Example sentences of "[vb base] argued for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We 've argued for years about meals on wheel service that there should be seven day a week service throughout this authority , we 've only got it in the City , we want it throughout the authority . |
| 2 | Some policy statements , such as the 1974 " Integrated Population Policy " , have argued for women 's integration into the workforce and for increased educational opportunities , on the grounds that women 's status is positively correlated with a reduction in fertility . |
| 3 | They have argued for decades as to whether we are a result of our environment or our genetic inheritance , and there are always supporters for each extreme as well as for every position in between . |
| 4 | ‘ For some time , independents have argued for intervention on behalf of a British film industry : an initiative based around support for films with low production budgets , which neither copy American styles , nor turn into Euro-puddings . |
| 5 | Fiscal reformers — including members of the present government — have argued for years that it should be . |
| 6 | Unions have argued for staff increases , claiming new legislation requiring claimants to prove they are ‘ actively seeking ’ rather than just ‘ available for ’ work is labour-intensive . |
| 7 | As economic pressure has been tightened up against Serbia , the French and the Russians have argued for carrot as well as stick : the prospect of an easing of sanctions in return for Serbian pressure on their Bosnian brothers to make peace . |