Example sentences of "[be] [adv] grounds for " in BNC.
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| 1 | These objections do not cut any ice ; but there are nevertheless grounds for complaint . |
| 2 | However , there are also grounds for thinking that there must be short-term advantages to sex , large enough to counterbalance the twofold advantage of not having sons . |
| 3 | But without denying grounds for concern about the outcast Gaddafi government that sent them here to acquire skills of obvious military value , there are also grounds for concern about the long arm government regulating traffic inside the boundaries of the academic world . |
| 4 | In the present case there were clearly grounds for doubts about whether the accounting period ended on 25 October 1977 or 31 January 1978 , W believing the former and the company contending the latter . |
| 5 | There were even grounds for John taking legal action against him . |
| 6 | ( That some people lack these impulses is normally grounds for criticism ; we call them sadists , cruel , or , if it is by way of business , then merely hardened . ) |
| 7 | By virtue of s41 of CPA 1987 , breach of a safety regulation , as distinct from the general safety requirement , is also grounds for a civil action by any person affected which can not be excluded or limited by any contract term or notice . |
| 8 | If it can be shown to be successful at bureau level then there are certainly grounds for extending it throughout the democratic structure of the CAB . |
| 9 | There are certainly grounds for scepticism . |
| 10 | The crucial importance of the stabilising influence of Rirette in Nizan 's personal development can not be overstated , and there are certainly grounds for drawing a parallel between , on the one hand , the blossoming at a distance of Nizan 's love and affection for Rirette , with the consequent calming of personal anxieties , and on the other , the burgeoning at a distance of his hatred and hostility for those political , social and cultural forces in French society which he considered to have led him to the brink of suicide and despair . |
| 11 | Of course , the manner of her dismissal was still grounds for disgust — but hatred ? |