Example sentences of "grounds that [pron] [be] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Fowler added that in the Government 's even-handed approach to employment , people would have the right to belong to a union and could not be excluded from a job on the grounds that they were trade unionists . |
| 2 | Second , in taking the argument to be necessary Nozick tacitly accepts that his theory is not as purely externalist as it might initially appear , and hence he can not claim immunity from an attack merely on the grounds that it is internalist . |
| 3 | While the Language in Use team wish to order priorities differently and the Humanities Project 's teachers wish to rearrange literature to illustrate relevant social issues , there is an extreme form of resistance to literature on the grounds that it is part of the ‘ syllabus of established middle-class culture ’ . |
| 4 | It is opposed by the British Association of Social workers on the grounds that it is ageist and does not adequately safeguard the rights of clients ( Marshall , 1988 , p. 20 ) . |
| 5 | Woodville had seized £10,250 in English gold coin from the vessel on the grounds that it was forfeit to the crown , and by the indenture bound himself to give the patron its value in English merchandise if that proved not to be the case . |
| 6 | Woodville had seized £1O,250 in English gold coin from the vessel on the grounds that it was forfeit to the crown , and by the indenture bound himself to give the patron its value in English merchandise if that proved not to be the case . |