Sentence examples for unfair ground from inspiring English sources

The landscape in Washington has changed since the 228-to-203 rebuff dealt to Mr. Hastert when the House rejected the grotesquely unfair ground rules he imposed for consideration of the Shays-Meehan bill.

Keep in mind that the idea of "fighting fair" is mostly an oxymoron in a relationship, like "jumbo shrimp" or "military intelligence".[5] A fight usually begins on uneven or unfair ground for both parties, so even if it does escalate to very angry levels, it's important to work towards forgiveness rather than holding a grudge or being passive aggressive about your anger.

The termination, he wrote, "is taken on completely wrong and unfair grounds".

I'll admit I've cancelled on a guy because he asked me to come to his neighborhood on a first date (stop judging me -- you've done it too!) Though I still do maintain that a guy should be making accommodations on a first date, I think it's probably unfair grounds for dismissal.

The background here is that in December 2014 a Madrid judge ordered Uber to cease all activity in the city, following a legal challenge by a local taxi association on unfair competition grounds.

While opponents of giant rewards to bankers and business executives tend to argue they are unfair on ethical grounds, those in favour usually shift the debate away from morality and towards more pragmatic ground, arguing they are necessary to attract, retain and incentivise talented staff.

The implication that I would not, because of personal opposition, seek the death penalty is unfair and not grounded in fact.

That is unfair on the grounds that the young team Ferguson fielded more than held their own over 120 minutes before the nerve of senior players Dimitar Berbatov and Rio Ferdinand failed them in the penalty shoot-out.

Jangling nerves Reprints Related items Peace talks between Israel and Palestine: Do get a move onJan 21st 2010 The Muslim Brothers: Appease or oppose?Oct 8th 2009Yet in many of these places the Brotherhood's brand of conservative pan-Islamism, which nowadays generally eschews violence and agrees to play by the rules of the secular state even if it thinks them unfair, may be losing ground.

But in the end, in the name of consensus, the discontented yielded to an argument that it would be unfair to shift the ground beneath officials (and their constituents) who understood in the last election that three terms would be possible.

And if they fire you, just sue them into the ground for unfair dismissal.