Example sentences of "[modal v] [be] argue [that] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | It might be argued that this approach downgrades sexual intercourse without consent where little violence or none at all is used . |
| 3 | Furthermore , it might be argued that this issue was overpriced and that the nation was able to sell an effectively overpriced collection of assets . |
| 4 | It might be argued that this scheme puts the claimant who at present has a choice whether or not to use Ord. 53 , at a disadvantage because under the new scheme he or she would have to seek leave and would possibly be subject to very restrictive time-limits . |
| 5 | As it might be argued that this microflora is more likely to exert pathogenic or protective effects in the intestine than the lumen flora , we were interested to determine the adherent and hydrophobic properties of our mucosal E coli isolates by techniques comparable with those used by others studying faecal isolates . |
| 6 | It might be argued that this function has been coopted by such purposive ( indeed , allegedly manipulative ) schemes as the Youth Training Scheme . |
| 7 | This case did not concern the availability of coercive remedies against the Crown and it might be argued that this statement is of no relevance in that context . |
| 8 | It might be argued that this device , although an ingenious reference to the converted barn 's former purpose , is not a practical feature in a dwelling because even double-glazing will not prevent the excessive heat loss and cold radiation caused by such large windows . |
| 9 | Although it might be argued that this difference is due to the nature of the complexed metal ion ( iron in the cleavage reaction , cobalt in the footprint ) an alternative explanation is that bleomycin does not bind tightly to ( AT ) n sequences , and that these are efficiently cleaved during a transient interaction . |
| 10 | With the move towards disintermediation , it could be argued that many banks are driven to taking on less credit-worthy customers , with associated increases in credit risk . |
| 11 | In primitive societies with small , self-sufficient units there was no differentiation between centre and periphery , and it could be argued that many peasants in Russia remained at this level of perception during NEP . |
| 12 | It could be argued that such questions are of little value as respondents may be unwilling to label themselves as being in poor health . |
| 13 | Given the distribution of older people throughout the different medical specialisms it could be argued that all doctors ( and nurses ) should receive some training in the main aspects of geriatric medicine , with its emphasis upon rehabilitation and the role of multi-disciplinary care and assessment . |
| 14 | It could be argued that this lack of co-operation between UDCs ( notably the LDDC ) and local government is predictable . |
| 15 | Now it could be argued that this likelihood is so remote as not to be worthy of consideration . |
| 16 | Second , it could be argued that this system removes any incentive for sound financial control at local level and constitutes a divorce between management responsibility and financial accountability of the kind severely criticized by the 1976 Layfield Report on local government finance . |
| 17 | Jackson have been very possessive of their peghead shape in the past and it could be argued that this guitar would n't be a Jackson without it . |
| 18 | ( It could be argued that this approach confuses appropriation and dishonesty . |
| 19 | ‘ It could be argued that this situation amounts to a cynical manipulation of a group which the Government and employers recognise are more vulnerable than most . |
| 20 | Erm so er I mean it could be argued that those figures go in there . |
| 21 | Particular emphasis has been given to the prevention of distortions of competition ( an express treaty objective under Article 3(f) , to justify a very wide use of Article 100 , since it could be argued that any difference between national regulatory frameworks may distort competition in the Community , even in the area of social policy . |
| 22 | 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. |
| 23 | It could be argued that these groups were formed as much for sociability as for making money , being made up of friends or acquaintances , but at any event their reasons fell short of promoting definite artistic programmes . |
| 24 | It could be argued that these opinions would in any event have prevailed . |
| 25 | It could be argued that these criteria are too rigid . |
| 26 | It could be argued that these ideas were deliberately peddled in Dunrossness . |
| 27 | It may be argued that such distinctions between what machines can do and what only humans can do are of merely temporary interest , since in principle there is nothing that a human can do that a machine might not be devised , some day , to do . |
| 28 | It may be argued that many forms of ‘ fringe medicine ’ are not dependent upon any belief in any religion or ‘ god ’ . |
| 29 | It may be argued that some men , in the heat of the moment , may genuinely be mistaken . |
| 30 | It may be argued that these proposals amount to no more than state capitalism . |