Example sentences of "grounds that [pers pn] give " in BNC.
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| 1 | Multilateralists on the Labour benches , who had supported the retention of nuclear weapons on the grounds that they gave Britain an independent foreign policy , were seriously discomfited by the obvious loss of a measure of that independence through acceptance of an American delivery system . |
| 2 | Encouraged by the views of our solicitor , David Cooper of Gouldens , Robert Carnwath , QC appeared on SAVE 's behalf seeking to quash Ridley 's decision on the grounds that he gave insufficient and unclear reasons for granting consent . |
| 3 | Kuhn 's demarcation criterion has been criticized by Popper on the grounds that it gives undue emphasis to the role of criticism in science ; by Lakatos because , among other things , it misses the importance of competition between research programmes ( or paradigms ) ; and by Feyerabend on the grounds that Kuhn 's distinction leads to the conclusion that organized crime and Oxford philosophy qualify as science . |
| 4 | Opposition Sajudis members objected , without effect , to the timing of the election on the grounds that it gave them inadequate time for preparation . |
| 5 | This hypothetical test was preferred on the grounds that it gave rise to less uncertainty , and avoided the possibility of the court acting on the basis of hindsight . |