Sentences with phrase «on the grounds»

The CTC halted funding for U.S. - targeted marketing in 2012 on the grounds that existing campaigns were ineffective, U.S. visitors to Canada spent less than overseas visitors and the Commission's limited funds were better allocated elsewhere.

While Meghan was on a break from filming, The Sun reported that she had «virtually moved in» with Harry to his place in a small apartment on the grounds of Kensington Palace, which serves as Will and Kate's home.

If your employees work in your home office and get injured there, your homeowners» insurance may refuse to pay on the grounds that it's actually a workers» comp case.

Bee Downtown installs honey bee hives on the grounds of corporate headquarters, which are often located in urban areas with just the kind of varied flora that bees need to thrive.

The study argues that specialized incubators — those especially for women or people of color — are not the answer, on the grounds that these targeted incubators and accelerators don't provide the same opportunities for entrepreneurs to network within their industries.

The consumer watchdog has decided not to approve GPC Asia Pacific's proposed $ 43 million acquisition of Automotive Holdings Group's Covs Parts business on the grounds that it would substantially lessen competition.

August 4 - Malaysian police issue arrest warrant for Clare Rewcastle Brown, editor of the Sarawak Report, on grounds of disseminating false reports on Najib.

So while the debate rages about whether Canada should be welcoming foreign ownership of companies or fearing and rejecting it on the grounds that it will «hollow out» the country, the video game industry has cast a giant «who cares?»

Ironically, the contingency reserve was slashed by two - thirds on the grounds of reduced downside risk to the economy; given the current state of the economy this projection may one day make a list of shockingly bad predictions.

The most compelling argument presented against cash is on the grounds of efficiency.

Macron says he is not satisfied with the situation in Iran and thinks the agreement is imperfect, but he has argued for the U.S. sticking with the deal on the grounds that there is not yet a «Plan B.»

El Faro has 40 full - time employees, most of whom live on the grounds with their families, and 200 part - time workers.

The major ad lobby groups said yesterday they would ignore Microsoft's DNT signal on the grounds that it represents Microsoft's choice for the browser rather than the affirmative choice of the user.

So I would think most courts would look to say the DOJ can't block it on these grounds.»

Nestle appealed the decision and in a recent ruling the OHIM Board of Appeals reinstated the trademark on the grounds that the shape of Nestle's Kit Kat bar had acquired distinctiveness over the years.

For years different groups of Native Americans have challenged the continued registration of the trademark on the grounds that it is, effectively, a derogatory racial slur.

Most households depend on a 401 (k) plan to save for retirement on the grounds that they receive a tax deduction today and pay ordinary income taxes when they take distributions later, presumably when they are in a lower tax bracket.

To this day he offers a modest honorarium, but some board members turn it down on the grounds that the opportunity to exchange ideas with their fellows is payment enough.

The IRS obtained the subpoena on the grounds that bitcoin owners are likely to engage in tax evasion by failing to declare capital gains on the currency, or by engaging in schemes to buy goods and services with bitcoin in order to avoid the taxman.

March for Life is not a religious group, but can similarly object on grounds of moral conscience, the federal ruling says.

They retroactively assessed Frito - Lay the MFN tariff rate of 11 percent on the grounds that Frito - Lay had missed a «one - year filing time limit» to claim preferential treatment under NAFTA.

The following year, Monaco filed suit against the State of Mississippi in the U.S. Supreme Court, but the high court refused to hear Monaco's claim on the grounds that the «Court has no jurisdiction of a suit brought by a foreign state against a state of the Union without her consent.»

The competition watchdog has raised concerns over South32's proposed $ US200 million acquisition of Peabody Energy Corporation's Metropolitan Colliery in NSW, on the grounds that it may lessen competition in the region.

The U.S. Department of Justice sued to block the deal last year on grounds that it was anticompetitive.

It closed in 1966 after two children died on the grounds.

