Sentence examples for granted a right from inspiring English sources

Today, if I were granted a right to have a horse, I'm not sure where I would put it.

It's indebted to feminism, and to the realization that men, but not women, have long been granted a right to solitude.

After being granted a right of reply, Mr Miliband's response was published alongside an editorial by the Mail accusing his father of leaving an "evil legacy", accompanied by an abridged version of Mr Levy's article.

Saturday night's vote was required because Senate rules and precedent have long granted a right of virtually unlimited debate, or filibuster, to the minority that can be curtailed only by a supermajority vote of 60 senators to move ahead.

There is a right to have ones dignity respected which can only be ensured by being granted a right to participate in law-making [34: 62, 100].

The most significant right that the patent offers is a sort of monopoly: In exchange for explaining your invention to the community at large, you are granted a right to be the only person to be able to manufacture or directly profit from that invention for a certain length of time -- usually 20 years or so.

Members of Congress, under pressure from their constituents, created the Trans-Alaska Pipeline Authorization Act, which removed all legal barriers from construction of the pipeline, provided financial incentives, and granted a right-of-way for its construction.

In this same legislative resolution, there was a provision that the portion of the route alignments inside the boundaries of the national monument would be included as part of the state highway system once the Utah Department of Transportation was granted a right-of-way easement from federal authorities.

The courts have said that the Constitution does not grant a right to a public education as such.

Michael Tan of Taylor Wessing, another law firm, notes that it does not grant a "right to be forgotten" (by having firms expunge all record of a former customer).

At issue was a Florida statute that required the state's newspapers to grant a "right of reply" to political candidates criticized in their pages.