Example sentences of "[adv] argue [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Billig ( 1987a ) illustrates Taking the Side of the Other by examples where people , who have generally argued for a particular stance and against the counter-stance , seem to turn around and use the arguments of their former opponents : in this way , they take up the side of the other . |
| 2 | As stressed earlier , I am not arguing for a revived regional geography per se , but rather for ‘ a regional perspective that informs all geographical activity ’ Johnston , 1990b , p. 135 ) . |
| 3 | He would soon argue for a Whitmanesque , democratic art , drawn from the people and distributed to them in popular editions , accessible to all and finding its way into ‘ workmen 's houses and farms ’ . |
| 4 | Despite the Copernican transformation , Kepler could still argue for a unique earth . |
| 5 | Tony Prosser ( Prosser , 1982 ) meanwhile has also argued for a new critical and objective theory of public law , in his case derived from Habermas 's work on communicative competence . |
| 6 | And he has also argued for a tougher approach to environmental enforcement and development of environmental technology . |
| 7 | David Barnes , who joined the board in 1986 and is the only obvious successor to Sir Denys , has also argued for a different approach . |
| 8 | Millett ( 1983 ) also argues for a raised joist and plank floor . |
| 9 | Sloman ( 1978 ) straightforwardly argues for a conscious module or sub-part view , of just the sort I have opposed to a program-level view . |
| 10 | However , one can not really argue with a mathematical theorem . |
| 11 | The view that aggression is an integral part of human nature has been strongly argued for a long time by exceptionally articulate and persuasive individuals . |
| 12 | The point that the so-called professions themselves appeal to the moral status of their work is well argued in a recent paper on the creation of a professional ideology in the nineteenth century . |
| 13 | Well , you do n't argue with a drunken man when he 's fighting — baton , ‘ Clonk ! ’ |
| 14 | H.J. McCloskey , whose writings in this area have been influential , misses this analogical nuance , whilst otherwise arguing towards a similar conclusion in his article ‘ The right to life ’ ( 1975 ) : |
| 15 | Mr Lang had lunch with senior Highland Region councillors , who afterwards argued for a single Highland authority based on the region to replace the current system . |
| 16 | This result therefore argues against a developmental role for hypersensitive sites HS1 and HS2 . |