Example sentences of "he argue that [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The image was well established ; and it is hardly surprising that when , in 1521 , the canny and obsessively fair-minded scholar John Major produced his book entitled A History of Greater Britain , in which he argued that better relations with England would make good sense , for political and economic reasons , the plea fell on ears deafened by the awareness that a little nation had fought off a monster by courage and tenacity . |
| 2 | These ‘ social capital ’ arguments may have been what Titmuss meant when he argued that major wars increase governmental concern for women and children , and produce social policies to protect them . |
| 3 | He argued that neither of these perspectives had theoretical objects . |
| 4 | He argued that two bodies of the same material but different weights would fall at different speeds . |
| 5 | He argued that many organisations ( especially those that were relatively long-lasting and dependent on leaderships for their organisation and continuance ) could be interpreted in terms of the transference of early childhood affections . |
| 6 | He argued that Labour policy-making , though democratic in concept , was defective in practice . |
| 7 | He argued that greater emphasis needed to be placed on the practical applications of scientific work if Britain 's economic downturn were to be reversed . |
| 8 | As we have seen in a previous chapter , he argued that such an illusory growth could in fact mask a real decline in values and use-values . |
| 9 | He argued that such a philosophical position could not cope with the phenomena of dreams and especially hypnosis . |
| 10 | However he argued that ancient woodlands were still under threat from new planting and new road developments — for example the proposed destruction of Oxleas Wood in south east London , to make way for a Thames crossing . |
| 11 | His position was itself controversial since he argued that former Stasi members should be integrated into the police force and the Interior Ministry to avoid their becoming a potential terrorist threat . |
| 12 | The theory was first put forward by H R Buchanan in his Manual of Psychometry in 1889 , when he argued that all objects contain the history of the world because they are connected to the Akashic Chronicles . |
| 13 | In this book he argued that all life should be a preparation for dying . |
| 14 | He argued that sociological explanations of action should begin with ‘ the observation and theoretical interpretation of the subjective ‘ states of minds ’ of actors ' . |
| 15 | He argued that rational people drawing up a just social contract would only be willing to grant governments the power to punish to the extent that was necessary to protect themselves from the crimes of others . |
| 16 | In addition , he argued that legalizing adoption was against the teaching of ‘ the church ’ . |
| 17 | He argued that British car users meet only 27 per cent of the real costs which their vehicles impose on society , constituting a huge burden on the economy . |
| 18 | He argued that Braque enhanced objects : |
| 19 | It could he argued that Latin America offers a good example of this . |
| 20 | He argued that social progress towards a free-enterprise society was inevitable and saw progressive evolution as a useful foundation upon which to build a philosophy of cosmic development that would include the human race . |
| 21 | He argued that social , political and bureaucratic elites have their own sources of political power which allow them to act relatively autonomously or independently of the requirements of capital . |
| 22 | Though he argued that any attempt to lay down rigid rules for classifying applications would be doomed to failure' , Dobry thought that guidance should be given in a national code of practice . |
| 23 | Secondly , he argued that these consumption processes are increasingly provided by the state in a collectivized form , since they become too expensive , especially at times of economic crisis , for private firms to supply . |
| 24 | He argued that these were : a desire to secure career advancement or at least not prejudice career chances ; a willingness to push matters in order to measure his own cleverness and particularly dexterity at getting around the rules ; to experience the satisfaction which comes from having the power that goes both with high corporate status and criminally victimizing other organizations or persons ; a need to maintain his position within the peer group or family network . |
| 25 | He argued that these were the people on the front line . |
| 26 | Eschewing strategic analysis in favour of a more polemical approach he argued that these concessions were to be used as ‘ trans-shipping points for American combat units that are to carry out punitive operations against the peoples of the Near and Middle East , as well as in Africa ’ . |
| 27 | He argued that these publications were the precursors of the flood of artistic , intellectual and political creativity that accompanied the move towards colonial independence . |
| 28 | Although he hinted , without saying it explicitly , that German reunification could mean East Germany becoming part of the EC , he argued that this depended on the Twelve prospering and developing . |
| 29 | On the proposal in Recommendation 18 to set up a committee to advise on priorities for grant-aid , he argued that this would help to keep the WEA on its toes , true to its traditional concerns for rigorous study of subjects appropriate to understanding contemporary society . |
| 30 | He argued that this was inefficient and that the workload at night in Maidstone could be dealt with by only two doctors . |