Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] on the grounds " in BNC.
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| 1 | Er if you couple that with the action of Eastern Arts who I understand have cut the subsidy er for this er theatre I think that 's correct , erm , as I understand on the grounds that a not enough they mean imaginative or progressive which to me means weird play to put on . |
| 2 | I think , I think on the grounds that erm what we 've been , I 'm gon na have chicken on Sunday . |
| 3 | The tendency to centralise power over time is frankly admitted by the Commission , albeit diplomatically : ‘ the list of policies which qualify on the grounds of being more efficiently discharged at Community level than at national level is likely to evolve gradually over time . |
| 4 | Certainly keeps them going on the grounds that eventually there will you know we 'll be able to say and this is what we believed this long and you know this is what has been proved to be necessary . |
| 5 | Section 57 , for example , protects employers who discriminate on the grounds that the employee or potential employee holds certain political opinions . |
| 6 | She refused on the grounds that it would be rude to her hosts . |
| 7 | make the mobility allowance available to everybody whatever their age , if they qualify on the grounds of disability ; |
| 8 | It operates on the principle of " one person , one vote , " but there is now some dispute as to its legitimacy and that of the government it produces on the grounds that the principle of " one person , one vote , one value " has not been fully realized . |
| 9 | Within a few hours he cancelled on the grounds that the subject was ‘ too sensitive ’ — some twelve years after the amalgamation of his library had taken place . |
| 10 | But he refused on the grounds of his illegitimacy . ’ |