Example sentences of "[be] argue that [det] [noun pl] [modal v] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Technical difficulties aside , it has been argued that these provisions will not make any appreciable difference to the welfare of victims for , except in the most notorious of cases , most authors receive very small amounts indeed from publication . |
| 2 | It can be argued that such mothers may not develop protective IgG antibodies and may continue to carry the same strain of group B streptococcus . |
| 3 | It can be argued that such schemes should be embodied in statutes so as to put their administration and the principles of compensation on a firm legal footing . |
| 4 | It will be argued that such factors may have had considerable influence on what are widely believed to have been exclusively ‘ political ’ decisions . |
| 5 | If there are exclusively private events , in the sense that they are in principle , and not just empirically , inaccessible to more than one observer , it might be argued that such events could not be intelligibly claimed , let alone shown to be , subject to any laws , and this means that no rational explanatory model could be constructed for them . |
| 6 | It can be argued that these offences may be no less traumatic for the victim than ‘ conventional ’ rape , and therefore that any attempt to classify sexual offences by reference to their seriousness should place these forms of sexual assault in the highest category . |
| 7 | It could be argued that these provisions would justify allowing any person to challenge exercises of power A , but also applying a more restrictive standing rule ( perhaps something like ‘ special interest ’ ) to challenges to exercises of power B on the ground that Parliament had intended the government body in question to be the prime guardian of the public interest in the exercise of power B. |
| 8 | There may be some sense of cohesion in the North-East , Yorkshire , Lancashire , or the South-West , but even if this sentiment is totally lacking in the rest of England , it can be argued that these areas would be better administered by a series of regional ministries . |
| 9 | It could be argued that these opinions would in any event have prevailed . |
| 10 | It is argued that such variations could distort costing of products and also require complex systems to reflect these seasonal variations . |
| 11 | Not only were their needs felt to threaten the living standards of other groups , but it was argued that these needs should be given less priority : ‘ It is dangerous to be in any way lavish to old age , until adequate provision . |