Example sentences of "be ground for " in BNC.
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| 1 | In itself , this should n't be grounds for disciplinary action . |
| 2 | The princes of the German principalities saw no reason why a shared set of dialects should be grounds for superseding their sovereignty . |
| 3 | Chrissie is not protected to the same extent because she has not worked for long enough , and there may be grounds for dismissal . |
| 4 | Warnock 's example , and its supporting analysis , might well be grounds for arguing that any living creature whatsoever might see anything . |
| 5 | Would it be grounds for denying access ? |
| 6 | accepted that if the subsequent appeal to the House of Lords were set to one side , there might be grounds for a relisting on the basis that the Court of Appeal had departed from well-established practice in resolving but one of the grounds of appeal , leaving outstanding points of appeal on which submissions had been made . |
| 7 | There may be grounds for dissatisfaction with some church musicians , but many have suffered from high-handed treatment , sometimes leading to dismissal . |
| 8 | Refusal by the client to furnish a written representation that the firm believes is essential would normally be grounds for reappraising our relationship with the client and considering withdrawing from the engagement . |
| 9 | Peter Donald , the Scottish League secretary , said there had to be grounds for optimism that a solution within the governing body 's framework was now attainable . |
| 10 | There were grounds for believing that only fear of the consequences of dismantling UNRWA for the stability of the host governments guaranteed the perpetuation of its services , pending a solution to the refugee problem . |
| 11 | The local authority appealed against the orders and sought an interim care order on the grounds that ( 1 ) the justices had erred in law when they had made the order preventing the parents from having contact with each other as contact between adults was not a step which could be taken by a parent in meeting his responsibilities towards his child and thus fell outside the terms of section 8(1) of the Children Act 1989 ; ( 2 ) there had been no application for a section 8 order and before exercising powers under section 10(1) ( b ) of the Act of 1989 the justices should have invited the parties to make representations , and the failure to do so was a material irregularity ; ( 3 ) the justices , having found as a fact that the parents had been in continuous contact and there were grounds for believing that the children would suffer harm , had been plainly wrong in refusing to make the interim care order in respect of both children in that they had failed to have regard to the facts that both parents had colluded over injuries to D. , the mother had lied when she had stated that there had been no contact with the father , the father had been in breach of a bail order there had been a violent incident on 23 November 1991 which had involved both parents , the mother had refused to be accommodated with the children in a mother and baby home , and the mother had changed her mind about the adoption of R. ; and ( 4 ) in all the circumstances the order which would have been in the best interests of the children and which the justices should have made was an interim care order . |
| 12 | It is further urged upon me that the justices , having found as a fact that the parents had been in continuous contact with each other , and the justices being satisfied that there were grounds for believing that both the children were likely to suffer significant harm , which was a specific finding that they made , they were plainly wrong in refusing to make an interim order in that they first of all failed to have regard to the fact that the parents had colluded over the cause of D. 's injuries , and there was evidence to that effect ; secondly , that the mother had lied to social services , Dr. Barnardo 's and the guardian about having had at the relevant times no contact with the father — and that is indeed what the mother has done , she has lied ; and , thirdly , that the father had been in breach of a term of the bail conditions which had been imposed upon him , not only on 23 December 1991 but ever since his release in as much as he had visited and contacted the mother . |
| 13 | The Report , however , suggests that ‘ There were grounds for thinking that in some cases detective officers were interpreting the law in a stricter fashion than might be required by a court of law . ’ |
| 14 | Despite falling economic indicators across the board , there were grounds for " restrained optimism " , because a " wholesale slump " had been avoided and the rouble retained as " a fairly reliable means of payment " . |
| 15 | The DTI thought it had done a deal with the lawyers and police : by the end of last September these would say whether or not there were grounds for criminal charges . |
| 16 | Albert Roux In the Jewish religion … a fly in one 's soup is grounds for divorce . |
| 17 | These three vices are universally regarded as so detrimental to a horse , and so incurable , that if one is detected in a horse soon after it has been sold at a reputable horse auction , it is grounds for its sale to be cancelled . |
| 18 | This withdrawal state may be life-threatening and under the terms of the Act is grounds for compulsory admission to hospital . |
| 19 | But as she forecast in recent months ( The Art Newspaper No.19 , June 1992 , p.3 ) , Ms Radice believes that sexual content is grounds for a grant 's denial . |
| 20 | Why should it not , if there are grounds for thinking that it matters to the fiction ? |
| 21 | Mr Patten , speaking at question time in the Commons , told Mr Anthony Beaumont-Dark ( C. Selly Oak ) that there was nothing to prevent the current investigation into the West Midlands Serious Crimes Squad looking into ‘ any other matter … if there are grounds for suspicion ’ . |
| 22 | Rights themselves are grounds for holding others to be duty bound to protect or promote certain interests of the right-holder . |
| 23 | If there is regret over the failure of Resolution 242 as a blueprint for peace , which had seemed so promising in 1967 , there are grounds for even greater regret that the 1949 ( IVth ) Geneva Convention has not been vigorously upheld by those who claimed to be seeking a basis for peace . |
| 24 | Partly for historical reasons , such as the impact the Poor Law made on their memories , and partly as a result of their attitudes towards financial ‘ dependence ’ on the state , there are grounds for believing that some of these factors are more acutely felt by older people than other age groups . |
| 25 | But there are grounds for scepticism : there has not been produced a clear coherent overall plan which places significant values , skills and , characteristics at the forefront of the curriculum . |
| 26 | At the present time , there are grounds for similar concern about both the public and the private sector . |
| 27 | For the most part we are concerned with language achievement in English , but there are grounds for concern about numeracy ( Wood , Wood and Howarth , 1983 ) , about employment prospects ( Montgomery and Miller , 1977 ) , and about behaviour and emotional development ( Denmark , 1981 ) . |
| 28 | Now there are grounds for this disquiet despite its being misplaced . |
| 29 | The weaker claim is that although one can not be certain that beneficial results will accrue , there are grounds for the probability that they will . |
| 30 | But there are grounds for arguing that in the UK case a considerably better productivity record would have resulted in a smaller absolute fall . |