Example sentences of "grounds that it [was/were] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And if we did if we were to consider that you we 'd refuse you on the grounds that it was done without permission , you 'd have a perfect legitimate right to appeal above our heads and the Department of the Environment would rule against you could rule against us as they did with Mr Crendon |
| 2 | However , the committee also approved an amendment , introduced by Senator Edward Kennedy ( Dem. , Massachusetts ) to allow federal and state prisoners to challenge the death penalty on the grounds that it was imposed in a racially discriminatory manner . |
| 3 | The Severn Trent Water company , which supplies water to much of central England , has justified its recent unannounced addition of large amounts of chlorine to its water on the grounds that it was intended to counteract any possible terrorist action related to the Gulf conflict . |
| 4 | On that occasion , he criticized the existing monetary system , the so-called gold exchange standard , on the grounds that it was skewed in favour of the United States . |
| 5 | The issue had been brought into focus last September , when GATT condemned a US ban on the import from Mexico of drift-netted tuna , imposed on the grounds that it was leading to the deaths of dolphins and other marine mammals . |
| 6 | With several censure motions still to be debated , the ox walk was abandoned on the grounds that it was placing an undue strain on the health of older legislators , and was undermining the SDPJ 's image among the electorate . |