Example sentences of "it could [be] argue " in BNC.
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| 1 | It could be argued that these groups were formed as much for sociability as for making money , being made up of friends or acquaintances , but at any event their reasons fell short of promoting definite artistic programmes . |
| 2 | Secondly , the formal analysis which is second nature to a Western critic can be fruitful , even though it could be argued that this is a way of interpreting the objects of an unfamiliar culture rather than a description . |
| 3 | It could be argued that the myths of Ulster protestantism and the institution of the Orange order take the place of the more centralized clerical organization of Roman catholicism in providing some element of overall religious unity among protestant loyalists . |
| 4 | It could be argued that such a strategy was in any case unnecessary . |
| 5 | Finally , while it could be argued that Greeley and Rossi tell us something of catholic versus state schooling in the US , they have nothing to tell us about catholic versus Christian , multi-denominational schools , which is what most of the argument in Ireland is about . |
| 6 | It could be argued that Blast was a miscalculation all round , even for Wyndham Lewis . |
| 7 | In primitive societies with small , self-sufficient units there was no differentiation between centre and periphery , and it could be argued that many peasants in Russia remained at this level of perception during NEP . |
| 8 | It could be argued that on occasions I 've taken on things which probably I have n't done as well out of financially as I might have done if I 'd done something else . |
| 9 | It could be argued that , with practice , the body becomes more able to adjust to a time-zone transition , a kind of ‘ learning ’ effect . |
| 10 | It could be argued that Darras ' vision is quixotic . |
| 11 | It could be argued , too , that they were beneficiaries of the heightened public awareness created by the increasing emphasis by government on the perils facing the environment . |
| 12 | But it could be argued that the policy of spending on bases rather than on troops has paid off since Saudi Arabia has been able to accommodate , with astonishing ease , a multinational army 20 times the size of its own . |
| 13 | It could be argued that had England scored faster on the second day they would have won comfortably , but having controlled the game from the beginning they were desperately unlucky to lose out to the weather ; and for the fans listening at home it was especially frustrating that it was a beautiful evening in England . |
| 14 | In addition , it might be noted that British fascism had not substantially changed the attitudes of Britain 's major political parties and it could be argued that there was still much equivocation in government as to whether or not Mussolini or Hitler represented the biggest threat . |
| 15 | It could be argued , therefore , that the focus should not be the victim 's mental state but the defendant 's intentions . |
| 16 | Although officially accorded little or no power , it could be argued that women 's culturally ambiguous position within Hebrew patriarchy resulted in a type of informal sub-structural power dynamic which in turn regenerated the culturally constructed fear of women necessary to patriarchal interests and explicit power concerns . |
| 17 | It could be argued even so that in 10 cases the investigative work turned out to be a waste of time and caused great distress to the families investigated . |
| 18 | On the other hand , it could be argued that if it is considered necessary to make an adoption order with a condition of access , then this may be seen as being imposed on the two or three parties and possibly of little value . |
| 19 | Moreover , it could be argued that prisoners are more at risk of further offences than probationers because of , first , their commission of relatively more serious offences , and second , their more extensive and therefore more entrenched criminal careers . |
| 20 | ‘ It could be argued , ’ commented MP Andrew Hunter , ‘ that wherever there could be uncertainty , you are hiding behind it . ’ |
| 21 | Indeed it could be argued that if there were nothing to count against it then it would no longer be faith ! |
| 22 | It could be argued that Lewis 's poem refers only to a failure of etiquette . |
| 23 | It could be argued that failure to attend for , for example , part of one school day during any particular week , would not be truancy under the law . |
| 24 | The parents or guardians of an autistic child will encounter rather different difficulties in bringing up their child than those with a Down 's child , although there are some common themes which , it could be argued , operate for all children . |
| 25 | Indeed it could be argued that a dynastic conflict involving the interests of the Houses of Orléans , Bourbon , Bonaparte and Hohenzollern was the means chosen to bring down the Empire , even if it was not really the cause . |
| 26 | Rather , if one considered the nineteen years of Jordanian rule to be an interruption in the physical integrity of Palestine , it could be argued that ever since the beginning of the century an increasing proportion of the agricultural labour force of the Palestinian uplands provided seasonal labour on the coastal plain for Jewish , Arab and other industrial and agricultural enterprises . |
| 27 | Of course , it could be argued that ludism is , in its way , another interpretative strategy launched by the novelist : while conceding the liberating effect of viewing the literary text as an open and democratic discourse , Robbe-Grillet is again allocating a new role to the reader . |
| 28 | It could be argued that there can be no more suitable example of the ‘ epistemic break between the modern and the postmodern ’ ( Hutcheon 1988 : 51 ) . |
| 29 | It could be argued that this is of little moment , as only popular texts are involved . |
| 30 | It could be argued that the surgeon could face both criminal and civil liability . |