Example sentences of "grounds that [pers pn] [modal v] [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But incredibly , up until 1980 , the park authorities were effectively denied even this chance ( except for moorland conversion ) because the MAFF refused to divulge details of grant applications on the grounds that they would lose the farmer 's confidence . |
| 2 | On the other hand apologists for such policies rarely if ever sought to justify them on the grounds that they would reduce the real wage rate à la Malinvaud . |
| 3 | There were many in the ruling party who treated the proposals with great suspicion , however , and who worked to delay and discredit them on the grounds that they would undermine the current factional structure of the LDP . |
| 4 | It is on these grounds that we could discount the ‘ rare exceptions ’ referred to by Nossal ( 1975 : 46 , above ) , since the superfluous testing which he condemns has a far greater probability of continuing to be of little benefit to mankind , even in the advancement of knowledge , than the work of Gray , Gallistel , or the early objectives of Blakemore . |
| 5 | Seeing the couple 's arrival and the manner in which Madeleine was clinging to Harry 's arm as they left the car , he persuaded his friend up to his bedroom on the grounds that he must want a wash and brush-up after the long journey . |
| 6 | There can be no sense in the DTI 's refusal to publish the House of Fraser report on the grounds that it might prejudice a Serious Fraud Office inquiry when it took the opposite course over Blue Arrow . |
| 7 | They argued for birth control primarily on the grounds that it would improve the health of the mother rather than on the grounds that women had the right to control their fertility . |
| 8 | As was the case under the previous law , there is no power to ban specific as opposed to classes of marches , or all marches , and a proposal to the effect that there should be such a specific power was rejected , on the grounds that it would place the police in a situation where they would be subject to allegations of political motivation and partiality whenever they exercised the power to seek a ban on a particular march . |
| 9 | Bush , who had vetoed a similar measure in June 1990 [ see p. 37605 ] , condemned the bill on the grounds that it would place an intolerable and unnecessary financial and regulatory burden on businesses . |
| 10 | Environmentalists had criticized the project on the grounds that it would damage the Danube valley ecosystem . |
| 11 | Sweden 's environment commission has ruled against the construction of a bridge to link the country with Denmark across the Oresund strait , on the grounds that it would damage the strait 's sensitive marine environment and cause an unacceptable rise in car pollution . |
| 12 | The greater involvement of the Security Council in matters pertaining to disarmament had reportedly been resisted by India , a non-permanent member , on grounds that it would set a precedent for future intrusive inspections and controls by the UN . |
| 13 | The Crown did not object to the Divisional Court looking at the materials ( see p. 237G–H ) but the court itself refused to do so on the grounds that it would constitute a breach of article 9 . |
| 14 | When asked if they would like subventions from the state to aid their stipends and church buildings , a move which was being seriously considered by the British government at the time , priests and bishops were united in rejecting the idea on the grounds that it would drive a wedge between clergy and people , identifying clergy with the principal enemies of the people . |
| 15 | Middle-class feminists , particularly members of the National Union of Societies for Equal Citizenship , of which Eleanor Rathbone was the President , strongly supported family allowances largely on the grounds that it would undermine the concept of the family wage and thereby ( a rather optimistic thought ) pave the way for equal pay for equal work . |
| 16 | The Mensheviks , among whom Martov played a leading role , rejected Lenin 's vision of the party on the grounds that it would institutionalize the gap between intelligentsia and workers , between party and class . |
| 17 | Alone of all the nations attending Rio , the USA refused to sign the Convention , chiefly on the grounds that it would prejudice the success of the US biotechnology industry . |
| 18 | Alone of all the nations attending Rio , the USA refused to sign the Convention , chiefly on the grounds that it would prejudice the success of the US biotechnology industry . |
| 19 | The establishment of a proposed Central American parliament as envisaged in the Arias peace plan [ see pp. 35440-42 ] was hindered by Costa Rica 's failure to ratify the treaty of adherence on the grounds that it would compromise the country 's sovereignty . |