It is no use complaining about reality television on the grounds that it's too real. |
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Some of the possibilities can be excluded on the grounds that they are too far-fetched to be taken seriously. |
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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. |
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It is, however, discreditable to defend the antics of high-profile people on the grounds that some of their critics have dubious motives. |
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The promisee tried to justify the non-competition covenant on the grounds that it protected trade secrets. |
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He was given a one-year prison sentence suspended on the grounds that he posed no further danger to society. |
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The Inspector reiterated the prosecution's previous opposition to the granting of bail, on the grounds that the accused are of no fixed abode. |
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However, prosecutors did not indict him at that time on the grounds that the girl could not remember what he did. |
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Mr Macarthur, of Riverside Road, had his ticket overturned on the grounds that the wording was incorrect. |
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Attorneys later took up his appeal on the grounds that he had surrendered his rights under duress. |
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I hadn't bothered doing my school homework either, on the grounds that there wouldn't be a school to go to on Monday. |
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We decided to take all three hamsters, on the grounds that it wasn't fair to leave one chap on his ownsome. |
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It was refused on the grounds that it was overlarge and out of keeping with the area. |
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He refused to sign papers certifying that he understood the charges against him, on the grounds that his attorney was not present. |
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The plaintiffs attacked this plea on the grounds that it offended against the repetition rule. |
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The lower courts in Ohio voided the contracts on the grounds that they were usurious loans. |
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Mr Monaghan was blocked by the local authority on the grounds that the site was within a buffer zone of visually sensitive land. |
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We are supposed to dislike docusoaps on the grounds that they are brain candy, but the words pot and kettle do come very quickly to mind here. |
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You could contest his will on the grounds that he was of unsound mind or that he was acting under the undue influence of his girlfriend. |
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Such avowed Protestants embrace universalism on the grounds that all are condemned in Christ's death but accepted in His resurrection. |
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This mutual building society offers a very limited unit trust range on the grounds that its members generally need little else. |
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The right to use electric or battery-operated shavers was rejected on the grounds that it could be a health hazard. |
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They chose not to turn to a parallel private system, on the grounds that it would drain valuable resources away from the public system. |
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Yes sir, I refuse to answer this question on the grounds that it may incriminate me! |
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I don't suppose Roy Keane favours his current coiffeur on the grounds that number one shaven heads are still de rigueur at his local barbers. |
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There is now the possibility that the fence built to keep the risk of attack at bay will never open on the grounds that it is just too risky. |
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When hostilities began, people piled out of shares and invested in bonds on the grounds that government-backed securities offered a safe haven. |
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He would, I think, have justified his lopsided perspective on the grounds that he was a biologist, not a historian. |
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I do not object to this accolade on the grounds that Edinburgh has little literary tradition. |
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The 24-week limit should stay, on the grounds that women do not undertake terminations lightly. |
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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. |
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Even if one forgives his poetic license with the facts, the book fails on the grounds that its arguments are incoherent. |
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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. |
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For the most part they are claims for additional remuneration on the grounds that the nature and scope of the contract works have changed. |
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However, the company has shown reluctance on the grounds that they cannot bear the financial burden. |
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The application was initially refused on the grounds that it was detrimental to the area. |
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Modern agriculture is justified on the grounds that it produces more on less land. |
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Are we to dismiss Paul's words on the grounds that his understanding of eschatology, his thinking about final things and the end times, was off by a few thousand years? |
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This article led to repeated efforts to prohibit the distribution of all forms of modern contraceptive methods on the grounds that they were abortifacients. |
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The rebels in Shanghai had been warned off interfering with the secretariat of the East China Bureau on the grounds that it was an organ of the Central Committee. |
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Looked at more deeply, it seems to license quietism and indifference to things in the world, on the grounds that nothing that merely happens to people is really bad. |
