Example sentences of "could [be] [vb pp] [that] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With the move towards disintermediation , it could be argued that many banks are driven to taking on less credit-worthy customers , with associated increases in credit risk . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | It could be argued that inadequate finance and higher mortality rates among small firms is a reflection of the way market forces allocate scarce capital according to long-term growth potential . |
| 4 | It could be argued that such questions are of little value as respondents may be unwilling to label themselves as being in poor health . |
| 5 | It could be argued that one reason why the cities have lost so many jobs and contain so many unemployed is that they are over-represented by sectors of the economy that have declined nationally — the cities merely reflecting national trends . |
| 6 | Given the distribution of older people throughout the different medical specialisms it could be argued that all doctors ( and nurses ) should receive some training in the main aspects of geriatric medicine , with its emphasis upon rehabilitation and the role of multi-disciplinary care and assessment . |
| 7 | Without relative truth to hold on to it could be argued that absolute Truth , which is a matter of faith , would be nothing but empty utopianism . |
| 8 | It could be argued that centralized INSET has this character of necessity , and that the other possibilities can be achieved through school-based INSET . |
| 9 | In theory , Parliament is the supreme legislative authority in the United Kingdom , but it could be argued that real power , as opposed to authority , is located elsewhere in the hands of the Cabinet or Prime Minister or leaders of industry . |
| 10 | It could be argued that this lack of co-operation between UDCs ( notably the LDDC ) and local government is predictable . |
| 11 | Now it could be argued that this likelihood is so remote as not to be worthy of consideration . |
| 12 | Second , it could be argued that this system removes any incentive for sound financial control at local level and constitutes a divorce between management responsibility and financial accountability of the kind severely criticized by the 1976 Layfield Report on local government finance . |
| 13 | Jackson have been very possessive of their peghead shape in the past and it could be argued that this guitar would n't be a Jackson without it . |
| 14 | ( It could be argued that this approach confuses appropriation and dishonesty . |
| 15 | ‘ It could be argued that this situation amounts to a cynical manipulation of a group which the Government and employers recognise are more vulnerable than most . |
| 16 | Erm so er I mean it could be argued that those figures go in there . |
| 17 | Wax as a modelling medium does certainly have the advantage of making sharp and fine decoration possible , but it could be argued that fine clay , at the right degree of plasticity , is more useful . |
| 18 | Until the advent of man in physical geography it could be argued that physical geographers had escaped from the effects of human activity by concentrating their endeavours upon rural and unmodified spatial areas and upon time scales prior to the time when human activity began to exercise a significant influence . |
| 19 | Even in this regard however it could be argued that physical geography has not reacted sufficiently to undertake research on major global problems such as the increase of atmospheric CO 2 , the incidence of acid rain , the demise of the Amazon rainforest , the implications of world soil erosion , or the general field of environmental pollution . |
| 20 | Particular emphasis has been given to the prevention of distortions of competition ( an express treaty objective under Article 3(f) , to justify a very wide use of Article 100 , since it could be argued that any difference between national regulatory frameworks may distort competition in the Community , even in the area of social policy . |
| 21 | It could be argued that these provisions would justify allowing any person to challenge exercises of power A , but also applying a more restrictive standing rule ( perhaps something like ‘ special interest ’ ) to challenges to exercises of power B on the ground that Parliament had intended the government body in question to be the prime guardian of the public interest in the exercise of power B. |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | It could be argued that these opinions would in any event have prevailed . |
| 24 | It could be argued that these criteria are too rigid . |
| 25 | It could be argued that these ideas were deliberately peddled in Dunrossness . |
| 26 | It could be argued that local authorities , in particular , were caught in an intolerable position . |
| 27 | It could be argued that local authorities will gain immensely when the UDCs are eventually wound up . |
| 28 | It could be argued that different specimens could have different proportions of actively metabolising ( mucosa ) and inactive ( lamina propria ) tissue . |
| 29 | In some respects it could be argued that diminishing populations need not necessarily be unwelcome in the cities : renewal can take place at lower densities and much needed environmental improvements can take place . |
| 30 | It could be argued that home-school links is precisely the kind of issue where a generalized LEA policy is least appropriate , since the chemistry of relationships between each school 's staff and its parents is a unique and subtle matter , hardly conducive to centrally determined procedures . |