Sentence examples for a basic privilege from inspiring English sources

Tears came to our eyes with the thought that such a basic privilege like witnessing your daughter dance with a man is so limited and often unreachable for some people.

Like many other parts of Southeast Asia, the ability to hire household assistance is regarded as a basic privilege, further upheld by the fact that the government only requires each household to have a minimum monthly income of HK$15,000 US$$1,935) to be considered eligible employers.

He was not afforded even the basic privilege of time and space to grieve.

(Public opinion, the film implies, is against that basic privilege. Even some other lawyers reckon that it's time to let the matter drop).

Now, these basic privileges are a reality for everyone.

After the hearing, some of the plaintiffs spoke of the hardships they have faced in getting to work — public transportation in and around Phoenix is patchy, at best — and how they are sometimes deprived of basic privileges, like exchanging merchandise at a store, because they do not have driver's licenses for identification.

We accepted it when the government changed training making it harder to change specialties, we accepted large cuts to our pensions, we accepted it when basic privileges such as being able to drink a coffee at work were removed.

Later, the term took on a broader meaning: If you were white you were born with basic privileges that people of color just didn't have.

Inmates on basic privileges also wear prison clothes.

Tension begins to mount as the prisoners find themselves denied basic privileges they thought they would receive, including access to their medications.

When we expect self-care to substitute for our larger systemic flaws in our healthcare, we also over-endow activities that should be basic privileges.