Example sentences of "[verb] [vb pp] on [art] grounds " in BNC.

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1 Mr Major has refused on the grounds that legal advice to the Government is traditionally confidential .
2 Finally , the 1987 Act provides that where a minor has acquired property under a contract which is unenforceable against him , or which he has repudiated on the grounds of minority , he may be required by the court , when it thinks it ‘ just and equitable ’ to do so , to return the property , or else property representing that which he has acquired ( without prejudice to any other remedy available to the plaintiff ) .
3 d's appeal dismissed on the grounds the documents which the medical examiner considered relevant were to be disclosed , but indiscriminate disclosure of all the records would threaten the confidentiality of p , without securing any benefit to d .
4 For example that of Joe and Biddy which turns out to be a very happy , contented marriage reflecting around home life and this marriage depriving Pip of the chance to propose to Biddy though I think that she would have refused on the grounds that he was still in love with Estella .
5 Had the plaintiff sued his brother then the action would have failed on the grounds of volenti .
6 Well its supporters say that it 's it 's justified on the grounds of democracy .
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