Sentence examples for had a rightful from inspiring English sources

These interests, trustees said, would be frozen, and courts in the British Virgin Islands invited to determine who had a rightful claim over them.

Choosing a favorite is nearly impossible, and for many weeks I delayed or I dithered, deciding that one had a rightful edge over the other, only to reverse the decision seconds later.

Now, in an attempt to reassure the defeated minority that they had a rightful place in the new order, Mandela agreed to host the 1995 rugby World Cup games in South Africa.

Owing to a complicated parentage and a firm belief that inheritance should pass through the female side of the family, she was convinced she had a rightful claim to Manderley.

The rest of the video consists of a discussion with the students about whether or not the piece should be shown, whether it had a rightful place in the museum or not, or whether the artist herself even knew that her work was being shown there.

Like adoptees seeking their birth parents, and people tracing their roots back to the old country or the Mayflower, Jewish men, some named Cohen and some not, wanted to know whether or not they had a rightful place among the Cohanim.

The Oxford Dictionaries have a rightful authority and a leading place in cultural life.

Ganz is just one of several engineers considered to have a rightful claim to being the Beetle's creator.

"The Oxford Dictionaries have a rightful authority and a leading place in cultural life," the writers say.

The exhibition puts at its centre the people associated with it and as such, the remains have a rightful place in the exhibition".

His political and military advisers conclude that he has a rightful claim to the French crown and encourage him to follow the military exploits of his royal ancestors.