Example sentences of "[adv] grounds for [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 ( That some people lack these impulses is normally grounds for criticism ; we call them sadists , cruel , or , if it is by way of business , then merely hardened . )
2 These objections do not cut any ice ; but there are nevertheless grounds for complaint .
3 Of course , the manner of her dismissal was still grounds for disgust — but hatred ?
4 But without denying grounds for concern about the outcast Gaddafi government that sent them here to acquire skills of obvious military value , there are also grounds for concern about the long arm government regulating traffic inside the boundaries of the academic world .
5 There are certainly grounds for scepticism .
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