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How to use on the grounds in a sentence

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Zeno also attacked Euclid's proof of the equality of right angles on the grounds that it presupposes the existence of a right angle.
In all, twenty three men who are based in towns in Mayo were dismissed on the grounds that they were not suitable for the work involved.
However, the company has shown reluctance on the grounds that they cannot bear the financial burden.
For the most part they are claims for additional remuneration on the grounds that the nature and scope of the contract works have changed.
Even if one forgives his poetic license with the facts, the book fails on the grounds that its arguments are incoherent.
Four years ago I and many of my generation were encouraged to take early retiral, on the grounds that it was a cost-cutting exercise.
It is, however, discreditable to defend the antics of high-profile people on the grounds that some of their critics have dubious motives.
He denied murder but pleaded guilty to manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility.
On 19th October 1994 he was discharged from the police on the grounds of permanent ill health.
That may give them grounds for a constitutional challenge on the grounds of equality and of guarantees not to endow any religion.
However, interest-based financing systems can neither be justified on the grounds of efficiency nor on the basis of economic justice.
At first he pleaded not guilty on the grounds of diminished responsibility due to mental illness.
He pleaded guilty to manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility, and was ordered to be detained in a secure hospital.
This is a glorified car boot sale and I propose refusal on the grounds of road safety.
The promisee tried to justify the non-competition covenant on the grounds that it protected trade secrets.
He was given a one-year prison sentence suspended on the grounds that he posed no further danger to society.
He was later sacked for gross misconduct on the grounds of deception and fraud.
His trial judge refused bail on the grounds he might flee the country or pressure witnesses.
The Inspector reiterated the prosecution's previous opposition to the granting of bail, on the grounds that the accused are of no fixed abode.
I have already said that I am not going to make a plea of diminished responsibility on the grounds of incapacity.
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Examples from Classical Literature
The secretary of the aeronautic association wrote me that he had picked out for us one of the best on the grounds.
It was on the ninth or tenth morning after our arrival on the grounds that a bowhead was raised, And two boats sent after him.
The ninth department, horticulture, is outdoors on the grounds or in greenhouses.
As the trees grow on the grounds of this Station they are about all that could be desired in a sweet cherry.
Originated on the grounds of this nursery company in Jackson county, Fla.
In Stuart, homeowners sued their contractor on the grounds of misrepresentation.
Robinette wanted a de novo review on the grounds the tax liability was at issue.
A man could not refuse to answer on the grounds of self-incrimination.
Sidney castigates the Calender's rusticity on the grounds that it refuses conformity to conventionally authorized norms of poetic production.
We cannot withhold our helping hand from anyone on the grounds that he is not a co-religionist.
The Tax Court rejected this argument on the grounds that it is not a court of equity and Sec.
At this point, you might resist Balbus view on the grounds that the Stoic god, while not transcendently omnipotent, has no constraints on the qualities he can give to matter.
We have realised that once people are on the grounds they actually like this intermingling, that is why we created a food alley where people can really intermingle.
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