Sentence examples for won rights from inspiring English sources

After the revolution, independent workers' councils won rights to such things as a 40-hour week and lodging allowances.

BT, which recently won rights to Premier League football matches, has fallen 5.8p to 215.9p after the ruling.

BT, which recently won rights to Premier League football matches, fell 5.4p to 216.3p after the ruling.

A Chinese company has already won rights to a copper deposit at Aynak and an Indian group bought access to an iron deposit in Hajigak.

Merchant Royal The same treasure seeking firm, Odyssey, won rights over the 17th-century ship at a US court this year.

In an all-night bidding war, Fox Searchlight Pictures won rights to "The Wrestler," which made Mickey Rourke a relentless presence through the six-month awards cycle.

She noted that this was far from the first time the city's trash-collectors had gone on strike, despite a host of special, union-won rights.

Actually we are losing our hard-won rights.

Yet suddenly those new-won rights are in danger of being lost.

"Economically, democratically, the Greek people are seeing hard-won rights being wiped away.

Mr. Hunter let the owners pocket the additional income and gave back the players' hard-won rights.