Sentence examples for the grounds given from inspiring English sources

The grounds given for the decision were not by themselves unreasonable.

We carried out early spring cleaning with old equipment replaced, care records checked, noticeboards kept up-to-date, the grounds given a thorough once-over and much more.

Mr. Chirac, at a news conference, cited the dissipation of uncertainties following the conclusion of the Iraq war, stable oil prices and low interest rates as among the grounds given by the leaders for their optimism.

Only two people were ever degraded — Lord Cochrane in 1813 and General Sir Eyre Coote in 1816, both for political reasons, rather than any of the grounds given in the statute.

The grounds given for implementation of the coercive measure were, in decreasing order of frequency, prevention of self-directed aggression (60.29%), prevention of aggression towards others (59.33%), need for treatment (22.01%), serious risk to their health (11.96%), prevention of material damage (11%), inability to care for themselves (6.22%), and patients' own request (1.91%).

The couple tended the grounds, gave tours and sold souvenirs.

Iron gates, protected by gatekeepers who lived in three cottages in the grounds, gave the villas privacy.

Many work as well in containers as they do in the ground, given the right soil.

Instead, by 1858, the walls had been demolished, brickwork removed, and the ground given over to a local scavenger, to use as a rubbish dump.

The defiance of the doomsayers who believed the Olympiad would never get off the ground – given the chaotic countdown to the opening – still elicits cries of delight.

For Palestinians, the idea of an independent state bears little reality on the ground, given the degree of Israeli involvement in the West Bank and Gaza.