Sentence examples for basis for declining from inspiring English sources

Contract defenses unrelated to the making of the agreement—such as public policy could not be the basis for declining to enforce an arbitration clause.

And in Piemonte the Fifth Amendment basis for declining to answer was dissolved by the majority's finding that there had been a proper grant of immunity.

Last year, former White House aide Stephen Bannon cited executive privilege as a basis for declining to answer questions from the House Intelligence Committee, including questions about the presidential transition, which predated his tenure in the executive branch.

"The FCC has no lawful basis for declining to release the records requested," it added.

Ten bands of increasing distance from the antenna were defined as the basis of testing for declining incidence with increasing distance.

These results also raise the question of the nature of the physiological basis for decline of ETC enzyme activity in WT vs. dwarf mitochondria.

Visuospatial abilities are sensitive to age-related decline, although the neural basis for this decline (and its everyday behavioral correlates) is as yet poorly understood.

Although the basis for this decline is not known, the differences highlight the fact that somatic cells, although capable of supporting some level of transcription, do not exhibit the same regulatory profile as seen in oocytes.

Not only is this of note theoretically as it points to a possible neuropathological basis for cognitive decline in middle age, but also practically, as it suggests that preventative programs and early intervention may benefit community-dwelling adults in their 40 s and upwards.

The mechanistic basis for this decline is unclear but may have several explanations.

Community seroprevalence studies may help determine the basis for the decline in disease incidence in Guangdong Province after February 2002.