Example sentences of "[not/n't] be [verb] on the ground " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is of the utmost importance that the Rawlsian method of argument requiring unanimity behind the veil of ignorance should not be defended on the ground that otherwise the resulting principles would not be fair because unanimity is a condition of fairness , or by any other moral argument . |
| 2 | The validity of an act done by a company can not be questioned on the ground of lack of capacity by reason that the act is beyond the company 's objects . |
| 3 | It can not be explained on the grounds that ordinary life is just as tragic ( art is not merely imitation of life ) or by reference to moral feelings or pity and fear . |
| 4 | What stopped me in my tracks was a sentence reading , ‘ The dung beetle program really can not be justified on the grounds that it is cheaper than a horse ’ . |
| 5 | It was agreed by the parties that if the proviso on its true construction operated as a restraint of trade it could not be justified on the ground of reasonableness . |
| 6 | However , the naturalistic account should not be rejected on the grounds that it is inadequate , as though it could be polished up a bit and made more acceptable : rather , it should be dismissed because it presents an entirely distorted picture of social reality . |
| 7 | Such techniques provide maintenance engineers with extremely valuable data/information under actual flight conditions/loads which frequently can not be reproduced on the ground . |
| 8 | In an adult population it can not be excluded on the grounds of age alone . |
| 9 | Is it not a fact that on 3 July last year the Minister of State told my hon. Friend the Member for East Lothian ( Mr. Home Robertson ) that the recruitment figures for individual battalions in Scotland would not be released on the ground of security , yet when it suited the Secretary of State 's purpose , he was prepared to release figures showing 67 per cent . |
| 10 | After a certain period a job can not be refused on the grounds of low pay or travelling distance from home . |
| 11 | Batty certainly ca n't be excused on the grounds the manager did n't give him a ‘ fair crack of the whip ’ can he ? |