The old hospital buildings are off - limits to visitors, but other decaying buildings on the grounds are open and accessible by trails.

The FCC had outlawed «fast lanes» for providers on the grounds that it would allow them to decide, in effect, who gets good access, and who gets to watch the buffering symbol like a slack - jawed zombie.

«Once it goes live, temporary residence of Montenegro can be acquired on grounds of employment, education and international students» exchange, medical treatments, family reunion and other,» he said.

He rejects adjectives and adverbs as «imprecise» and bans some words and phrases, including «but» (the latter on the grounds that having to process contradictory ideas close together confuses readers).

I own a home in Kyoto, Japan actually on the temple on grounds in Nanzenji that is going to become a Japanese art museum.

I'm taking the time to tell you this because today we're announcing our first spate of speakers for Aspen, an exciting collection of executives, entrepreneurs, and investors we know will wow the audience, both in the tent on the grounds of the bucolic Aspen Institute and over the livestream on Fortune.com.

In Bronk's view, Russia most likely pressures Syria not to use chemical weapons, on the grounds that they raise the risk of a US strike and aren't needed militarily.

The deal is also opposed by an array of consumer groups and smaller television networks on the grounds that it would give AT&T too much power over the content it would distribute to its wireless customers.

Davis challenged his convictions in part on the grounds that police did not seek a warrant when they asked his cellphone provider, MetroPCS Communications Inc, for location information that linked him to the seven different crime scenes between August and October 2010.

Democrats could be expected to express their outrage by offering proposals to reinstate Mueller and to remove Trump as president, on grounds that he had obstructed justice.

Among the pundits, the New York Times» Paul Krugman has come out behind Clinton, while Noah backs Obama, on the grounds that if all the plans are, as Noah maintains, gradually introducing socialized medicine, there's no point in antagonizing a large bloc of voters with a mandate.

These concessions are popular with families but Parliamentary Budget Officer Kevin Page is calling for a review of the government's use of such «tax expenditures» on the grounds they don't receive as much review by Parliament as program spending, among other reasons.

More than 12,000 people demonstrated on the grounds of the state Capitol in Lansing.

Gawker published an annotated 90 - second version of it in 2012 on the grounds that the clip was newsworthy.

Wheeler and consumer advocacy groups have argued that any difference in privacy regulation is fair on the grounds that ISPs are able to see everything a customer does over their internet connection, and that it's harder to switch internet providers than use different apps and websites.

A report of court proceedings in February by the Daily Telegraph said Abdeslam was refusing to answer questions on the grounds that European courts are biased against Muslims.

In that regard, here's an interesting story about a civil servant in Connellsville, Penn., who successfully appealed her dismissal, on the grounds that the right process hadn't been followed.

One clue could come from a 2016 interview with Bloomberg, in which Facebook reportedly said the idea of a Dislike button had been rejected «on the grounds that it would sow too much negativity.»

Singh, who has long stood in opposition to the project on the grounds that it was approved under what he calls flawed environmental assessment rules adopted by the previous Conservative government, said Wednesday the Trudeau government should, in tandem with B.C., ask the Supreme Court for a reference to resolve what he calls jurisdictional issues.

Federal Judge Jed Rakoff had ordered the trial on the grounds that the SEC failed to provide enough information to justify its proposed settlement with Citi.

It also disqualified a number of people known as immigrant entrepreneurs on the grounds that they had not technically founded their companies.

In response to the shooting, South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley called for the Confederate flag that stands on the grounds of the state capitol to be taken down.

Katz says that in the event Unblock Us was ever taken to court, it might be able to argue «fair dealing» as a defence on the grounds that it is providing content Canadians would otherwise not get to see and for which there is no justifiable reason.

The EU should be fully and permanently exempted from these measures, as they can not be justified on the grounds of national security,» the European Commission, the executive arm of the EU, said in a statement Tuesday morning.

She grew up on the grounds of Queen Elizabeth's private estate, Sandringham, in Norfolk.