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Madison was dead set against it, partly on the grounds that his state of Virginia would be a big loser in any such assumption. |
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In Britain there was an objection to paying tax in 1753 on the normal date, that is, Lady Day or 25 March, on the grounds that a full year had not elapsed. |
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Convicted in a U.S. court of drug possession and conspiracy, he appealed on the grounds that the United States did not have the authority to arrest him. |
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Harkins continued to oppose the coup on the grounds that the military effort was doing well. |
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Historically, I have always baulked at the concept of fancy dress, on the grounds that I have a natural aversion to making myself look ridiculous. |
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The assistant flashed the machine across the bar code on the labels and declined on the grounds that the clothes had been bought six years previously. |
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He criticized this conclusion on the grounds that the existence of monopolistic conditions was the essential explanation of discriminatory pricing. |
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When the photographer suggests that she remove her gilet for the shot, Lauren blushingly demurs on the grounds that her bra can be seen through her sweater. |
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He attacked the prevailing consensus about progress on the grounds that it failed to respect individuality, promote ethical behaviour or preserve non-material values. |
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The chapel's hilltop position in the village graveyard has prompted objections on the grounds that its use as a home would harm the ambience of the burial ground. |
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Many parents also introduce limited alcohol at home when their offspring are young, on the grounds that they must learn how to handle the substance. |
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In the end, James concedes that modern Celts exist as a legitimate ethnic group on the grounds that they are self-naming and have a shared sense of difference and history. |
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Self also neglects to provide headings or subheads on the grounds that these were coined by sub-editors and were therefore not worthy of inclusion. |
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Thus pre-vindicated, any troublemaker can now articulate his freedom of umbrage, on the grounds that he was incited to violence by a poem, novel, painting, play, or critique. |
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When the singer applied for the pension for indigent artistes, the request was denied on the grounds that he did not have a permanent residential address in Kerala. |
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It would be the final irony of this extraordinary affair if the fight were to be cancelled on the grounds that it could be a threat to public order. |
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The task force called for a freeze on all measures which would see alcohol becoming more available on the grounds that further availability would increase alcohol problems. |
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The unions usually object to prisoners being given gainful employment, whether sewing mailbags or breaking up rocks, on the grounds that it undercuts free labour. |
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Even if the mainstream media had the goods on them to report, it probably wouldn't, on the grounds that a politician's private life is off limits. |
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The stigma attached to student films is that they are amateurish, dilettantish and excusable on the grounds that they're made by non-professionals. |
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His critique was primarily on the grounds that the uneducated might take the stories of gods and heroes literally. |
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The order for the detainments was given by the prosecutor without a court order on the grounds that the case was urgent. |
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The Germans officially justified their policy on the grounds that the Soviet Union had not signed the Geneva Convention. |
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Holt objected to the appraisal report on the grounds that such evidence does not meet the standard for admissibility. |
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Imam Yahya refused the offer on the grounds that the Idrisis were of a Moroccan descent. |
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Llywelyn rejected this on the grounds that this would further weaken the realm and play into England's hands. |
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This term has been criticized on the grounds that many learners already speak more than one language. |
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However, the East India Company had the ship seized on the grounds that this was in contravention of their charter. |
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The reassignments reportedly took place on the grounds that the police officers are close to the GE-len movement. |
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The National Trust for Scotland has downplayed the suggestion on the grounds that evidence is insufficient to support the claim. |
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The state backs its claim on the grounds that the crime committed is considered a crime against all, which any state is authorised to punish. |
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The IOC conceded in the first two cases, but refused to ban New Zealand on the grounds that rugby was not an Olympic sport. |
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Marbury has also been criticized on the grounds that it was improper for the Court to consider any issues beyond jurisdiction. |
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Felipe had him bang to rights over him disallowing that skeleton on the grounds that it was made of paper. |
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The courts, however, awarded custody of Shelley and Harriet's children to foster parents, on the grounds that Shelley was an atheist. |
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Rather than being released, he was committed on the grounds that he had a mental abnormality. |
