Example sentences of "it [was/were] argue [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is basically economic provision , not social , it was argued since people do not necessarily use new facilities although they cost the taxpayer money . |
| 2 | At the beginning of Surrealism it was argued that there was no Surrealist painting , but this dogma was soon reversed . |
| 3 | It was argued that the pattern in other countries was that laws permitting divorce followed social trends in the numbers of marriage breakdowns rather than vice versa and that the fears of societal breakdown promoted by opponents in Ireland were unfounded in fact . |
| 4 | It was argued that 5 per cent on paper would mean nearer 8 or 9 per cent in reality through wage-drift effects . |
| 5 | As the Conservatives themselves hesitantly took up the theme of citizenship in response to opposition challenge , it was argued that only a more flexible , compassionate style of Toryism could be their route to safety . |
| 6 | In Chapter 3 it was argued that pre-colonial society was indeed authoritarian , and that this expressed itself in a great stress on the conformity of the individual , and on a hierarchy of relationships between young and old , between chiefs and people and between men and women . |
| 7 | It was argued that the sensationalizing of relatively minor forms of rowdyism invented hooliganism as a ‘ social problem ’ . |
| 8 | The members of the School Boards were more secular in their thinking than the builders of the earlier parish schools , and although some designers used the Gothic style , it was argued that ‘ … a continuation of the semi-ecclesiastical style … would appear to be inappropriate and lacking in anything to mark the great change which is coming over the education of the country ’ . |
| 9 | For Mrs Bujok it was argued that the 1936 Act was designed to secure in the interests of the community at large that statutory nuisances did not exist . |
| 10 | It was argued that this was needed to allow the husband to do the field work as quickly as possible and so release him for more off-farm employment . |
| 11 | On the one hand , it was argued that there was a clear choice of methods of generating power which would be both cheaper and safer . |
| 12 | The European Convention on Human Rights With the challenge to the extra-legal procedures having failed in the English courts , the matter was referred to Strasburg where it was argued that the British practice violated Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights which provides that everyone has the right to respect for his private and family life , his home , and his correspondence . |
| 13 | Nevertheless it was argued that these procedures violated Article 8 of the Convention on two grounds , one because people were not always notified after the surveillance , the other because there was no judicial supervision of the procedures . |
| 14 | Thirdly , it was argued that the use of the phrase ‘ national security ’ was ‘ especially appropriate ’ because of the parallel with the European Convention on Human Rights which this measure was designed to implement . |
| 15 | Not only were their needs felt to threaten the living standards of other groups , but it was argued that these needs should be given less priority : ‘ It is dangerous to be in any way lavish to old age , until adequate provision . |
| 16 | It had been advocated countless times , but prejudice against it held sway , and it was argued that identifying players would pander to their individual egos . |
| 17 | At a meeting in Harare of African finance officials in July 1989 , it was argued that development is being held up by the tendency for government policy-makers to be involved in short-term crisis management for structural adjustment programmes , and responding to the demands of large numbers of foreign advisers . |
| 18 | In Chapter 2 it was argued that some of the most striking features of the post-war development of the British state , at least until the late 1970s , could be explained quite effectively in terms of ‘ corporate bias ’ , that is moves away from the formal structures of democratic ( electoral ) representation towards the representation of major corporate interest groups ( such as the trade unions and employers ' organizations ) , as mediated through the agency of the state itself . |
| 19 | First , it was argued that local government was financially dependent on the centre , and that ‘ he who pays the piper calls the tune ’ . |
| 20 | One focus of discontent did raise the issue onto a more general level when it was argued that it was the southern origins of the planning officials which.were responsible for their unsympathetic approach to Orkney 's housing preferences . |
| 21 | Using practical suggestions for network treatment , it was argued that the Verkehrsberuhigung is not just a treatment of isolated streets but must be area-wide in nature . |
| 22 | It was argued that many disputes which were previously resolved by headmen would be taken to the new courts . |
| 23 | It was argued that users of financial statements should be aware that the performance of complex organisations can not be summarised in a single number and that to obtain a proper understanding of such performance , knowledge of a range of important aspects is required . |
| 24 | Finally , it was argued that the Special Commissioner had erred in ruling that the evidence of a former deputy head of the Revenue 's Enquiry Branch was inadmissible . |
| 25 | However , it was argued that , if a foreign predator wishes to place a greater value on a British company than the stock market does , then that is to the benefit of shareholders . |
| 26 | It was argued that the government 's policy towards Austin Rover could be viewed as an attempt to slim down the company through rationalisation and privatise parts as they became profitable ( eg Jaguar ) , finishing up with an unprofitable rump which had very little chance of long-term viability on its own . |
| 27 | At one cemetery all of the wood for the boards was alder , and it was argued that the boards were of multi-ply construction because of the various directions of grain represented . |
| 28 | It was argued that if a proper socialist legal system existed in China these cases would probably never have happened , or if they did , there would be official channels of redress . |
| 29 | While this is a notoriously difficult problem , it was argued that some progress can be made . |
| 30 | In the previous chapter ( p.41 ) it was argued that this was the period when a major ideological stress of antislavery was its embodiment of the national interest across class and denomination , and such meetings offered dramatic demonstration of aristocratic support ( the Duke of Bedford at Woburn ) , ‘ the elite of the town , churchmen and dissenters ’ ( at Dunstable ) and caught up audiences , already stirred by ‘ an intensity of feeling on the fate of the Reform Bill ’ , into an almost equally excited interest in emancipation . |