Example sentences of "[vb pp] [adv prt] on [art] ground " in BNC.
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| 1 | To be completely safe , he activated his automatic call-signal which would be picked up on the ground . |
| 2 | On 5 July 1991 the Bank of England presented a petition for an order that an authorised bank be wound up on the ground that it was insolvent . |
| 3 | These can be seen on the modern OS maps and the tithe map , and they can be picked out on the ground from changes in level and property boundaries . |
| 4 | So inflexible was this masterplan that when New Scientist attempted to introduce someone who knew nothing about computers to the machine ( it is claimed to be very easy to use ) we were turned down on the grounds that ‘ this would upset the timetable ’ . |
| 5 | An amendment that the palace be run jointly with the Graduate Union was turned down on the grounds that ‘ the Graduates are too old and it 's bad for their health . ’ |
| 6 | Invitations were turned down on the grounds that ‘ we would only have to ask them back ’ . |
| 7 | She was turned down on the grounds of lack of experience with sick children . |
| 8 | An action begun in Glasgow for possession of the books , papers and effects was turned down on the grounds that the Sailors ' and Firemen 's Union was not registered in Scotland and that the complaint had therefore been raised " without title or authority " , though these effects were , claimed Shinwell , later handed over " for the sake of peace and quiet " . |
| 9 | St Osyth 's College of Education at Clacton-on-Sea proposed a BEd in 1969 and by December of the following year it had been turned down on the grounds that the College did not have an ‘ appropriate academic structure ’ , more thought about the objectives of the course ( it was for teachers of Home Economics ) was needed , the staff needed strengthening , the library expanding and laboratory facilities improving . |
| 10 | Requests to establish a clearway to prevent cars parking in the stop zone have been turned down on the grounds the restriction would be difficult to impose . |
| 11 | You will find that the model can be moved around on the ground in this state and that all the controls are effective . |
| 12 | The documents were handed over on the grounds that this could be compelled under section 2(2) of the Criminal Justice Act 1987 . |
| 13 | One of them was less than an inch away from his eye as he lay buckled up on the ground beneath the tree . |
| 14 | The defence lawyers had walked out on the grounds that the trial lacked procedural guarantees , and that the court , as a military one , had no jurisdiction . |
| 15 | The day 's attacks resulted in one Wellington being hit and burnt out on the ground at Luqa , while three Beaufighters were damaged . |
| 16 | Luqa was again hit , one Beaufighter being burnt out on the ground here . |
| 17 | it may be marked out on the ground , but the true circle is that which the magician creates mentally . |
| 18 | They played hopscotch , their favourite , in the ever brightening sunshine , throwing a white pebble into the boxes they had marked out on the ground , and then trying to hop to where the pebble landed without touching any lines . |
| 19 | By using a grid marked out on the ground , each point where a reading is taken can be plotted . |
| 20 | As with resistivity meters , readings are taken at points on a grid marked out on the ground , and the results are usually plotted in the form of computer-drawn diagrams . |
| 21 | A site was chosen ; two townplanners appointed ( one of them a parson ) , the town marked out on the ground : but all in vain . |
| 22 | The long metal tubes , detonators , detonating cord and homemade explosives are laid out on the ground , whilst the Police and the host of other interested parties take photographs . |
| 23 | Laid out on the ground are the dead of the day so far . |
| 24 | Later the woman 's benefit was cut off on the grounds that she and her lodger were living together as husband and wife , and he must therefore maintain her . |
| 25 | Your Lordships were told that Mr. Page started an action in the Queen 's Bench Division for wrongful dismissal which action was struck out on the grounds that the matter fell within the exclusive jurisdiction of the visitor of the university , Her Majesty the Queen . |
| 26 | The defendants sought to have the claim struck out on the ground that it disclosed no cause of action . |
| 27 | An agreement on a method for choosing between perfectionist principles can not be ruled out on the grounds that the methods of evaluating different ideals are themselves subject to evaluative controversy . |
| 28 | It was recognised that use of trisodium citrate would remove the need for the separate salt compartments , but its use was ruled out on the grounds that trisodium citrate was five times more expensive than sodium bicarbonate . |
| 29 | A sheet had been spread out on the ground , and around it had been placed a square of long hard bolsters . |
| 30 | Books were spread out on the ground . |