Example sentences of "[pron] be [adv] ground for " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , there are also grounds for thinking that there must be short-term advantages to sex , large enough to counterbalance the twofold advantage of not having sons . |
| 2 | But without denying grounds for concern about the outcast Gaddafi government that sent them here to acquire skills of obvious military value , there are also grounds for concern about the long arm government regulating traffic inside the boundaries of the academic world . |
| 3 | These objections do not cut any ice ; but there are nevertheless grounds for complaint . |
| 4 | If it can be shown to be successful at bureau level then there are certainly grounds for extending it throughout the democratic structure of the CAB . |
| 5 | There are certainly grounds for scepticism . |
| 6 | The crucial importance of the stabilising influence of Rirette in Nizan 's personal development can not be overstated , and there are certainly grounds for drawing a parallel between , on the one hand , the blossoming at a distance of Nizan 's love and affection for Rirette , with the consequent calming of personal anxieties , and on the other , the burgeoning at a distance of his hatred and hostility for those political , social and cultural forces in French society which he considered to have led him to the brink of suicide and despair . |
| 7 | In the present case there were clearly grounds for doubts about whether the accounting period ended on 25 October 1977 or 31 January 1978 , W believing the former and the company contending the latter . |
| 8 | There were even grounds for John taking legal action against him . |