Example sentences of "decision on [art] [noun pl] [that] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Encouraged by the views of our solicitor , David Cooper of Gouldens , Robert Carnwath , QC appeared on SAVE 's behalf seeking to quash Ridley 's decision on the grounds that he gave insufficient and unclear reasons for granting consent . |
| 2 | In welcoming this decision on the grounds that a separate Welsh pool was a natural concomitant to a separate Welsh Rate Support Grant , the Welsh Joint Education Committee ( WJEC ) , the RAC for Wales , pointed out that Wales faced a number of particular problems relating to the financial management of public sector higher education , including the need for bilingual provision , in English and Welsh , at Bangor Normal College and Trinity College , Carmarthen ; and the fact that North Wales has no polytechnic and is attempting to provide higher level courses at the North East Wales Institute of Higher Education . |
| 3 | On Dec. 18 Bush instructed the department to reverse its decision on the grounds that it contradicted his stated intention to increase educational opportunities for minorities . |
| 4 | Mosbacher justified his decision on the grounds that to substitute population estimates in place of actual figures would be to " abandon a 200-year tradition of how we actually count people " . |
| 5 | Rockefeller , a member of the oil and banking family , explained his decision on the grounds that there was too little time to organise a successful campaign and to be ready to form an administration which would meet his " own high standards " . |
| 6 | A statement read by Jose Ayala Lasso of Ecuador , the president of the Security Council , explained the Council 's decision on the grounds that the " aspirations of the peoples and governments of the Democratic People 's Republic of Korea and the Republic of Korea have harmoniously coincided " . |
| 7 | Whilst suggesting that he had been keen to run , he explained his decision on the grounds that his obligation to the people of his state came before his personal ambition for the presidency . |
| 8 | Graham defended the decision on the grounds that Bolger and the French Prime Minister Michel Rocard had agreed during the latter 's visit to New Zealand in April 1991 that the Rainbow Warrior affair was closed . |
| 9 | A minority of the committee voted against the decision on the grounds that there was no definite scientific evidence that such animals experience suffering . |
| 10 | The three SNP MPs justified the decision on the grounds that the deal secures representation for each of the main four political parties in Scotland and prevents Mr Lang from directly appointing ‘ creatures of his own party ’ . |