Example sentences of "grounds that there " in BNC.
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| 1 | The previous May , 13 of his co-defendants were acquitted and released unconditionally on the grounds that there was insufficient evidence for prosecution . |
| 2 | This was rejected on the grounds that there was nowhere else to put the rescued artifacts , many of which were designed for the house . |
| 3 | However , some in the Treasury are understood to have been recommending a base rate increase for some weeks on the grounds that there was insufficient evidence that the economy had cooled . |
| 4 | The 45 per cent quota imposed in October 1948 , in a futile attempt to support the films encouraged into production during the American boycott , had to be lowered to 40 per cent when 1,600 cinemas claimed exemption on the grounds that there simply were n't enough films to show , and it was reduced again to 30 per cent in 1950 ( the level at which it remained until its abolition 23 years later ) . |
| 5 | A decision was made not to prosecute , ostensibly on the grounds that there was no evidence of any offence , except possibly one of receiving indecent material through the post , and Hayman escaped with a caution . |
| 6 | Provided he is not forced to drop them it may be that Gorbachev , ironically , could be the first world leader to actually reduce a country 's intelligence agencies on the grounds that there is less for them to do . |
| 7 | The SCA deliberately do not make agreements on the grounds that there is a legal right to paddle Scottish rivers , a position disputed by some . |
| 8 | There are also rivers for which LAOs have not attempted to make agreements on the grounds that there are no problems or there is not sufficient demand , all very well until someone decides to apply the letter of the law as it presently stands . |
| 9 | Savory Milln applied to strike out the action on the grounds that there was no basis for the claim ( see Eagle Trust plc v SBC Securities Ltd [ 1992 ] 4 All ER 488 ) . |
| 10 | With a fresh crop of newly-qualifieds hitting the market and no vacancies to fill , firms are making further redundancies , ceasing to renew training contracts — sometimes even terminating the contract early on the grounds that there is no work — and beginning to offer part-time employment as an alternative . |
| 11 | I imagine this is on the grounds that there can be no profitable reclamation of the goods in default of settlement ! |
| 12 | Quite amazingly I hear that the selectors are undecided about taking the best wicket keeper Jack Russell — and could give Yorkshire 's Richard Blakey a first major tour on the grounds that there will be eight one-day international games . |
| 13 | Modernism was played out , and it seemed absurd on all sorts of grounds that there should be no contemporary equivalent to The Faerie Queene or Trollope 's Barchester novels . |
| 14 | The three opponents still refusing to sign on the grounds that there had not been adequate consultation , and two more being absent , the Mayor rode off on his horse and collected a signature from one of the absentees . |
| 15 | IMB could simply ignore the worries , on the grounds that there is little or no scientific evidence to support the complaints . |
| 16 | Soering applied to the European Commission of Human Rights on the grounds that there was a serious likelihood that if he were extradited to the United States he would be executed . |
| 17 | If the judge awarded damages to the petitioner on the grounds that there was no compromise or that the compromise had been cancelled and on the grounds that the respondents had been guilty of misconduct in the Clearwater transaction , then the respondents could have appealed to the Court of Appeal and either party , losing before the Court of Appeal , could have appealed to the Privy Council as of right and on that appeal all three issues , the compromise issue , the cancellation issue and the misconduct issue could have been argued . |
| 18 | In view of the history of rural housing it was therefore somewhat ironic to find in 1976 that changes to the tied cottage legislation were opposed by the farmers ' lobby on the grounds that there were insufficient safeguards against local authorities refusing to meet their housing responsibilities ! |
| 19 | It is certainly possible to argue both on empirical and on conceptual grounds that there are institutions — for example , German or Swedish universities — which are not autonomous , but offer academic freedom to their academics . |
| 20 | Unfortunately , there appears to be no way of choosing with any confidence amongst these dates : if 870 recommends itself on the grounds that there is relatively early authority for it , for example , the remarkable preciseness of Babinger 's unsupported date in 873 can not be ignored . |
| 21 | This is on the grounds that there are no high-temperature incineration facilities in sub-Saharan Africa and no plans to build any . |
| 22 | As a result Finance Ministers agreed in Luxembourg on Oct. 9 to prolong the existing system " for a limited period " , on the grounds that there was not enough time before January 1993 to introduce another , more effective one . |
| 23 | At first he resisted the demand for a judicial inquiry , on the grounds that there was insufficient evidence , but on April 25 he received a note from the Israeli government , informing him that it possessed a letter from Vere Bird Jr dated Nov. 9 , 1988 , which confirmed the arms order . |
| 24 | Rockefeller , a member of the oil and banking family , explained his decision on the grounds that there was too little time to organise a successful campaign and to be ready to form an administration which would meet his " own high standards " . |
| 25 | Hans Modrow , then the leader of the Dresden regional SED organization ( and later East German Prime Minister ) , refused to give evidence in the trial , on the grounds that there was a case pending against him relating to those elections . |
| 26 | Judge Marvin Shoob , who presided over the trial of the Atlanta BNL branch former manager Christopher Drogoul [ see p. 39135 ] , expressed surprise and disappointment at Lacey 's conclusion on the grounds that there was " ample evidence not only of a cover-up , but also of government participation that was improper " . |
| 27 | Philip of Swabia , meanwhile , was maintaining the illegality of the meeting on the grounds that there was a legitimate heir , that oaths had been taken to that heir by all the princes and that , furthermore , few of them had been present at Andernach . |
| 28 | The theory of the new international division of labour has been criticized for its uncompromising condemnation of TNC operations in the Third World , on the grounds that there is not very much that is new about it and that it relies on an empirical base that is far too limited ( see , for example , Cohen , 1987 , ch.7 ; Jenkins , 1984 ; Gordon , 1988 ) . |
| 29 | However , the Court of Appeal still confirmed that the application in Merrill Lynch was not patentable but on the grounds that there was no technical effect , the operation being entirely software based . |
| 30 | The decision is justified on the grounds that there was no guarantee that the plaintiff would receive any of the fine and that Parliament could not have intended a workman to be deprived of the chance to seek compensation for his injuries . |