Sentence examples for petty grounds from inspiring English sources

If a generally logical merger can fall apart on such petty grounds, what hope is there of a banking union?

It would be a shame, though, to miss out on great ramen on such petty grounds.

To refuse a reference on petty personal grounds is an abuse of a boss's power.

One provision of the law turned petty crimes into grounds for deportation.

This is not necessarily a major problem, but it creates a danger that the Hall of Fame and Hall of Fame voting will become an arena for squabbles that are too frequently, petty, personal or grounded in rumor rather than fact.

Buried in their publicly declared loyalty to "proper church teaching" was an ungodly discrimination grounded in petty localisms, economic class and social insecurity.

"Dark Ages" turns out to be less of an original (and coherent) argument than a compendium of complaints — some well grounded, others petty and disingenuous — harvested from a wide array of scholars and writers.

Until our response to petty offending becomes fully grounded in the underlying health, drugs and housing issues, we will continue to lock some of our most vulnerable citizens in the world of criminal justice at huge cost to us all.

Speaking from the well of the House, on April 15 , 1970 Ford went after Douglas on grounds that were petty, spiteful, and prissy — and had a lot to do with Douglas's messy personal life, which included four marriages and three divorces; the two latest marriages were to women more than forty years younger than Douglas.

Can't we language mavens set aside our fixed positions, rise above petty politics and find common ground?

A half-mile up the submerged road, dump trucks piled sand on dry ground and Mr. Petty's friends bagged sand and loaded the bags into the johnboats to be transferred to the levee.