Example sentences of "been argued that [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It has frequently been argued that temporary jobs , although possibly less desirable than permanent jobs , do provide a form of work for otherwise unemployed people and , furthermore , one that enhances their chances of subsequently obtaining permanent jobs ( Syrett , 1985 ) . |
| 2 | To the extent that a scientific speciality or discipline is bound together by the rules of an existing ‘ paradigm ’ defining the rules for ‘ puzzle-solving ’ with an existing ‘ normal science ’ , it has been argued that major scientific change often comes from outside the existing specialist group — not untypically through the ‘ migration ’ into the group of innovative outsiders . |
| 3 | Within the State Department it has been argued that two competing strategies — one ‘ Asian-oriented ’ and the other ‘ Europe-oriented ’ — had emerged and that the critical question was whether the US should have insisted on French concessions to Vietnamese nationalism as a condition of US support . |
| 4 | It has been argued that all public employment cases should be dealt with by the same forum which could resolve all the issues raised . |
| 5 | It has been argued that catholic schools do not do the job for which they were set up , that is educate Roman catholics sufficiently to keep them in the church . |
| 6 | It has been argued that such courses come somewhere around the foundation or specific stage in most people 's educational development , although the increasing proportions of mature students must make us wary of too linear a model . |
| 7 | Whilst it has been argued that such firms need financial and general business aid , if they are to fulfil their potential on a timely basis , little is known of their accounting/financial practices and needs . |
| 8 | Not only is there a lack of research evidence to support this view , but it has been argued that many children do better remaining in a single-parent family than in having to make further adjustments to a third form of family life — the step-family ( Richards and Dyson , 1982 ) . |
| 9 | It has been argued that continuous agriculture could be maintained if a closed nutrient cycle could be achieved , the canopy not perforated so that leaching would be prevented and the forest floor would not deteriorate , and if nutrients were added to equal those exported as crops and the diversity of species maintained . |
| 10 | It has , however , been argued that certain fundamental Acts of Parliament such as the Act of Union with Scotland 1707 and the European Communities Act 1972 could not be repealed as , in each case , Parliament which enacted the provision is no longer in existence in the same form but has reconstituted itself as a less powerful body . |
| 11 | However , it has been argued that certain clauses operate at an earlier stage so as to define and restrict the extent of the contractual obligation undertaken and so prevent there being any breach of contract . |
| 12 | It has been argued that lower productivity countries such as the Southern European states , Ireland and the UK could suffer from the creation of the SEM . |
| 13 | Indeed it has been argued that 1945 to 1951 was government by committee — hundreds of them — rather than Government by Cabinet . |
| 14 | It has also been argued that green belts have been used as instruments of preservation rather than conservation , and that insufficient attention has been devoted to positive planning , and to provision for recreational use . |
| 15 | It has been argued that romantic love is a relatively modern phenomenon , reserved in earlier times for the delight of troubadours and the illicit pleasures of the rich . |
| 16 | It has sometimes been argued that marine erosion is not active at present because raised beaches are still preserved on exposed parts of the coast , e.g. on Gower in South Wales and at Brighton . |
| 17 | It has been argued that this is a description of a patinated alloy . |
| 18 | ( 11.30 ) In Section 10.2 it has been argued that this solution must be considered to be unphysical on its own , but it may be included as a factor in more general solutions . |
| 19 | For some strange optical reason this makes it look bigger than it really is and it has been argued that this illusion would have the effect of making an attacking lion misjudge its leap , striking short of the true position of the prey . |
| 20 | It has been argued that this visual route to word recognition is an attribute of the right hemisphere ( Saffran , Bogyo , Schwartz and Marin , 1980 ) . |
| 21 | It has been argued that this approach may delay treatment of a victim of obstructed airway or primary respiratory arrest . |
| 22 | It has been argued that this essay is vitiated by " bad faith " . |
| 23 | By the mid-1670s Peyton had become the leader of a republican group , ‘ Peyton 's Gang ’ , and it has been argued that this group had a hand in the murder of the JP Sir Edmund Berry Godfrey [ q.v. ] in 1678 , which provoked widespread belief in the bogus ‘ Popish Plot ’ . |
| 24 | It has long been argued that this gives great advantage to the ruling party because of its ability to manipulate the economy for the desired results on election day . |
| 25 | In addition to this , one manuscript describes him as " comensour of decrees and Chanoun of Thurgurtoun " , another as decretorum inceptoris and it has been argued that this implies a training in Canon Law . |
| 26 | It had been argued that this merely regulated the respondent 's trading and tended towards the promotion rather than the restraint of his trade . |
| 27 | It has been argued that judicial review should never be refused because of the existence of an alternative remedy if the applicant can establish a ground for judicial review . |
| 28 | It has been argued that double-hulled vessels can be more hazardous in high-speed collisions than single-hulled vessels . |
| 29 | It has been argued that these divisions within the working class are unreconcilable and prevent it acting as a strong , united , radical force . |
| 30 | It has been argued that these have been entrenched as , in terms of the political realities of the situation , it is inconceivable that Parliament would repeal them . |