Sentence examples for was refused on from inspiring English sources

The application was refused on September 29.

I was refused on the grounds of confidentiality.

The FOI request was refused on grounds of privacy and excessive cost.

When Marie Marvingt applied to ride the 1908 Tour de France, she was refused on the grounds that it was a race for men only.

I was refused on the grounds that only those who have an Ordnance Survey MasterMap licence are allowed to get hold of this data.

DNA testing was refused on the grounds that it could set a precedent for testing historical theories that would lead to multiple royal disinterments.

The young man asked if it had been refused "on moral grounds".

These "subject access requests" can be refused on the ground that information was obtained for journalistic reasons.

A permit to build a big new mosque in Marseilles has just been refused on technical grounds.

Many applications to register the shapes of washing tablets and bottles or containers have been refused on this basis".

Calls for Bin Laden's head to be stuffed and mounted on the wall of the Oval Office will probably be refused on similar grounds.