Sentence examples for overriding right from inspiring English sources

There is, as he says, no overriding right to pursue knowledge for its own sake, quite independently of the consequences.

He was not conceding his antagonist's possession of an overriding right, he was choosing to accord that right.

But within the federal and feudal structure he thought established authority had an overriding right and duty to impose order, and he had little interest in procedures of representation or theories of the popular will.

Without claiming absolute power for the king, they thought in terms of his "superiority" over all men within national boundaries now (for the first time) strictly determined; and they did not hesitate to argue from Roman law that, when the "state of the kingdom" was endangered, the monarch had an overriding right to the aid of all his subjects in its defense.

"I think it would be better if we could sit in our chairs and wait for the governor's veto, so that we could just vote to override right away," said Senator Thomas K. Duane, a Democrat from Manhattan.

The Liberal Democrat MEP Sarah Ludford also welcomed the decision, saying: "The court has struck exactly the right balance in judging that BA's corporate image policy should not override right of BA stewardess Nadia Eweida to wear a cross whereas genuine health and safety issues in a hospital could rule out nurse Shirley Chaplin's desire to wear one.

There was no significant effect of place of training and seniority on the management plan, neglect of the patient, right to override the right of the family, the best defining conditions for the patient's death or abuse of the code.

Executives at Facebook stressed the overriding factor right now is not just engagement.

When it comes to identifying threats to America, something must be overriding the right's nominal attachment to personal and fiscal responsibility.

In another move overriding human rights concerns, Trump is also expected to give the go-ahead soon for an expanded new arms package for Saudi Arabia.

Overriding states' rights and insisting on national legislation makes sense in many circumstances — but not when one state's decision has no obvious negative effects on other states or on the national economy.