Sentence examples for conservative grounds from inspiring English sources

The committee had resisted on conservative grounds and also because it's not an easy task to find Saudi women athletes.

Even so, Republicans continue to find him congenial, especially those who opposed the war on much the same conservative grounds that he did.

And it is just as fitting that it was a conservative Chief Justice — ruling on what he claimed to be traditional conservative grounds (deference to the legislature) — who upended the conservative campaign to declare health-care reform unconstitutional.

Even when they are giving up ground, as in the DOMA case, they try to justify it on conservative grounds, such as enhancing the rights of the states to set social policy.

You just have to actually, you know, sell it — which means arguing for it on conservative grounds, addressing its impact on causes and concerns right-wing voters hold dear, and (perhaps above all) not behaving as though you think the people you're trying to persuade are yahoos, fanatics or both.

While he may have adopted a traditionally liberal cause his prescriptions are rooted in firmly conservative ground.

There are, of course, other issues on which Mr. Christie is on much firmer conservative ground, particularly in the realm of fiscal policy.

Mr. Lamb speaks of labor rights and economic fairness, in the Democratic tradition, but stakes out more conservative ground on social issues like guns.

Vermeil also delegated much of his authority to his offensive coaches and allowed them to open things up, despite his strong affinity for the more conservative ground game.

Adding to the equation is the fact that Romney has staked out some very conservative ground on the issue of illegal immigration, most notably his plan for so-called "self-deportation" that even some Republicans have balked at.

What everyone covering the race did write about, though, was the surprisingly conservative ground staked out by Mr. Gore, who felt he had to distance himself from the senator's liberalism.