Example sentences of "[be] [adj] grounds for " in BNC.
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| 1 | There do seem to be some grounds for their complaint . |
| 2 | Now that this is no longer the case there can , presumably , be few grounds for refusal to disclose minutes to a parent who attended the full case conference . |
| 3 | There were 284 votes in favour of an alternative proposal , put forward by members of the CDU and Christian Social Union ( CSU ) , under which the decision would rest with the physician and only " medical and psycho-social reasons " would be acceptable grounds for abortion . |
| 4 | In some cases , there might be reasonable grounds for the objection ; for instance , German — in has traditionally been used to denote the wife of the man with the title , and it is not surprising that women who hold positions in their own right prefer to make that clear . |
| 5 | The search must be no more than reasonably required for the purposes of discovering such evidence and there must be reasonable grounds for believing that such evidence will be found . |
| 6 | The traditional requirement that there be reasonable grounds for taking the proceedings was accepted , and to this was added the subsidiary test that it must be reasonable to employ a legal representative . |
| 7 | It is rather too easy to rally chauvinistic backing for the support of industries against foreign competition but nonetheless there may be good grounds for protection . |
| 8 | For example , there may be good grounds for the total exclusion of the public from some nature reserves . |
| 9 | But there may be powerful grounds for saying that the command economy , is the culprit , rather than the management of it . |
| 10 | If this was the case , then there must be enough grounds for proper charges , said Mr Bruce , but every enquiry he made , to police , social work , or the Children 's Panel Reporter , Gordon Sloan , was met with the same answer : ‘ Investigations are continuing . ’ |
| 11 | But if I am not misled by this convention , it will in my own case be sufficient grounds for choice that it is the impulse to abstain which prevails when I am fully aware of the danger . |