Example sentences of "grounds that [pers pn] have " in BNC.
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| 1 | The law-makers , roundly condemned by Brian Moore , England 's hooker , on the nonsensical grounds that they have not played for 40 years , have decided that when a maul — ball in hand — grinds to a halt , or the ball becomes unplayable , the team not in possession at the start of the maul should put the ball into an ensuing scrum . |
| 2 | Or perhaps authority may come from some prestigious so the domain of the practitioner , as when techniques are recommended on the grounds that they have the warrant of proven theory . |
| 3 | The materials which I designed myself as illustrative of a particular approach to teaching ( for example , Widdowson 1978 ; Allen and Widdowson 1973 ) , have been criticized on the grounds that they have not been subjected to evaluation and thereby given the seal of practical effectiveness ( Murphy 1985 ) . |
| 4 | Despite this , it is on their breeding grounds that they have been most studied . |
| 5 | Stern and Partridge admit that monographs and specialised studies already exist on all these rooms , and make no claim to have discovered new material , but justify their extended reconsideration of the ‘ halls of state ’ on the grounds that they have never been analysed together as monuments of public art . |
| 6 | Some dealers gain exemptions — sometimes dubiously — on the grounds that they have traded in the market for at least two years prior to a cut-off date . |
| 7 | That they 're th No , th I 'm not I 'm discriminating o against them on the grounds that they have legs that do that . |
| 8 | The Act enables the authorities to detain anyone ‘ 'reasonably ’ suspected of being involved in the commission , preparation or instigation of acts of terrorism' ( Hewitt , 1982:166 ) for up to 7 days , and to take out exclusion orders banning British and Irish citizens from leaving or entering Great Britain or Northern Ireland on the grounds that they have been , or intend to become , involved in acts of terrorism . |