by rights

ADVERB
  1. with reason or justice
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How To Use by rights In A Sentence

  • By rights you should report him to management - he obviously makes a habit of this. The Sun
  • By rights I ought to be a conchie, but that would just about kill the Old Greener Than You Think
  • By rights you should report him to management - he obviously makes a habit of this. The Sun
  • By rights the Social Democrats ought to be the favourites in the election. But nothing looks less certain.
  • By rights we should be wearing caps and shorts with a catapult in the back pocket. Times, Sunday Times
  • The creation was completely illegal - a development in a forbidden area which by rights should be demolished.
  • You realize that by rights you should not come into this room, don't you? This is only for people who work here.
  • By rights the Social Democrats ought to be the favourites in the election. But nothing looks less certain.
  • By rights, the lower half of the TV screen should then have been filled by a caption reading: ‘CHEERS!’
  • By rights the Social Democrats ought to be the favourites in the election. But nothing looks less certain.
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