Sentence examples for request on the ground from inspiring English sources

The UN threw out the request on the ground that it infringed the organisation's long-standing one-China policy.

The commission denied the request on the ground that the petition did not provide supporting documentation.

The judge has rejected that request on the ground that she had already been paid under her contract with the defendant.

A passenger might not think refusing to shut off a phone is a big deal, but not adhering to a simple request on the ground suggests that you might not be cooperative in a more serious situation.

His lawyers asked to see a copy of the confession before trial, but a majority of the New Jersey Supreme Court denied the request, on the ground that Tune might use the "opportunity to procure false testimony and commit perjury".

A year later, the state Department of Environmental Protection, which has jurisdiction over the designation of historic sites, denied the exemption request on the ground that Cottage Club was not generally open to the public.

Her parents refused her request on the grounds that when the other died she could have one.

The Treasury has previously blocked the defence chiefs' request on the grounds of cost.

Zhivilo fled to France, which has denied an extradition request on the grounds that Russian prosecutors did not provide enough evidence to prove his guilt.

It has therefore rejected a recent freedom of information (FoI) request on the grounds that it was the sixth question submitted by the Press Gazette (PG) since September 2014.

Putin granted the request on the grounds that Jones "intends to spend a significant part of his life working in Russia" according to the Kremlin's official website.