Sentence examples for ground appealing from inspiring English sources

In theory Mr Bini Smaghi can stand his ground, appealing to the sacred principle of ECB independence, which should mean that he cannot be ousted from the board on political grounds.

Democratic leaders, looking for a middle ground appealing to all their members, appear to be leaning toward a plan to devote a third of the non-Social Security surplus to tax cuts in the $700 billion to $900 billion range, a third to new spending and a third to debt reduction.

In contrast - a bit like the doomed 1992 Labour campaign - the SNP has occupied the moral high ground, appealing to the Scottish voters' conscience rather than to their pocket, and promising to reverse the Chancellor's one pence Budget income tax cut in Scotland, thus raising £700 million over three years to improve schools and hospitals and various other good works.

The most common ground for appealing a sentence to the Criminal Division of the Court of Appeal is that it is "manifestly excessive".

Then his hecklers went from that low ground to appealing to a higher purpose.

Rockefeller Center might be proof that if what's above ground is appealing enough, a concourse isn't going to hurt it".

So far fans at Oxford United, Nuneaton, and Barnet have also won approvals, although - as with Manchester United - the owner of Oxford United's ground is appealing against the decision to list the Kassam Stadium.

Given the jingoism coming from American quarters, Russia enjoys, as is its wont, plausible grounds for appealing to the simple logic of tit for tat.

"We regret that this prohibition is manifestly motivated by narrow political interests rather than competition concerns, and we believe that we have strong grounds for appealing and overturning this politically inspired prohibition," said Robin Kiely, a spokesman for Ryanair.

Stephen Tillery, lead attorney for the more than 1 million plaintiffs in the case, said the grounds for appealing the ruling to the U.S. Supreme Court are strong since the Illinois decision includes matters of federal law, specifically the conduct of the FTC.

"We regret that this prohibition is manifestly motivated by narrow political interests rather than competition concerns and we believe that we have strong grounds for appealing and overturning this politically inspired prohibition," said a Ryanair spokesman.