Example sentences of "refused on [art] grounds " in BNC.
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| 1 | Having twice refused on the grounds that he had first to win Tangier and Ceuta ( which he accomplished in 1084 ) , Yusuf finally turned his attention to Spain at Motamid 's third desperate request . |
| 2 | The request was refused on the grounds that the Masai needed the land — a response which must have confirmed Anderson 's dim view of the administration . |
| 3 | On 6 November 1905 , 3,000 working women marched silently from Walworth and Poplar to Westminster , after Lansbury 's request that the Queen should receive a delegation of unemployed women was refused on the grounds that it was ‘ contrary to all custom and quite impossible ’ . |
| 4 | Their applications were refused on the grounds that they did not meet the admission criteria . |
| 5 | After a certain period a job can not be refused on the grounds of low pay or travelling distance from home . |
| 6 | He began work as a mining engineer in Lanarkshire and applied to Alexander Hamilton Douglas , tenth Duke of Hamilton [ q.v. ] , for permission to open a new mine on his land , but was refused on the grounds that he was too young for such responsibility . |
| 7 | A request by opposition parties to allow a transitional period during which the newly formed parties could prepare for elections was refused on the grounds that the election dates were specified in the Constitution . |
| 8 | For example that of Joe and Biddy which turns out to be a very happy , contented marriage reflecting around home life and this marriage depriving Pip of the chance to propose to Biddy though I think that she would have refused on the grounds that he was still in love with Estella . |
| 9 | They were 99.9 per cent refused on the grounds of the traffic access and this plan appears to be the answer , ’ he said . |
| 10 | When Mr Bernard Corker , who owns the business , applied for retrospective planning permission the council refused on the grounds that it was too noisy , conflicted with proposed parking standards and did not fit in with the character of the residential area . |
| 11 | Mr Major has refused on the grounds that legal advice to the Government is traditionally confidential . |