Sentence examples for formal right from inspiring English sources

Yet no formal right of ravishment ever licensed them.

"A bow tie is more formal, right down to the knot," Mr. Olch pointed out.

Employers can still say no, but the establishment of a formal right seems to have made a difference.

While the republic recognized the formal right to religious freedom, it was less welcoming of the notion of religious pluralism.

The constitution did not then have a formal right of succession, but that didn't stop Tyler from assuming the presidency.

In Spain the Catholic Monarchs had no formal right of exequatur, but they and their Habsburg successors behaved very much as if they did.

(I take this to mean their rivals have formal rights).

Why might Marx think that purely formal rights are insufficient?

"We don't really get any formal rights or benefits," Gerson said.

That's because, unlike white males, their formal rights have never been secure.

The use of a WTP format may thus be inappropriate even if respondents do not hold formal rights over resources.