Example sentences of "argument [be] that [det] " in BNC.

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1 The general implications of Lienhardt 's argument are that all languages have the potential to make abstract , relatively neutral statements , if called upon to do so .
2 But my argument is that that culture should not be accepted uncritically .
3 Well the argument is that if you receive say a mobility allowance , and if we are laying on transport to get you to a Day Centre and back , maybe five days a week , then the argument is that that 's a fair levy against that allowance .
4 Basically his argument is that all aspects of musical form — Adorno instances overall structure ( the thirty-two-bar chorus ) , melodic range , song-types and harmonic progressions — depend on pre-existing formulae and norms , which have the status virtually of rules , are familiar to listeners and hence are entirely predictable .
5 The second argument is that many structures of appropriation of surpluses from peasantries and pastoralists which were established during the late colonial period still exist .
6 Although it may be beneficial to address this point at this stage rather than leave it to the flotation , the alternative argument is that such matters can only be decided at the time of flotation when the parties are better able to assess what is commercially necessary to achieve an optimum result .
7 However , while agreeing that crime must be controlled , this functionalist argument is that some criminal behaviour has positive and useful functions .
8 This is closely related to the more general idea of a common association base ( CAB ) : the argument is that some sort of conceptual link has to be formed between individuals which have been introduced if they are to be referred to by a plural pronoun .
9 The logical extension of this argument is that some form of interdependence might be possible , where Third World actors could carve out niches for themselves in the crevices that the hegemon TNCs leave unattended .
10 Firstly , if the argument is that any of the suggested markets — be they for products , corporate control or managerial talent — at present actually operates to constrain corporate managers , this is not something which is empirically demonstrated , and given the present nature of these markets it seems an implausible claim .
11 Broadly , Wendler 's argument is that these four factors have favourably intersected for a sub-set of technologies — Unix , C and TCP/IP — in large — scientific , engineering , government and education — but niche markets .
12 The most common source of any argument is that both sides are absolutely right but each is looking at a different part of the situation .
13 My argument is that this harmonious interpretation can be fully understood only by interpreting Dicey 's entire theory in the light of the ancient conception of the rule of law .
14 Secondly , although it is true that all the institutions that are discussed have been described as " marriage " in the relevant literature , the whole point of my argument is that this very fact tends to mislead .
15 Our argument is that this type of politics has a strong basis in instincts and emotion as well as in political economy .
16 One problem with King 's line of argument is that several modern presidents , apparently long on relevant experience , have not done well in the White House .
17 Deffenbacher 's argument is that those studies which show enhanced memory in arousing circumstances are operating on the ascending portion of the inverted-U function , while those which show impairment are operating on the descending portion of the curve associated with high arousal levels .
18 Counsel 's second argument was that all the evidence presented to the court was that the defendant had been seen engaging in actual violence , but not threatening it , as the section requires , On this submission the Court concluded that there was sufficient evidence in the narrative presented to the jury from which they were entitled to conclude that there was threatening behaviour .
19 The argument was that some candidates , particularly from the emergent Labour Party , were not of independent means and would be otherwise unable to serve if they were elected ( the first Labour MPs had appeared in 1906 ) .
20 The defence argument was that this was a preliminary to ‘ conventional ’ intercourse , and that if the husband was exempt from liability for rape , he should equally be exempt from liability for indecent assault .
21 The official argument was that this ceremony reflected Jesus ' washing of his disciples ' feet , all of them males .
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