Sentence examples for offered the privilege from inspiring English sources

Unlike Pistorius, he was not offered the "privilege" of a single cell, or the choice of residing in the prison's hospital section.

Atop the new Palazzo Manfredi hotel, the restaurant offered the privilege of contemplating one of the city's oldest icons while relishing excellent meals from one of its latest ones.

Rather than tapping the VCs at a lower valuation, Goldman decided to set up a special-purpose vehicle (i.e., a shell company) through which hundreds, and perhaps thousands, of wealthy individuals (American and foreign) would be offered the privilege of purchasing Facebook stock prior to an I.P.O.

I am offered the privilege of bearing witness to my LIFT clients dream expression.

They offer the privilege of playing Robinson Crusoe without having to scavenge for food or make your own fire.

Yeah, you can swim (and shoot) underwater now – although not all maps offer the privilege.

Ken Livingstone, the ex-mayor of London who wanted a public platform for his chum, a homophobic advocate of wife-beating, could not prevent the BNP being offered the same privilege on Question Time.

The conflict led to the adoption of a muted resolution in favor of the fifteenth amendment, one which expressed disappointment that Congress had not offered the same privilege to women.

The day was especially memorable because it offered me the privilege of being in the middle of two remarkable celebrations of the rulings.

Claudia Card argues that sometimes the caring that women engage in is not virtuous, but instead is misplaced gratitude to men who either have the power to abuse them or offer women the privilege of service in exchange for "protection" (Card 1993, 216).

Still, many governments around the world have refused to offer prisoners the "privilege" to watch racy content.