Example sentences of "[noun] on [art] grounds " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus , cases such as Expro Services Ltd v Smith [ 1991 ] IRLR 156 , involving the contracting out by the Ministry of Defence of its catering function , should not fail in the future on the grounds that the catering operation , as carried on by the Ministry , was not in the nature of a commercial venture . |
| 2 | Whenever attempts were made to distinguish between means and ends , he could point to the crimes committed in the name of religion on the grounds that the end justified the means . |
| 3 | People who oppose religion on the grounds of its intolerance and bigotry think that the risks are very high . |
| 4 | Rather than defend the arts on the grounds that they are a branch of the sciences and therefore useful , I believe we should try to start again , attempting to lay on one side both the crude criterion of utility and the assumed category distinction between science and arts , itself in fact equally crude . |
| 5 | Maternity units should have clear , explicit guidelines on the grounds for recommending cardiotocography so that the clinical and legal responsibility does not lie with a junior obstetrician or midwife . |
| 6 | The Association of Community Health Councils formally asked for CHC involvement in medical audit in 1989 and were refused by the DOH on the grounds that it was a professional exercise ( Pollitt 1992 ) . |
| 7 | Cleary , a left-wing populist who had formerly been an ALP supporter , campaigned against both of the major parties on the grounds that both were too committed to free-market policies . |
| 8 | Zhelev organized on Sept. 1 and 11 meetings between Lukanov and leaders of the UDF and other opposition parties , but the UDF consistently rejected participation in a coalition on the grounds that the BSP alone had to take responsibility for the present state of the country , and that a strong parliamentary opposition was needed to guarantee Bulgaria 's democracy . |
| 9 | On Feb. 21 the FKgP 's controversial chair , Jozsef Torgyan , announced that the party was withdrawing from the coalition on the grounds that the MDF had frustrated its attempts to influence government policy . |
| 10 | Seeing the couple 's arrival and the manner in which Madeleine was clinging to Harry 's arm as they left the car , he persuaded his friend up to his bedroom on the grounds that he must want a wash and brush-up after the long journey . |
| 11 | The arguments against restorative proctocolectomy for familial adenomatous polyposis on the grounds that the operation carries a much greater morbidity than ileorectal anastomosis now seem to be unfounded , particularly when the need for annual and sometimes difficult sigmoidoscopy after ileorectal anastomosis is considered . |
| 12 | Doi was known to have wanted to field at least 180 JSP candidates but was opposed by many local party organizations on the grounds that having more than one JSP candidate in each of the country 's 130 multi-member constituencies might split the socialist vote and endanger the position of JSP incumbents . |
| 13 | 's result on the grounds that the baryon fraction in HG92 may be bigger if one considers a larger region around the group . |
| 14 | Although Cohen had been successful , the state 's Supreme Court had overturned the result on the grounds that the newspapers were protected by the First Amendment . |
| 15 | Mrs Thatcher also appears to have intervened more directly than previous Prime Ministers in the promotion of Permanent Secretaries , preferring less senior and ‘ obvious ’ candidates on the grounds that they were impatient with the status quo and not ‘ defeatist ’ . |
| 16 | Stotesbury ordered gold-plated plumbing in her car on the grounds that it would ‘ save so much polishing , you know ’ . |
| 17 | GEC , Ferranti 's main British rival in radar , is also keen to mount a takeover bid but would encounter fierce Ministry of Defence opposition on the grounds that it would damage competition in electronics procurement . |
| 18 | The Senate votes of confidence were boycotted by the opposition on the grounds that the legislative role of parliament was being restricted . |
| 19 | These are likely to meet with opposition on the grounds of spoiling favourite views . |
| 20 | There are now two active groups of doctors and a group for nurses which were set up specifically to oppose the use of animals in medical research on the grounds that it is unscientific . |
| 21 | The ANC had earlier resisted a meeting with Inkatha on the grounds that this would lend undue national legitimacy to what it regarded as a Zulu organization with a power base confined largely to Natal province . |
| 22 | Law and order departs from the Justice Model markedly in its attitude to due process : if anything it disap-proves of excessive procedural safeguards on the grounds that they are likely to act as an obstacle to ensuring offenders receive their just deserts . |
| 23 | The unexpected rejection came about because the former communist Democratic Left Alliance ( SLD ) and the right-wing Confederation for an Independent Poland ( KPN ) opposed the programme on the grounds that it was too rigorous , while the Democratic Union ( UD ) and the Liberal Democratic Congress ( KLD ) opposed the programme on the grounds that it was not tough enough . |
| 24 | The unexpected rejection came about because the former communist Democratic Left Alliance ( SLD ) and the right-wing Confederation for an Independent Poland ( KPN ) opposed the programme on the grounds that it was too rigorous , while the Democratic Union ( UD ) and the Liberal Democratic Congress ( KLD ) opposed the programme on the grounds that it was not tough enough . |
| 25 | JOAN BAEZ , the American folk singer , was heaped with flowers and apologies yesterday after night club bouncers in Mannheim had barred her from entry on the grounds that there were too many foreigners in the clubs already . |
| 26 | The new country rejected the new name Azania on the grounds that it had slave origins — and preferring the sense that it was a vital part of the continent as a whole . |
| 27 | On Jan. 23 Sikh militants ambushed Joshi 's cavalcade near the town of Jullunder in Punjab , killing five people , after the BJP rejected a last-minute appeal by the government to call off the march on the grounds that it could not guarantee protection against attacks by Sikh and Kashmiri militants . |
| 28 | In June 1976 the Labour Secretary of State for Education and Science issued Tameside a directive to proceed with comprehensive reorganization on the grounds that to do otherwise at such a late stage would be unreasonable . |
| 29 | The accord was rejected by Gen. Aoun on the grounds that it did not provide for an immediate Syrian troop withdrawal [ ibid ] . |
| 30 | The accord was rejected by Aoun on the grounds that it did not provide for an immediate Syrian troop withdrawal . |