Example sentences of "it [vb mod] [adv] [be] argue [prep] " in BNC.

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1 I draw the attention of my hon. Friend to the recent threats issued by the Labour party candidate in Orkney and Shetland , who said that , by doing this , ’ it could certainly be argued by an incoming Labour Administration that you had contributed to your own redundancy . ’
2 I remind the hon. Member for Livingston ( Mr. Cook ) — he seems not to wish to rise on these matters — that the letter from the Labour party candidate to the trust applicant reads : ’ Were you to do this ’ — continue with the trust — ’ in the face of so much opposition , it could certainly be argued by an incoming Labour Administration that you had contributed to your own redundancy . ’
3 It could indeed be argued with some force that international morality was tending to improve slightly during this period .
4 It can also be argued on behalf of management that transfer notices should not be mandatory if cessation of the executive 's employment with the company results from wrongful dismissal , redundancy , retirement at normal age , retirement due to ill-health or disability or death ; or if a majority of the non-executive directors and/or the directors so resolve with the investors ' approval .
5 It can however be argued with cogency that the Treaty remains a bold attempt to enable the EC to match the challenges facing it .
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