Sentence examples for a prerogative to from inspiring English sources

But McCain, who is gravely ill, has a prerogative to speak beyond the current political moment while he can.

He said that if the election in Florida was not resolved promptly, it could wind up in the hands of the Legislature, which has a prerogative to choose the state's electors itself.

But after public demands for more democracy intensified in Hong Kong in the past few months, China asserted a prerogative to interpret two important clauses in the Basic Law that set out the process for introducing and carrying out changes to the electoral system.

I appreciate that as a private club it has a prerogative to decide, and am certain that I wouldn't be able to influence a clearly outdated organization to change its views.

"We have inherited a history that the Muslim Brotherhood seems to have a prerogative to define who is a Muslim and who is not a muslim and they are not in that position.

"Seen but not heard" is perhaps a little strong as juvenile directives go, and it's a teenage prerogative to assume anyone over 20 is the lamest thing since, like, the old version of Twitter.

The two nations cite a moral prerogative to defend the democratic interests of Libyans, raising an outcry against Muammar Gaddafi and the brazen slaughter of his own people.

"They have a wide prerogative to use force".

For any students who live in zone four or above, a cycle into university may mean a grueling ride along dangerously busy roads, dodging HGV trucks and buses which seem to have a hidden prerogative to squash you.

Others have argued that there ought to be a personal prerogative to ignore the impersonal reasons of any set of moral requirements.

Some have proposed that utilitarianism be modified to accommodate the projects of individuals by including a personal prerogative to act on the basis of personal reasons.