Sentence examples for a grounds from inspiring English sources

The phrase "a grounds" is not correct in standard written English.
The correct term is "grounds" without the article "a," as it is typically used in plural form to refer to a basis or reason for something.
Example: "The committee provided several grounds for their decision to reject the proposal."
Alternatives: "a basis" or "a reason".

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"I always get a grounds pass".

Douglas Hyman, a grounds worker, said mosquitoes had not been much of a problem this year.

Burnett, 28, and Bourke, 29, managed to secure Centre Court tickets, while Rickard-Bell, 28, got a grounds pass.

But investigation by a grounds crew discovered his monument last year, a few feet underground, where it had sunk.

Rather than admit defeat or settle for a grounds admission pass, they switched tactics, adopting a high-risk, high-reward strategy.

Mr. Parsons had a previous connection to the Rockefeller family: his grandfather was a grounds keeper on the Rockefeller estate in Pocantico Hills.

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"The ball went down the left-field line, and it must have hit it and kicked in the seats for a grounds-rule double".

The ugliness escalated between the top and bottom of the ninth, when Yankees reliever Jeff Nelson confronted a grounds-crew worker, Paul Williams, who was cheering for the Red Sox in the Yankees' bullpen.

Yet the confusion is validating to Mr. Baker and his co-director, Shih-Ching Tsou, in their vision of the film as a grounds-eye, realistic portrayal of their adopted city.

A GB is a ground ball.

"I'm not a ground-breaking genius.

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