Example sentences of "[pron] be grounds for " in BNC.
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| 1 | As a club we are very chuffed to be where we are and be able to have an input at such a high level of the game , but we believe their are grounds for an adjustment . ’ |
| 2 | Why should it not , if there are grounds for thinking that it matters to the fiction ? |
| 3 | Mr Patten , speaking at question time in the Commons , told Mr Anthony Beaumont-Dark ( C. Selly Oak ) that there was nothing to prevent the current investigation into the West Midlands Serious Crimes Squad looking into ‘ any other matter … if there are grounds for suspicion ’ . |
| 4 | If there is regret over the failure of Resolution 242 as a blueprint for peace , which had seemed so promising in 1967 , there are grounds for even greater regret that the 1949 ( IVth ) Geneva Convention has not been vigorously upheld by those who claimed to be seeking a basis for peace . |
| 5 | Partly for historical reasons , such as the impact the Poor Law made on their memories , and partly as a result of their attitudes towards financial ‘ dependence ’ on the state , there are grounds for believing that some of these factors are more acutely felt by older people than other age groups . |
| 6 | But there are grounds for scepticism : there has not been produced a clear coherent overall plan which places significant values , skills and , characteristics at the forefront of the curriculum . |
| 7 | At the present time , there are grounds for similar concern about both the public and the private sector . |
| 8 | For the most part we are concerned with language achievement in English , but there are grounds for concern about numeracy ( Wood , Wood and Howarth , 1983 ) , about employment prospects ( Montgomery and Miller , 1977 ) , and about behaviour and emotional development ( Denmark , 1981 ) . |
| 9 | Now there are grounds for this disquiet despite its being misplaced . |
| 10 | The weaker claim is that although one can not be certain that beneficial results will accrue , there are grounds for the probability that they will . |
| 11 | But there are grounds for arguing that in the UK case a considerably better productivity record would have resulted in a smaller absolute fall . |
| 12 | Nevertheless , there are grounds for asking whether the measurable distribution of wealth-holding is simply a matter of choice within Britain in comparison with other leading economies , or whether the financial services sector forms the agency which actively determines that distribution rather than simply facilitating it . |
| 13 | On the evidence to date , however , there are grounds for judging unions in relation to management as slightly the lesser sinners . |
| 14 | Despite these cognitive and linguistic demands , there are grounds for predicting that young children will be able to handle intentional explanations . |
| 15 | There are grounds for arguing that learning hierarchies like this which are both progressive and universal are extremely difficult to find . |
| 16 | Clearly there are grounds for income differences , but these should reflect age , experience , skill and responsibility . |
| 17 | It enables him to consider , no doubt on advice , whether there are grounds for challenging the findings made by the judge who made the order . |
| 18 | Occupations with a high part-timer share are also those with a high casual worker share , and there are grounds for thinking that in certain cases the two categories of worker are functional equivalents . |
| 19 | There are grounds for cautious optimism . |
| 20 | In fact , there are grounds for suspecting that the conflict between static inefficiency and dynamic progressiveness is often more apparent than real , and , as we have seen , it is not entirely clear that cooperative R&D ventures significantly weaken those conflicts which do exist . |
| 21 | However , there are grounds for optimism . |
| 22 | There are grounds for suggesting that the market test can produce perverse incentives , as we have seen in Chapter 3 . |
| 23 | Having said this , I still believe there are grounds for cautious optimism that we may now be near the end of the search for the ultimate laws of nature . |
| 24 | There are grounds for a compromise and each case must be considered on its merits . |
| 25 | There are grounds for qualified optimism because in the past 18 months South Africa has renounced its nuclear ambition , no longer considering that there is a regional threat to the authority of its state . |
| 26 | One working assumption might be that the rules governing conversation between persons can be extended in a natural way to cover the new situation , but there are grounds for doubting that this is what literally occurs . |
| 27 | According to Gregory , Chlodomer 's kingdom was divided equally between Childebert and Chlothar , but in so far as this division can be reconstructed it appears not to have been confined to the two brothers ; there are grounds for thinking that Theuderic also may have profited from the murders . |
| 28 | There are grounds for doubting this opinion . |
| 29 | I think we should express our concern in the way that it 's being handled and I think there are grounds for concern and I think must be aware that this Council is watching what they 're doing . |
| 30 | There were grounds for believing that only fear of the consequences of dismantling UNRWA for the stability of the host governments guaranteed the perpetuation of its services , pending a solution to the refugee problem . |