"ground" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- They were refused permission, on the grounds that "we travel as a team".
- He refused for many years, on the grounds that it was too difficult.
- Then Fee came in and was refused service on the same grounds given the day before.
- Permits can be refused on the grounds of high local unemployment.
- The Archbishop refused on the grounds of respect for the late king.
- After a certain period a job cannot be refused on the grounds of low pay or travelling distance from home.
- He refused, on the grounds that she was a Westerner and a woman.
- The application was refused on the grounds that the name could no longer be utilized.
- He was refused on the grounds of his wife having a security sensitive job.
- The Government refused on the grounds that "there was no sign of any crime in their actions."
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