Example sentences of "grounds that [pron] [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of course these too can be criticized on the grounds that they lack precision , and carry with them built-in biases , impeding both our understanding of our own field experience as well as obstructing cross-cultural understanding . |
| 2 | Editors sometimes justify their refusal to publish letters by victims of attacks in their newspapers , on the grounds that they contain passages libellous of their journalists . |
| 3 | The proposals , backed by Western countries , had reportedly been resisted by Third-World governments on grounds that they encouraged relief agencies to interfere in civil wars . |
| 4 | Multilateralists on the Labour benches , who had supported the retention of nuclear weapons on the grounds that they gave Britain an independent foreign policy , were seriously discomfited by the obvious loss of a measure of that independence through acceptance of an American delivery system . |
| 5 | That they 're th No , th I 'm not I 'm discriminating o against them on the grounds that they have legs that do that . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | The head of the Supreme Court , Edgar Obilitas Fernández , requested on Nov. 15 that Gen. Moreira should intervene " in order to protect the judicial power from the threats it has received " , an appeal which Moreira rejected on the grounds that he took orders only from the President . |
| 8 | If it can be shown to the satisfaction of the jury that the defendant had the intention , he has very little opportunity to exculpate himself on the grounds that he lacked mens rea , as will be explained further presently . |
| 9 | The difference is that whereas the policeman is justified in acting as he does , the citizen is merely excused from criminal liability on the grounds that he lacks mens rea . |
| 10 | All the GIST schools were mixed comprehensives , and at first teachers were most unwilling to separate boys and girls at all , on the grounds that it ran counter to their co-educational comprehensive philosophy . |
| 11 | In 1979 the Court of Appeal , at the behest of Mr Jeremy Thorpe , stopped " The Spectator " from publishing an election address by Auberon Waugh , " Dog Lovers Candidate " for North Devon , on the grounds that it contained matter which would prejudice Thorpe 's impending trial for conspiracy to murder . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | The three powers issued a joint ultimatum to Japan demanding retraction of the Liaodong cession on the grounds that it endangered Beijing and invalidated Korean independence . |
| 14 | The Institute of Economic Affairs had for a long time been polemicising against the extension of state activity on the grounds that it restricted choice , led to dependency and reduced the motivation to work , and fostered economic inefficiency in comparison with ‘ private enterprise ’ . |
| 15 | The new country rejected the new name Azania on the grounds that it had slave origins — and preferring the sense that it was a vital part of the continent as a whole . |
| 16 | In an age where employability is the keynote the idea of educating for leisure may seem an anathema ; however , even job application forms ask questions about leisure interests , presumably on the grounds that it tells employers something about potential employees . |
| 17 | The company is firmly opposed to discounting on the grounds that it undermines standards . |
| 18 | I have ignored such central and prestigious characters in the drama is professor Wold of St Bartholomew 's Hospital , who is seeking to perfect a cheap , early diagnostic test for trisomy 21 during pregnancy on the interesting grounds that it costs £500,000 ( not accounting for inflation ) to look after a person with trisomy 21 for life . |
| 19 | But another federal appeals court struck down an Ohio law requiring a doctor to inform at least one parent before performing an abortion on a teenager , on grounds that it infringed Roe v Wade . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | The Spanish-owned companies which had been involved in ‘ quota-hopping ’ challenged the 1988 Act on the grounds that it contradicted Community law . |
| 22 | This hypothetical test was preferred on the grounds that it gave rise to less uncertainty , and avoided the possibility of the court acting on the basis of hindsight . |
| 23 | Having prohibited party politics on the grounds that it fostered corruption , patronage and tribalism , Rawlings had finally given in to domestic and international pressure for a return to multiparty politics . |
| 24 | Dissidents also protested against the continuing United States military presence in South Korea on the grounds that it hampered unification dialogue with the North . |
| 25 | Temple had opposed Baldwin 's Act in 1936 — on the grounds that it permitted exemptions to the raising of the school-leaving age , planned for 1939 — and had been deeply influenced by his undergraduate friends , Tawney and Beveridge . |
| 26 | The influential Roman Catholic Church also opposed the draft constitution on the grounds that it permitted abortion . |
| 27 | The Prime Minister also confirmed that he was planning to introduce legislation to abolish the provincial government structure on the grounds that it encouraged patronage and corruption . |