Example sentences of "[adj] argue that [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some argued that the shock made industry return in the end to competitiveness , but other economists argued that subsequent growth owed more to spending North Sea oil profits on a consumer boom . |
| 2 | Some argued that the case had been brought to an early end as there was little chance of the prosecution being successful , others suggesting that the case had in all but final verdict already been won . |
| 3 | Some argued that the situation demanded a stronger UN presence than the proposed 500-strong unarmed force . |
| 4 | Some argued that the Party should threaten to withdraw from the coalition unless the Tories accepted demands to extend war controls to the nationalization of major industries . |
| 5 | However , one would be wrong to argue that the involvement of one or two teachers in the decision-making process constitutes ‘ open management ’ . |
| 6 | The question is whether he is wrong to argue that the capacity for language does not carry any benefit to the individual and , therefore , was not subject to further evolution . |
| 7 | The Peace Ballot and the East Fulham by-election suggested a strong sentiment against war but few established politicians were prepared to argue that the rise of fascism made a future war probable . |
| 8 | As has already been suggested , so pervasive has the term ‘ permissiveness ’ become that there are few , if any , commentators who are prepared to argue that the term is one that mystifies rather than elucidates . |
| 9 | Some argue that the welfare needs of young offenders of both sexes should be addressed equally . |
| 10 | Some argue that the law in England vis-à-vis terminal patients does not meet the first of these criteria , and thus can not satisfy , ex hypothesi , the other two . |
| 11 | Some argue that the emission standards strategy is better than the air quality management strategy , since once air quality standards are set , one has to calculate the emission reduction required of sources . |
| 12 | Some argue that the reason is that MI5 has been penetrated by Russian intelligence so deeply that even its own Director General , Sir Roger Hollis , was a Russian mole and therefore every investigation has been frustrated . |
| 13 | Thus birth control groups during the inter-war period were careful to argue that the use of birth control would not necessarily lead to an increase in childlessness or very small families , but rather would result in better planned families and healthier mothers and children . |
| 14 | But the reason for the cod 's decline is fiercely debated , with the Canadian and European fishing industry 's blaming each other , and some arguing that the end of the seal hunt has contributed to the problem . |
| 15 | This argues that the volatility of futures prices will be relatively high during periods when substantial amounts of uncertainty over the levels of demand or supply for the underlying asset are resolved . |
| 16 | Craig 43 argues that a thesis should be succinctly written in the form of a scientific paper , so that it can be published without delay , after refereeing . |
| 17 | With this in mind , it is quite easy to argue that the selection of Justice White 's replacement is far less significant than many suppose . |
| 18 | It would surely be over-hasty to argue that a mother , for example , who clearly preferred her showjumpers , or even her collection of books , to her children , was necessarily in the wrong ; she might nonetheless treat her offspring very well . |
| 19 | It is perhaps dubious to argue that a prayer or worship becomes more efficacious if more people join in , but there is no doubt that man was created a social animal and ritual that is shared is ritual that becomes more meaningful . |
| 20 | To say " All barristers are thieves " does not entitle any one of 4,000 barristers to sue — the class is too large to argue that the comment singles out individuals . |
| 21 | For example , P. Paulden in ( 1982 ) iv ( 1 ) Liv LR 69 argued that the misuse of cheque cards or credit cards is a breach of contract ; the criminal law should not be used to penalise breaches of contract ; therefore , it should not be a crime to misuse a cheque card or credit card , and if the Act is to be used to penalise such breaches , Parliament should say so . |
| 22 | Pahl , Saunders , and indeed Marx , all argued that the home and civil society is a sphere of relative freedom and autonomy compared to the sphere of employment . |
| 23 | Many argued that the General 's unilateral style antagonized unnecessarily . |
| 24 | A number of commentators in the late 1970s argued that the scope of work design techniques should be widened , to involve more significant organizational design and culture changes , if these approaches were to have a real impact on organizational performance ( Buchanan , 1979 ; Weir , 1976 ; Wild , 1975 ) . |
| 25 | The Labour leadership , the Conservative Party , the anti-tax Progress Party and the employers ' lobby all argue that the economy would suffer from a No vote . |
| 26 | Many argue that a league table of costs per QALY , if properly constructed , can provide comprehensive and valid information to help decisions on the allocation of resources . |
| 27 | Such a form or stamp is unlikely to be immediately effective , since the seller will be able to argue that a delivery agent will not normally have authority to accept contract terms . |
| 28 | The defence will then be able to argue that the complainant consented to sexual intercourse and that force was not used in order to accomplish the contact or penetration . |
| 29 | The loyalists now had the grounds they needed to be able to argue that the executive was undemocratic : the people of Ulster had finally been given a chance to vote on the issue and 50.8 per cent of them were opposed to power-sharing . |
| 30 | However , he should be able to argue that the hymen was ruptured during and as a consequence of intercourse and that it was not deliberately ruptured with the aim of having sexual intercourse . |