Example sentences of "[verb] argued for a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The hon. Gentleman need not think that there is any military support for the idea that in the past the Navy has argued for a three-boat solution , and he will be given a very rough time by the Navy if he makes such a suggestion . |
| 2 | ( 1977 ) have argued that resources should be shifted between spending heads and even between agencies , and Banister ( 1980 ) has argued for a total welfare perspective which involves the best use of all existing facilities , not just the transport-related ones . |
| 3 | Certainly the Department of Education and Science and HM Inspectorate think so ; indeed , the latter has argued for a common curriculum at secondary level up to sixteen because of the variety of curriculum offerings , the lack of whole curriculum planning , and the need for national decisions in a political democracy to balance the autonomy of the school . |
| 4 | During the conference Iraq , supported by Libya , had argued for a minimum reference price of $25 a barrel . |
| 5 | While many , including the majority of the Barclay Committee ( 1982 ) , had argued for a unified view of the social work enterprise , Nottinghamshire social services department had taken the unusual decision to separate out elements of the social work role for essentially practical reasons . |
| 6 | In this document , Mosley had argued for a managed currency rather than the return to the gold standard at pre-war parity as the basis of economic policy , for nationalization of the banks , the establishment of consumer credits to supplement working-class purchasing power , the development of an Economic Council to plan production , and the setting up of a mechanism to check that money supply was equated to production potential . |
| 7 | We have argued for a long time that there is a peripheral argument that in the strategic interests of the nation we should be concerned about the coal industry . |
| 8 | We have argued for a revised theory of the relations between state and people : one reflecting the role of states in managing social relations and moral careers but one which recognises too that states , in representing a general or ‘ national ’ interest , have an important emotional significance . |
| 9 | Britain , France and West Germany have argued for a joint world turnover threshold of £3.5bn , while the majority want it set lower at £1.4bn . |