trade to which the individual rather than the community had right of ownership .
2 The boats averaged four to six miles an hour , and had right of way over cargo boats on the canal .
3 The inspectors , appointed by the Crown in order to avoid governmental interference , had right of access to virtually any chemical company .
4 The Mamur Zapt had right of entry to all premises in Cairo .
5 As in all such complicated and protracted events , both had right on their side at times which only served to perpetuate feelings of grievance .
6 Those who practise witchcraft are , by definition , in the wrong : if they had right on their side they would hardly need to descend to such mean tricks as witchcraft .
7 He did not know I had read his notes and I did not confess I had , but he elaborated on what I had read , and I was convinced he had right on his side — if not prudence .
8 And Agnese was quite right — he looked far more gorgeous than any mortal had right to .
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