Example sentences of "[adv] be [verb] on [adj] ground " in BNC.
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| 1 | Indeed , in my opinion , the privilege can only be justified on two grounds , first that it discourages the ill-treatment of a suspect and secondly that it discourages the production of dubious confessions . |
| 2 | Stone 's operations in the US have also been criticized on environmental grounds . |
| 3 | Key settlements have also been criticized on social grounds , a point that will be elaborated in the next section . |
| 4 | Most of the criteria are electrophysiological but X- , Y- , and W-cells in the retina may also be distinguished on morphological grounds . |
| 5 | The introduction of national legislation requiring all new cars to be fitted with converters and setting tighter exhaust limits , planned for October , may also be postponed on economic grounds . |
| 6 | This genus was , until recently , part of the larger genus Filaroides , but has now been separated on morphological grounds from the other members . |
| 7 | Magistrates ' orders may now be obtained on four grounds : |
| 8 | The justification for an involvement in partnership can readily be found on philosophical grounds about which there is little dispute . |
| 9 | A decision can then be made on genuine grounds of comparative suitability , not just who sticks in the interviewer 's mind most . |