Example sentences of "grounds that she was " in BNC.
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| 1 | After one year Charles suddenly divorced Desiderata on the grounds that she was barren and weak . |
| 2 | Gran kept her supplied with them , on the grounds that she was too thin . |
| 3 | having found themselves for no good reason sitting together : Liz and Alix discovered that both came from Yorkshire , and that neither played lacrosse , nor had ever seen it being played , and Esther joined the discussion by volunteering that she had herself managed to avoid playing netball for the past three years on the grounds that she was too small . |
| 4 | Laura , however , declined on the grounds that she was not nearly important enough to share the limelight with such august people . |
| 5 | Finally Catherine 's claims to be a genuine enlightened despot can be impugned , like those of Frederick II , on the grounds that she was merely carrying on policies inherited from her predecessors . |
| 6 | This kind of emphasis on the opposition between , rather than the complementary nature of , the active and contemplative lives was reflected in the patristic interpretation of the story of Martha and Mary ( Luke 10:38 — 42 ) in which Christ excuses Mary 's lack of active help in Martha 's household chores because she was listening to him , on the grounds that she was concentrating on that which was most essential . |