Example sentences of "it could [be] [verb] that [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Damages may be reduced by his contributory negligence and , in this respect , it could be argued that disregard of instructions breaks the chain of causation . |
| 32 | It could be argued that people in our region have actually lost confidence in their water , they 've suffered from cryptospyridia , blue-green algae , we 're now in a drought period , how would you reassure the public ? |
| 33 | It could be argued that sharedealers were privileged . |
| 34 | It could be argued that Blast was a miscalculation all round , even for Wyndham Lewis . |
| 35 | It could be argued that telepathy is a desirable characteristic for the subordinates of such a person ! |
| 36 | Alternatively , as Æthelred had himself patronised his half-brother 's cult , it could be argued that Cnut was stressing the continuity of his regime with his predecessor 's , and generally enhancing the prestige of kingship . |
| 37 | Thus it could be argued that children only psychologize as a last resort when they do not have ready access to information about plausible causal mechanisms . |
| 38 | It could be argued that Leeds LEA sought and expected consensus on aspects of primary education ( such as classroom practice ) where consensus is neither possible nor appropriate , while at the same time neglecting those other aspects ( such as the curriculum and home-school links ) where consensus was both desirable and possible . |
| 39 | Indeed , it could be argued that Klemperer 's steadfastness serves to underline the grotesque nature of Mahler 's invention , but this is not a performance that I can easily live with . |
| 40 | It could be argued that interviews with competent librarians and subject specialists in these fields , or even examination of the holdings lists of specialist libraries in these subjects , would have produced exactly the same journal lists as have been arrived at by co-citation analysis , at a much lower cost . |
| 41 | It could be argued that integration is one of the few educational principles which has gained all-party political support . |
| 42 | IT COULD BE argued that Dustin owes his great fame , in part , to the Lancashire playwright Henry Livings . |
| 43 | Indeed it could be argued that learning from success is even more useful than learning from mistakes because , by and large , things go right more often than they go wrong . |
| 44 | Indeed it could be argued that setting objectives may put the corporation off course by diverting attention from moment-to-moment operations to a distant destination . |
| 45 | 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 . |
| 46 | The truce with the Scots was , however , opposed by some of the northern nobility , whose personal interest lay in continuing the war , and it could be argued that Edward had been forced into it by another military humiliation and a political misjudgement . |
| 47 | Although unquestionably still a successful band , it could be argued that Kiss 's heyday was some time ago . |
| 48 | Would it make a difference if it could be maintained that Laura had died before the Tongue was stolen ? |
| 49 | If it could be demonstrated that English facilitated ‘ objectivity ’ more than other languages , then users of it would have a powerful weapon for affirming and legitimating their rights to certain positions of authority in relation to cultures or sub-cultures in which language use lacked this quality . |
| 50 | In case ( a ) , it could be concluded that equilibrium in the balance of payments might only have been accomplished with the existing policies by accepting higher levels of unemployment . |
| 51 | But in the long term it could be predicted that Vietnam also would lose interest in a South Asian neutralisation since it was an ascending regional power . |
| 52 | If a controversy were to arise , and if republicanism were to gain its vocal adherents , then it could be predicted that supporters would sharpen their justifications , as implicit themes become explicitly developed in the course of argumentative debate . |
| 53 | Due to its basic nature , it could be anticipated that NC protein would bind to nucleic acids , forming a ‘ histone-like ’ structure ( 31–32 ) . |
| 54 | In view of mounting criticism both within Nepal and from abroad about the lack of minimum basic freedom in the country , the government stated that departmental action would be taken against local officers if it could be proved that detention orders were issued with bad intentions . |
| 55 | The majority in the snail darter case thought that the best interpretation of the convention about statutes required them to enforce the literal meaning of the Environmental Protection Act unless it could be proved that Congress intended otherwise . |
| 56 | This weakens the phylogenetic potential for these postcranial characters in Dryopithecus , and although it could be suggested that Dryopithecus could belong in either of the two derivative clades ( Ponginae or Homininae ) , additional supporting evidence would be needed before such a claim could be substantiated . |
| 57 | It could be claimed that Lawson was the custodian of success , however risky his strategy appeared to be . |
| 58 | Although before the Courts Act 1971 in theory it could be claimed that government was ultimately responsible for the running of the courts , in practice responsibility was so diffused between local authorities , the High Sheriffs and Under Sheriffs of counties , and the judiciary , that there was no real way in which Parliament could call anyone to account . |
| 59 | On the most trivial of levels it could be claimed that Version 3.0 had caught up with Ventura because it supported stylesheets and graphics wraparound . |