Example sentences of "he argued that [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In a lecture in 1983 he argued that a civil servant who could answer ‘ yes ’ to the question ‘ Is he one of us ? ’ should retire and become a party politician . |
| 2 | He argued that a fundamental conflict was taking place during the period of social modernisation . |
| 3 | At a banquet hosted by Yang Shangkun on Nov. 1 Nixon described the June crackdown as " excessive and unjustified " , saying that it had damaged US respect and confidence in the Chinese leadership and , speaking to Li Peng , he argued that the two countries ' differences over the events in June were " huge and unbridgeable " , but that Sino-US relations should not be allowed to founder over the issue . |
| 4 | He argued that the best action for management is to ‘ provide the climate and proper nourishment and let the people grow themselves . |
| 5 | In Capital , Volume 3 Marx noted this trend when he argued that the increasing size of enterprises made it impossible for them to be run by a single person . |
| 6 | This strengthened Eden 's hand as he argued that the diplomatic options should be exhausted before attention turned to a possible defensive alliance to protect Western interests in South-East Asia . |
| 7 | Debate over the security of the Church found a focus in the Convocation controversy , largely triggered by Francis Atterbury 's famous tract , Letter to a Convocation Man of late 1696 , where he argued that the only way to stem the growth of heresy and blasphemy was through Convocation , the Church 's own deliberative and legislative body . |
| 8 | He argued that the established system made " the moderates too much the prisoners of the extremists " ; he made an " unashamed plea for the strengthening of the political centre " ; and he considered that " the case of proportional representation is overwhelming " . |
| 9 | He argued that the Holy Office had already yielded a great deal . |
| 10 | On leaving office he argued that the top level of the civil service needed an injection of fresh blood . |
| 11 | For example , he argued that the corporate lawyer acted as a key go-between in the affairs of business , political and military elites . |
| 12 | He argued that the National Curriculum had rendered such freedom unnecessary because there were fewer differences between syllabuses . |
| 13 | He argued that the old distinction between the offence of false pretences and larceny had been preserved . |
| 14 | He argued that the simplest designs were best . |
| 15 | He argued that the physical capabilities of the plant determined where it could or could not live , and studied the effects of various environmental factors , especially water , in determining the prevailing vegetation . |