Example sentences of "[noun sg] argued for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The previous chapter argued for a conception of music which maintains both the relative autonomy of its techniques and its ultimately social meaning , and which sees these as constructed within a historical dialectic . |
| 2 | For statistical reasons and because of the ever changing pattern of pedestrian and vehicular movement at treated sites and elsewhere the first Plan argued for an annual ‘ gross ’ target reduction of 60 casualties . |
| 3 | The plaintiff argued for the Woolwich principle and referred to both Hooper v. Exeter Corporation and Steele v. Williams but no reference to these cases appears in the reserved judgment . |
| 4 | Several speakers at the seminar argued for a monetary value to be placed on resources such as irrigation water . |
| 5 | A minority of the Commission argued for a small number of super-selective schools , for the most able 2 per cent of each age group . |
| 6 | The German offensive on Russia only two months later shocked Japan , and many Japanese argued for the breaking of the non-aggression pact . |
| 7 | Many agree however that to maintain that the Report argued for a single worker appropriate to all situations is false , and would endorse Hey in her suggestion that generalist , even general purpose , may be the more appropriate term for the individual the Committee envisaged . |
| 8 | My mother argued for a while that the dry heat was known to be bracing , but Lili went on to speak of rumours of a cholera epidemic in the rural districts and disaffection among the fellahin and I said I would rather go to Bournemouth , which was a black lie but efficacious since we had gone there for our holidays and my mother seemed gratified that I should wish to return . |