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Kennedy was found guilty of manslaughter and appealed on the grounds that there must be an unlawful act which caused the victim's death. |
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However, he declined the honor, on the grounds that he was not fluent in French. |
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Scholars have criticized IBR plans on the grounds that they create moral hazard and suffer from adverse selection. |
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Those were denied along with many other requests about the trial, some on the grounds that the requests were 'vexatious. |
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That trade continued with few interruptions until 1638, when it was prohibited on the grounds that the ships were smuggling priests into Japan. |
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This was approved on the grounds that money raised from private equity had been insufficient to bring the project to completion. |
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Married and with a child, he filed a freedom suit, on the grounds that he could not be held as a slave in Great Britain. |
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The United States refused to sign the treaty on the grounds that Russia was not represented at the Conference. |
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His 1851 application was rejected by the interior ministry on the grounds that he had received public funding for his experiments. |
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The experts disagreed among themselves, but the majority condemned the idea on the grounds that it would condemn the Church's right to have possessions. |
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He was refused on the grounds that he had not moved to help Varus. |
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On 16 June 2014, Turkey s Council of State issued a stay of execution for the construction of a hotel in Cappadocia, on the grounds that it would damage the natural landscape. |
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Andrews and Edinburgh, brought into being by Lord Lyon in 1989, was made on the grounds that the Ecclesiastical Titles Act of 1851 never applied to Scotland. |
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I WAS disappointed, if unsurprised, to see Labour's Grant Davey arguing against minimum pricing of alcohol on the grounds that it is a stealth tax. |
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This proposition was based on the grounds that the names were synonyms published simultaneously, and, therefore, the ICZN Principle of the First Reviser should apply. |
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The Turkish Cypriot leader Rauf Denktash declared a United Nations sponsored plan unacceptable, largely on the grounds that too much land would have to be ceded. |
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A total of 42 imams were dismissed last year, on the grounds that they had undertaken unauthorised travel outside Bahrain and that the JWD was overstaffed. |
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It is undesirable for the overvoltage ratio to be less than 2, on the grounds that below this value intensity and peak-to-background ratio decline significantly. |
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Ammosexuals are very protective of their fetish, and attack even the slightest gun safety measure on the grounds that they interfere with their pleasure. |
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Edward also summoned Llewelyn to appear before him on several occasions, which Llewelyn refused on the grounds that he was not safe at Edward's court. |
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Hypocrisy, particularly in sexual matters, is excused on the grounds that hey, nobody's perfect, and at least folks back then felt bad enough to lie. |
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Loftus, on the grounds that it posed a serious risk of pollution. |
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He has written to the leadership of the EPP, calling for Engel's censure and exclusion on the grounds that he is using his position to support a partisan cause. |
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Cornwallis proceeded from Wilmington north into Virginia, on the grounds that Virginia needed to be subdued in order to hold the southern colonies. |
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The more experienced firemen were clamouring for demolition, but Bloodworth refused on the grounds that most premises were rented and the owners could not be found. |
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Queen Isabella made a claim to throne of France on behalf of her son Edward on the grounds that he was a matrilineal grandson of Philip IV of France. |
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The complaint was dismissed in July 1961 on the grounds that Article 29 had made the new delimitation of the federal territory an exclusively federal matter. |
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He regretted the re-make of the classic Alfie, with him in the Michael Caine role of feckless fornicator, on the grounds that nobody does that better than Maurice Micklewhite. |
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In the past anti-abortion doctors have claimed the fight not to refer women, on the grounds that they did not consider the woman had grounds for abortion under the Crimes Act. |
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Some modern writers have criticised this approach on the grounds that Rumford's experiments in no way represented systematic quantitative measurements. |
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Strict abortion laws have been attacked in the courts, on the grounds that they violate a woman's fundamental right to choose whether or not to bear children. |
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He also argues against including other French vowels on the grounds that very few British speakers succeed in distinguishing the vowels in bon and banc, or in rue and roue. |
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Advocates of the Whale Cove theory dismiss the latitude given by Drake on the grounds that he may have deliberately falsified it in order to deceive the rival Spanish. |
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The legislature's redistricting, announced in 2012, was quickly challenged in court, on the grounds that it had unfairly benefited Republican interests. |
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The hero who speaks these words in Dryden's play is here denying the right of a prince to put him to death, on the grounds that he is not that prince's subject. |
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