Example sentences of "on the [noun pl] that their " in BNC.
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| 1 | In a surprisingly bold move , Sir Leon is threatening court action by June against governments in ten countries ( only Germany and Belgium escape ) on the grounds that their state energy monopolies distort cross-border competition in contravention of the EC 's founding Treaty of Rome . |
| 2 | The history of the past ten years has seen Labour consistently oppose any change inside the health service and , even more regrettably , has often seen groups inside it resist reform on the grounds that their vested interests are being challenged . |
| 3 | For instance , home owners are challenging local authorities ' proposed new contracts on the grounds that their terms are unfair . |
| 4 | Last month a Federal judge in Los Angeles found in favour of four performers to whom Mr Frohnmayer had refused grants on the grounds that their acts were sexually explicit . |
| 5 | Those paying income tax were excluded on the grounds that their income was already adjusted to family size . |
| 6 | They support the FDR-FMLN on a negotiated solution , condemn the role of the United States and have opted for electoral abstention on the grounds that their children have been denied the vote and that therefore the conditions ( or free elections do not exist . |
| 7 | This varies from a reluctance to enrol bilingual students onto courses on the grounds that their English is ‘ not good enough ’ through feelings of helplessness at not being able to ‘ get through ’ to bilingual students to a wish to learn about approaches and materials that will enable these students to complete courses and pass examinations . |
| 8 | The Civil Authorities ( Special Powers ) Act 1922 enabled the security forces to search and arrest arbitrarily , to detain suspects for up to 48 hours for the sole purpose of interrogation and to break up assemblies of three or more persons on the grounds that their presence might lead to a breach of the peace . |
| 9 | The list also contains a very few phrases which apparently have no equivalents ( " soap opera " " Z cars " " facts of life " ) , but are included on the grounds that their constituent words have no relation to the meaning of the phrase . |
| 10 | Nine Iranians were on Feb. 1 ordered to leave the UK by Feb. 9 , on the grounds that their conduct was " not conducive to the public good " . |
| 11 | Although the government had suggested that anyone who applied would be permitted to make a visit , the Justice Ministry banned at least 42 dissidents from leaving South Korea on the grounds that their visit would " severely hurt national interests " . |
| 12 | On March 12 , 1990 , Stoltenberg called for an end to the stationing of battlefield nuclear weapons on West German territory on the grounds that their relevance would be lost with German unification . |
| 13 | On Sept. 6 President Bush called on the US Congress , which had reconvened on Sept. 2 , to delay for 120 days its approval of fresh loan guarantees to Israel , on the grounds that their approval would harm prospects for a peace conference . |
| 14 | The League , which had already campaigned for nationwide non-payment of taxes , on Oct. 9 caused an further uproar by calling on small savers not to buy treasury bonds on the grounds that their money would be at risk . |
| 15 | The 3,500 Zimbabwean troops guarding strategic trade routes remained in position and did not withdraw by Nov. 15 as originally envisaged , on the grounds that their departure would leave unprotected the corridors which were essential for the transport of drought relief aid to Zimbabwe , Zambia and Malawi . |
| 16 | The bishops were sent to the Tower on the grounds that their petition was seditious libel . |
| 17 | Friends of the Earth has called for a boycott of all timber products from Britain 's leading " do-it-yourself " chain stores , on the grounds that their import of tropical hardwoods is contributing to rainforest destruction . |