Example sentences of "[pron] argument [is] that [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But my argument is that that culture should not be accepted uncritically . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | The common sense of their argument is that higher public spending raises interest rates and attracts capital inflows , which in turn raise the demand for sterling and therefore the exchange rate . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | The basis of his argument is that emotional experience and emotional behaviour involve separate , although interlinked , parts of the brain . |
| 7 | The heart of his argument is that Lab-our activists , at least since Ramsay MacDonald 's betrayal in 1931 , have distrusted their leaders , and he quotes Sidney Webb 's analysis of the problem this causes : ‘ The constituency parties are frequently unrepresentative groups of nonentities dominated by fanatics , cranks and extremists . |
| 8 | As readers who have pursued this work from its outset will be aware , our argument is that one of the persistent strengths of pluralism is its capacity to produce consistent and detailed descriptions of particular aspects of reality . |
| 9 | Our argument is that this type of politics has a strong basis in instincts and emotion as well as in political economy . |