Beispiele aus Textkorpus für not have a leg to stand on
1. Based on the Erasmus findings, the government does not have a leg to stand on with its argument that the proposals are "essential" for policing and national security.
2. "In this respect, the entire affair, regrettably, clearly demonstrates that any of the official or semi–official explanations given to the public regarding the Yukos affair do not have a leg to stand on," he said at the news conference.
3. Far from being overwhelmed by a handful of new substances in the bloodstream, the body was capable of coping with an estimated 10 billion chemical invaders, known as antigens. ‘Even if the concept of immune overload was true, campaigners would still not have a leg to stand on,‘ said Dr David Elliman, of Great Ormond Street. ‘Far from increasing numbers of antigens to stimulate immune defences, we have reduced them a hundredfold.‘ Until a few years ago the whooping cough vaccine given as part of the 5–in–1 jab (see box) used whole bacteria.