Example sentences of "grounds that [subord] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One might attempt to reject that entire discussion on the grounds that whether we have free will or not can make no difference to the way we live our lives . |
| 2 | One might object to this definition of free will on the grounds that once we find a complete unified theory we will be able to predict what people will do . |
| 3 | Though the incidence of Becker is only one tenth that of Duchenne muscular dystrophy , the three families who refused a biopsy did so on the grounds that while they accepted their son had a muscular dystrophy they preferred to live in the hope that it might be Becker and so chose not to complete the diagnostic process . |
| 4 | The main methods subjects from which students were drawn crossed the spectrum , except that no Physical Education teachers were mentioned ( this reflects one return from a College , which wrote back politely refusing to answer the questionnaire on the grounds that as they only trained PE teachers the language issue did not arise ) . |
| 5 | On the grounds that as it never rains it must be about to pour , I went in search of a third gastronomic grail for the day . |
| 6 | Therefore , we adopted a raffle-ticket approach and tried a variety of pure chemicals , just guessing which to choose , on the grounds that if one holds a raffle ticket one 's chance of winning may be small but at least it is finite , and greater than zero . |
| 7 | Er , and I got up and I protested about it , on the grounds that if they could n't run a great big pop hall for , and I wholly agreed with the idea , of of them providing the facility . |
| 8 | PCBs are so difficult to destroy , that Rechem 's emission-monitoring systems are geared to detecting them on the grounds that if you destroy PCBs you destroy everything . |
| 9 | There is a much smaller choice of sizes if you want a lean-to garage , and generally only single garages are available , on the very reasonable grounds that if you have space for a double garage you have room for a detached one ! |
| 10 | Some would argue for the third possibility on the grounds that if there were a complete set of laws , that would infringe God 's freedom to change his mind and intervene in the world . |
| 11 | It would include things like a few national demonstration projects , encouragement of associations of private residential homes , encouragement of training programmes , there are one or two area in the country — eg Norfolk — where the health authority offers training to the private sector , on the grounds that if it can share its experience and expertise they can help boost the overall quality of care available within their area . |
| 12 | on the grounds that until I knew where I 'd got |