Sentence examples for entitled to refuse from inspiring English sources

For example, if someone asks for two non-consecutive month-long periods, an employer that cannot accommodate this pattern is entitled to refuse it.

"Prisoners who are considered mentally capable are entitled to refuse health interventions, provided they fully understand the consequences of their decision".

The document makes clear that EU states are entitled to refuse access "on preventative grounds" to people likely to threaten national security, even if the threat is not imminent – a measure demanded by Theresa May, the Home Secretary.

Exactly what Mr Eriksson said is the key to whether or not he can keep his job.Employment lawyers say he would have been entitled to refuse to answer any questions about his private life.

"It is clear that when the defendant was ordered by the police to vacate the park, he was not legally entitled to refuse," Judge Sciarrino wrote, adding that at that point Mr. Nunez "allegedly committed a trespass".

Last week the VVD immigration minister, Rita Verdonk, called for the abolition of the equality commission after it ruled that a female Muslim schoolteacher was entitled to refuse to shake hands with men on religious grounds.

And if Norway has the right to (inefficiently) refuse to associate fully with the European Union, it might also be entitled to (inefficiently) refuse to associate with various individuals who would like to join Norway's political community.

The guide goes on to suggest that "If the doctor believes that complying with the advance directive would be contrary to the consumer's best interests, then the doctor needs to consider consulting another person or authority that is legally entitled to consent or refuse treatment on the consumer's behalf, for example, parents, legal guardians, welfare guardians, and the courts".

But the judge firmly rejected their contention that the First Amendment entitled journalists to refuse to answer a grand jury's questions about confidential sources.

In ordering the Time reporter, Matthew Cooper, jailed for refusing to name the government officials who disclosed Ms. Plame's name, Thomas F. Hogan, the chief judge of the Federal District Court in Washington, rejected the magazine's contention that the First Amendment entitled journalists to refuse to answer a grand jury's questions about confidential sources.

On 7 August the Greater Bairam (a feast day celebrating the end of the Islamic year) coincided with the Egyptian Camel Transport Corps at Romani being ordered to move out with supplies for the advancing troops, but 150 men, most of whom were past the end of their contracts and entitled to be discharged, refused orders to fill their water bottles, draw their rations and saddle up.