Sentence examples for lacked a basis from inspiring English sources

The dissenting justices objected today that the majority lacked a basis for striking down the policy, which had never taken effect, on its face, but should let it take effect and see if any problems developed.

According to people familiar with that conversation, Mr. Nazarbayev said that Mr. Giffen had done nothing wrong, that the money in the frozen accounts belonged to Kazakhstan and that the United States lacked a basis for its investigation.

In a 5-to-4 ruling in 2001, the court held that Congress had lacked a basis for permitting states to be sued under Title I of the disability law, which applies to state employment.

But the problem that emerged during Tuesday's argument was the justices' evident concern that they lacked a basis for deciding whether, on the one hand, the Oregon courts had improperly allowed jurors to take into account the harm to nonplaintiffs, or on the other hand, had properly allowed consideration of the reprehensibility of the conduct by Philip Morris, a unit of Altria.

In a filed response, the IRS denied that it lacked a basis for its tax bill to Black.

70, 71 Without knowing how Batwa ethnicity and inadequate nutrient intake respectively contributed to individuals' MUACs, we lacked a basis for interpreting observed MUAC measurements in the context of international cutoff values and accordingly, identifying wasting in an absolute sense.

The five S.E.C. commissioners did not vote on whether to adopt the study's recommendations, but the two Republicans issued a statement criticizing the study, saying it "fails to adequately justify its recommendation" and "lacks a basis" to conclude that a uniform standard would enhance investor protection.

The concept of an ideal sitting posture is often used in practice but lacks a basis in evidence.

As there are several criteria lacking a basis of comparison and causing confliction, a multi criteria decision making process is required.

The conclusions are that the meta-analysis does not provide scientific evidence that such helmets reduce serious injury to the brain, and the Australian policy of compulsory wearing lacks a basis of verified efficacy against brain injury.

Mr Costa's report is full of fine-sounding idealism, but the ideals and the good intentions suffer from the unfortunate defect of generally lacking a basis in reality.