Sentence examples for obtained the right from inspiring English sources

Earlier in December, Saudi Arabian women obtained the right to vote and stand in municipal elections.

In 1864 he took his doctorate at Berlin and obtained the right to lecture.

He opened a used clothing and furniture store on Witherspoon Street and obtained the right to sell snacks on campus.

At the time, he said, the railroad did not buy the land outright, but obtained the right to use privately held land.

The company obtained the right to co-promote Johnson & Johnson's drug-coated stent, a device used to prop open clogged arteries.

Iranian women obtained the right to vote and become members of parliament half a century ago – earlier than women in Switzerland, who achieved this right in 1971.

The A's obtained the right-handers Trystan Magnuson and Daniel Farquhar in Wednesday's deal.

Earlier yesterday, Julio Franco, who has played just one game in the major leagues since 1997, was acquired by the Braves, who also obtained the right-handed reliever Rudy Seanez in a separate deal.

Wind Dancer obtained the rights and started looking for writers.

The producer Brian Grazer obtained the rights to James Brown's story thirteen years ago.

(She has obtained the rights to "Golda's Balcony," which she still performs).