Example sentences of "[is] [vb pp] on [art] grounds " in BNC.
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1 | This second modification makes the model more in line with that developed by Barro ( 1976 ) , and is justified on the grounds that what motivates agents ' spending this period is their desire to have a sum of real money available next period . |
2 | The decision is justified on the grounds that there was no guarantee that the plaintiff would receive any of the fine and that Parliament could not have intended a workman to be deprived of the chance to seek compensation for his injuries . |
3 | If the application is made on the grounds that debts have been paid or secured and it is known that there are creditors who have not proved their debts , the court may direct that notice be given to them of the application and order the trustee ( or official receiver ) to advertise the application and , in the meantime , adjourn the application for not less than thirty-five days ( r 6.209 ) . |
4 | No distinction is made on the grounds of students ' field of study , mode of study or status . |
5 | Here , the claim that the empire of Charles V was calculated and designed by Spain is challenged on the grounds that ‘ there was no such thing in the late fifteenth century as a Spanish collective will ’ . |
6 | And if the former is subtracted on the grounds that crimes against corporations are dissimilar to crimes for corporations , then just over 1 per cent of the listed material referred to corporate crime . |
7 | The choice of M0 is supported on the grounds that it is a reliable and predictable indicator of the economy 's transactions demand for cash for immediate spending on goods and services . |
8 | It is common for defendants to resist allowing the plaintiff 's engineer access until the case is pleaded on the grounds that it is a " fishing expedition " . |
9 | Any intellectual challenge is removed on the grounds that they can not handle it , and so all edge , all interest , is gone . |
10 | On the same page , evidence from the Paston Letters is rejected as ‘ dialectal ’ , and the Diary of Henry Machyn is rejected on the grounds that Machyn was a Yorkshireman . |