Example sentences of "[to-vb] on the grounds that " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lithuania 's President Vytautas Landsbergis attended for the first time on June 12 a meeting of the USSR Council of the Federation , comprising the Presidents of the 15 union republics ( previously he had refused to participate on the grounds that he was the head of a foreign state ) . |
| 2 | The dismissals followed calls from many quarters for Sacher to resign on the grounds that he was not doing enough to dismantle the StB structure ( although officially the organization had been abolished on Feb. 1 — see p. 37255 ) . |
| 3 | A Yeltsin aide also gave warning that even if the congress voted to oust him , the president would refuse to quit on the grounds that the decision was illegal . |
| 4 | A Yeltsin aide also warned yesterday that even if the congress voted to oust him , the president would refuse to quit on the grounds that the decision was illegal . |
| 5 | A substantial number of Conservative MPs argued that parents of prospective pupils should be allowed to vote on the grounds that the parents of prospective pupils have a bigger stake in the future of the school than parents whose children are in their final year and who will not therefore be affected by any changes . |
| 6 | One of the most fabulously rich of the Shahs ministers , Hushand Ansary , has obtained permission to leave on the grounds that he had an urgent appointment with Henry Kissinger . |
| 7 | France announced on June 3 that it would sign the 1968 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty ( NPT ) , which it had hitherto refused to endorse on the grounds that it compromised France 's nuclear independence . |
| 8 | The suggestion that Thomas 's race was a consideration in his nomination was highly embarrassing for Bush as it coincided with the president 's unrelenting opposition to a civil rights bill passed by Congress which he had pledged to veto on the grounds that it supported minority quotas . |
| 9 | The EC authorities will need to intervene on the grounds that potential trade is being stifled . |
| 10 | His remarks gave offence to Bulgaria 's neighbour , Greece , whose ambassador was instructed to protest on the grounds that " the possible recognition of Skopje under the historical Greek name of Macedonia " constituted " an unfriendly stance with negative consequences for relations " . |
| 11 | The three opponents still refusing to sign on the grounds that there had not been adequate consultation , and two more being absent , the Mayor rode off on his horse and collected a signature from one of the absentees . |
| 12 | The parliamentary commission charged in January 1989 with the inquiry into the Lucona affair presented its report on June 28 ( which the FPÖ refused to sign on the grounds that it treated those concerned too leniently ) . |