Example sentences of "[was/were] reject [prep] [art] ground " in BNC.
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| 1 | They applied to the local authority for accommodation as homeless persons , but were rejected on the ground that they had accommodation . |
| 2 | Some of the practices of the colonial state were re-introduced , including corporal punishment , and some of those elected to village councils were rejected on the grounds that they had held positions under the previous regime . |
| 3 | This was rejected on the grounds that there was nowhere else to put the rescued artifacts , many of which were designed for the house . |
| 4 | Ten did , but the resolution was rejected on the grounds that it was ‘ political ’ . |
| 5 | During this process it was suggested that a dummy engine be installed to save time and weight , but this idea was rejected on the grounds that the idea was for the Norseman to be as live an aircraft as it could be , and for it to taxi from the hangar in which is was being restored , across Howey Bay , to its position on the shoreline , adjacent to where it would be mounted on the pole . |
| 6 | An attempt by Daily Mail journalists to broaden the paper 's political coverage of the 1983 election was rejected on the grounds that only the editor was responsible for content and that outside pressure , if only from an organization 's own journalists , amounted to interference in the running of that organization . |
| 7 | This was rejected on the grounds that such sinister tunnels would become lurking places for thieves . |
| 8 | The branch committee favourably entertained Miss Black 's assistance , but on it being remitted to a general meeting of the Society , it was rejected on the grounds that if the females were organised , their position would be improved as an industry for females , which would result in great accession to their numbers in the printing trade in Edinburgh . " |
| 9 | When the Bill went to the House of Lords this system was rejected on the grounds that it was undemocratic . |
| 10 | The application was rejected on the grounds of triviality . |