Example sentences of "ground that [pers pn] did " in BNC.
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| 1 | He applied for habeas corpus on the ground that he did not fall within the scope of the order . |
| 2 | Their applications were refused on the grounds that they did not meet the admission criteria . |
| 3 | The Rouhanyoun faction protested as some 1,100 prospective candidates were eliminated by the committees on the grounds that they did not meet minimum educational and other standards . |
| 4 | The number of responses opposed to the proposals on the grounds that they did not go far enough towards independence was very small — only a few academic boards of institutions had expressed that view . |
| 5 | She had been denied " family credit " income support on the grounds that she did not live in the UK . |
| 6 | LEBANON 'S Christian leader , General Michel Aoun , last night denounced a draft peace agreement produced by the country 's parliamentarians in the Saudi resort of Taif on the grounds that it did not set a timetable for the withdrawal of Syrian troops occupying the country since 1976 . |
| 7 | However , tropical Africa with the highest incidence and the most stable type of malaria , was not included , on the grounds that it did not have suitable basic health services on which to build an eradication programme of this kind . |
| 8 | On 7 August the Cabinet accepted Ede 's conclusions that an amendment providing for the abolition of capital punishment could not be ruled out of order on the grounds that it did not come within the scope of the Bill , and that it would be impossible to grade murders into those for which capital punishment would be retained and those for which it would be abolished . |
| 9 | The bill was passed by the National Assembly at its second reading on June 21 , but on June 28 the Senate voted to reject the version of the bill approved by the National Assembly on the grounds that it did not take into consideration the Senate 's amendments . |
| 10 | This was apparently rejected by the Phnom Penh government on Sept. 25 , on the grounds that it did not provide for Hun Sen 's appointment as Vice-Chair . |
| 11 | The accord was rejected by Gen. Aoun on the grounds that it did not provide for an immediate Syrian troop withdrawal [ ibid ] . |
| 12 | The accord was rejected by Aoun on the grounds that it did not provide for an immediate Syrian troop withdrawal . |
| 13 | ( Iran had dissented from the final OPEC agreement in September on grounds that it did not impose strict enough controls on output — see p. 39120 — but had also demanded a larger proportional share for itself . |
| 14 | In this case the ECJ ruled that Germany could not ban the importing of Cassis de Dijon ( a French alcoholic beverage ) , on the grounds that it did not conform to German rules and regulations governing the sale of alcoholic beverages . |