Sentence examples for flimsy ground from inspiring English sources

But he never really expected the decision to go against us, I think, because this was such flimsy ground.

In Ray's immediate panic, Daniels suggests the flimsy ground on which his new life is built and the improbability that he has indeed changed.

One reason for the higher surplus next year is that the Treasury has not incorporated the cost of the ULS and vehicle excise duty concessions into its projections, on the somewhat flimsy ground that these measures remain subject to consultation.

But Sudan's Islamist government continues to refuse to let such a force into Darfur on the flimsy ground that they would amount to a "conspiracy for confiscating the country's sovereignty .This is monstrous.

It accused him of aiding the enemy, a crime that carries the death penalty, on the flimsy ground that his leaks were published online where al-Qaeda could see them.

The Brady trial went off without him, but on flimsy ground.

Insurers pay as little as possible, often denying claims on flimsy grounds.

He resisted the Falklands war on the flimsy grounds of a possible Peruvian peace initiative.

Once more, the "primacy of foreign policy" is asserted on flimsy grounds.

"But we're concerned about his deportation on the flimsy grounds of non-renewal of his visa," Onyango said.

But many people are unhappy about the flimsy grounds for impeachment, particularly compared to the corruption allegations against congressmen.