Sentence examples for granted that right from inspiring English sources

WHEN Cuba announced last October that, after more than 50 years, it was removing the requirement of an exit permit for its citizens wishing to travel, one person it was widely assumed would not be granted that right was Yoani Sánchez.

Elite is licensing the ZX Spectrum trademark and has been granted the right to replicate the Spectrum's form factor — and says it's the only company that has been granted that right from the IP holder.

No grand jury witnesses have come forward in the press as of yet, even though they were granted that right nearly 25 years ago, thanks to efforts of Smith, the small-town Florida newspaper reporter.

And despite being granted that right a couple weeks before elections, I didn't want to run the risk of a u-turn on the part of the military rulers or any logistical mishaps getting in my way.

Such tenants without a current lease are not allowed to sublease without the owner's consent, unless a previous lease granted that right.

Remember, the California Supreme Court ruled that gays and lesbians had been denied the fundamental constitutional right to marry and then granted that right -- only to totally ignore their own ruling and its impact on the LGBT community which they officially declared a protected minority class by upholding Prop 8 on a technicality.

Mr. Elliot said that only the General Assembly had the power to grant that right and that only the General Assembly could take it away.

That might appear to be the fruits of collective bargaining, since New York State grants that right to more of its public work force than any other state.

It has been taken for granted that there is one right form of organization.

It's an odd logic, as the decision seems to take for granted that Barnes' free speech rights were violated.

Polygamy, for Alito, seems to epitomize the tradition-destroying force and absurdity of granting that right — if gays can marry, who can't?