Example sentences of "[adj] right to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is likely that innocent partners have the implied right to be indemnified by the tortfeasor in respect of any liability which attaches to them under this section , though this would be subject to any express agreement to the contrary . |
| 2 | This was held not to create a public right to be enjoyed by all Her Majesty 's citizens . |
| 3 | Thus could a parent make a fairly reasonable answer which would acknowledge that the child is not silly , and has a perfect right to be treated in an adult way when he asks a serious question . |
| 4 | I have no real right to be here . |
| 5 | Some , for example , would argue that if the well -established indigenous white population are taught in their mother tongue , English , those originating from the New Commonwealth deserve a similar right to be taught in their mother tongue — Urdu , Punjabi , Bengali and so on . |
| 6 | We 'll be discussing it this afternoon and Labour members told us and no doubt they 'll tell us again that the users of the centre have a democratic right to be consulted about how it was run Do n't tenant farmers have the right to be consulted ? |
| 7 | Even here , however , status still reared its head , for Louis XIV clearly thought it derogated from his dignity as a ruler by divine right to be referred to in the final treaty in the same terms as William III , the mere constitutional king of a parliamentary state . |
| 8 | A person buying or leasing land had no previous right to be there at all , let alone to trade there , and when he takes possession of that land subject to a negative restrictive covenant he gives up no right or freedom which he previously had . |
| 9 | In a constitutional democracy , there are individuals whose status or office gives them the automatic right to be heard . |
| 10 | The Royal Commission on Justice has recommended changes to include curtailing a defendant 's automatic right to be tried by jury and setting up a new appeals procedure . |
| 11 | The 1980s legislation also gave parents the legal right to be informed about , and be involved in , certain aspects of school life . |
| 12 | And you have a good right to be … because … ’ |
| 13 | When the light descends on the individual and the voice within speaks it has an equal right to be heard . |
| 14 | A democratic society was one in which the mass of the people played an active rather than a passive role , and in which the old traditions of deference and subordination had been replaced by a sense of equality among the people — the feeling that one man , or even one person , is as good as another , or at least has an equal right to be respected and listened to . |
| 15 | So the chapter on scepticism which occurs in part I has an equal right to be in part II . |
| 16 | Firstly , although every Australian has an equal right to be treated in a public hospital , the income that can be derived from treating a privately insured patient is greater than that for treating a public patient in the same facilities . |
| 17 | The social worker must believe the best results for everyone are achieved when both parties have an equal right to be heard . |
| 18 | In Morris ( Herbert ) Ltd v Saxelby [ 1916 ] 1 AC 688 , Lord Atkinson said " … no person has an abstract right to be protected against competition per se in his trade or business " . |
| 19 | You 've earned the full right to be a Brownie , Jenny — do n't you think so , Miss Clinton ? ’ |
| 20 | The insurance company had claimed that the system for calculating punitive awards — to punish wrongdoers and deter future misconduct — was so irrational that it violated the company 's constitutional right to be treated fairly . |
| 21 | Peter ceased appointing his most trusted aides to the Boyars ' Duma , the Duma 's residual right to be consulted went by default , and the institution withered away . |
| 22 | All children , whatever their abilities or disabilities , have a statutory right to be educated ; and all parents have a corresponding duty to see that they are educated , at least up to the age of 16 . |
| 23 | The public have a statutory right to be present during council meetings and committee meetings . |
| 24 | Public utilities have a statutory right to be granted easements to cross land , and although such easements are usually obtained by negotiation , where landowners object , the courts will ultimately override any objections . |
| 25 | Finally , it should be pointed out that one of the grounds on which under section 432 the Secretary of State may appoint inspectors to investigate and report on the affairs of a company is that ‘ the company 's members have not been given all the information with respect to its affairs which they might reasonably expect ’ — whether or not that information is such that they have an express statutory right to be told it . |
| 26 | It created no new right of property or chose in action : it merely enabled a pre-existing right to be enforced . |