Sentence examples for on social grounds from inspiring English sources

One patient declined treatment on social grounds and died within 1 week of diagnosis of disease.

In countries where it is illegal to perform an abortion based purely on the sex of the fetus, it is possible that parents could have a DTC test without the knowledge of a health professional and present with a request for abortion on other social grounds.

At the same time, it challenges nonadaptive views, such as the perceptual bias theory which posits that facial preferences are side-effects of modes of sensory organ and nervous system functioning (Enquist et al. 2002), or the social learning concept which claims that beauty standards originate on purely social grounds and spread as fashion (Wolf 1991).

An early plan conceived by British Rail in the early 1970s for a route passing through Tonbridge met considerable opposition on environmental and social grounds, especially from the Leigh Action Group and Surrey & Kent Action on Rail (SKAR).

In most countries death is considered a taxable event, with justification for such taxes standing on legal and social grounds.

The Guardian's Keep it in the Ground campaign promotes divestment from fossil fuel companies, on environmental and social grounds.

Local authorities can fill gaps in the private networks, but only if they decide, on rather nebulous social grounds, that the service is inadequate.

Destroying the federal safety net in the name of federalism would have tragic consequences, particularly for poor children and families, and should be rejected on moral and social grounds.