Example sentences of "they argue that the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They argued that the dysgenic effects were not as great as this figure , since the difference in intelligence between social classes was not that great , but they accepted the logic of an argument based on differential fertility by social class . |
| 2 | They argued that the higher recall scores in the earlier experiment could have occurred because of more efficient storage of the passage at input , or because of better reconstruction of the material at recall . |
| 3 | They argued that the apparent over-representation of black youth in the criminal statistics may be that youth is such a large part of the black population . |
| 4 | They argued that the Keynesian obsession with the demand side of the economy was misplaced ; the real focus of attention should be the supply side . |
| 5 | They argued that the rapid movements involved in a star 's collapse would mean that the gravitational waves it gave off would make it ever more spherical , and by the time it had settled down to a stationary state , it would be precisely spherical . |
| 6 | They argue that the various theories of society are based , at least in part , on value judgments and ideological positions . |
| 7 | In effect , they argue that the governmental agenda can not be taken as a given . |
| 8 | Writing recently in The Lancet , they argue that the only way of assessing a tumour 's spread is by examining the whole gland . |
| 9 | They argue that the new road will not , as the government maintains , relieve congestion but instead increase car use and thus exacerbate congestion and pollution ; they argue instead for major investment in public transport and higher taxes on fuel . |
| 10 | They argue that the current distinction between debt and equity made by company law is unjustified , but will restrict attempts to develop sensible accounting practice in this area . |
| 11 | Even when American analysts admit that the USSR has access rather than base rights in Cam Ranh Bay and Danang they argue that the apparent permanency of its presence in these ports means that this access has effectively provided the USSR with its only operating military base between Vladivostok and the East coast of Africa . |
| 12 | Furthermore , they argue that the crucial relationships between them have remained almost entirely unexplored . |
| 13 | They argue that the poor response of older patients to active medical and surgical measures and their reduced actuarial expectancy will often make the cost-benefit equation much more finely balanced for the patient . |
| 14 | They argue that the same rigour should be applied to the study of older patients with cancer as for younger - ‘ only then will we see strikingly reduced population mortality and improved quality of life for older patients with cancer . ’ |
| 15 | They argue that the main culprits have been local authorities and that their spending must be further curtailed . |
| 16 | They argue that the post-war period is best characterised as one involving policy change and instability , and that , since the crack-up of the consensus in the 1960s , one doctrinaire and mandated government has been replaced by another with scant regard to appeals to the middle ground of public opinion . |
| 17 | And they argue that the eventual privatisation of BCI , among others , will make the state even less keen on a big bail-out . |