Sentence examples for grounds that it does from inspiring English sources

But it has to be struck so rarely against openness and in favour of national security, and only on such narrowly defined grounds, that it does not jeopardise public confidence.

Facebook rejected the ad on the grounds that it does not promote "adult products or services".

"But a case can be made for it, on the grounds that it does a lot of things that rock albums hadn't done previously.

The British health minister, Alan Milburn, also voiced his disapproval of the new law, on grounds that it does not go far enough in muting the tobacco industry.

During the comment period last month, the NRDC, the Sierra Club and the Center for Biological Diversity all requested that the State Department reject the pipeline proposal on the grounds that it does not make sense.

The line of attack on the so-called New Start agreement with Russia is instructive, suggesting that some Senate Republicans may go after the pact on the grounds that it does not allow a missile defense against Russia, something neither Republican nor Democratic presidents have actually wanted.

Executives close to Honeywell are weighing whether to file a lawsuit against G.E. for breeching its agreement on grounds that it did not make its "best efforts" to complete the deal.

This year, for example, the French hit Blue Is the Warmest Colour was excluded from Oscar eligibility on the grounds that it didn't open in its home country before October 2013, despite winning the coveted Palme d'Or at the Cannes film festival back in May.

The New York Yacht Club, which has enjoyed its reign of control of the race, tried to have the Australian yacht disqualified on several grounds: that it did not qualify as a Twelve-Metre, and that its design was not purely Australian.

It is still not introducing an unlimited tariff — a decision it defended in October on the grounds that it did not want to attract wireless bandwidth hogs to its shiny new high speed data network.

But the New York Public Library, which runs libraries in Manhattan, the Bronx and on Staten Island, scrapped its offer after City Hall objected to it, on the grounds that it did not provide for an increase in productivity.