The phrase "a right to modify" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when discussing permissions or entitlements related to making changes to something, such as a document, contract, or software.
Example: "The agreement grants the company a right to modify the terms as needed to adapt to changing circumstances."
Alternatives: "the authority to alter" or "the permission to change".
After months of negotiations with Corsican nationalists, Prime Minister Lionel Jospin of France has offered the small Mediterranean island a level of autonomy that no other French region enjoys, including a limited right to modify laws voted in Paris.
The District Court's interpretation of the conditions of the Artistic License does not credit the explicit restrictions in the license that govern a downloader's right to modify and distribute the copyrighted work.
His proposals -- unveiled at a Monday night meeting with Corsican officials -- offer the right to modify laws on a limited basis, though exactly how this would work remained an open question.
Another important proposed change would give borrowers the right to modify an illegal loan, before they're forced into foreclosure.
Moreover, they say users have the right to modify an image on the computer screen, whether that modification is through instant message software, e-mail windows or coupon alerts.
However, O'Brien countered that the cases do not apply to this appeal because in one, the court had reserved the right to modify an injunction and the other two had no pending appeals.
Either way it is surely right to modify the rules so that a senior debut is a senior debut is a senior debut – a senior debut, as the Americans say, period.
"Even if there was a contract, the state, pursuing the public interest, has the right to modify contracts".
The MIT Press reserves the right to modify these provisions effective upon posting an amendment.
Many reserved the right to modify their forecasts if the price of oil rebounded.
