Sentence examples for because of a privilege from inspiring English sources

In the 1990's, several of the nominations made by former Presidents George Bush and Bill Clinton were never considered by the Senate, either at the behest of its Democratic leaders or because of a privilege invoked by Mr. Helms, perhaps the body's most celebrated slayer of presidential nominations.

This has not happened since 1666, but Jack said the New Zealand House of Representatives, whose privilege powers are based on those of the House of Commons, imposed a fine on a television company in 2006 because of a privilege offence.

She added: "Then people had free rein because of the parliamentary privilege to go ahead and name me in the press.

"Then people had free rein because of the parliamentary privilege to go ahead and name me in the press," she said.

I usually dislike feeling entitled about things like scholarships because they are of course a privilege and not a right.

He prevailed not because of a supportive consensus but because of his privilege, friends and luck.

No matter how liberal you are, according to this view, you've got some racism in you because of the privileges a racist society bestows upon you at birth.

Foundations are highly privileged institutions and must be held to high standards because of that privilege.

"It is because of that privilege that she is not serving three consecutive terms".

He had claimed he should not be prosecuted because of parliamentary privilege, but this claim was rejected by the supreme court.

Raised comfortably in an upper-middle-class family, she said she didn't confront prejudice against Mexicans — or the troubling notion that she was exempt because of her privilege and her fair skin — until she moved to Chicago.