Example sentences of "[pers pn] can [be] argued that [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Indeed , it can be argued that central government can draw upon and use ‘ superior intelligence and knowledge ’ ( Foster et al . , |
| 2 | It can be argued that forced labour has not ceased but merely changed its form . |
| 3 | In the second place , it can be argued that similar changes have taken place in the relationships between parents and children . |
| 4 | It can be argued that many projects fall into this category , perhaps usefully called development engineering . |
| 5 | To present an oversimplified example , it can be argued that many occupational groups within the middle class in Western society plan , organize and coordinate the activities of the working class . |
| 6 | It can be argued that such tests are gender biased , both in their questions , which do not draw on social , female-oriented spheres of knowledge , and in their multiple choice format , which , by demanding a single answer from a set of often mutually exclusive possibilities , does not allow for women 's interactive , socially responsive way of solving problems . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | However , leaving aside that possibility , it can be argued that such a clause merely defines the seller 's obligation , and does not operate to " exclude " or " limit " liability because the result of the clause is that no liability arises . |
| 10 | Although we have introduced the concept of a power culture from the work of Handy , it can be argued that all organisations are really concerned with power . |
| 11 | On the other hand , it can be argued that real believers are incapable of distancing themselves sufficiently to carry out an objective study of their own ( or perhaps even of someone else 's ) religion . |
| 12 | However , it can be argued that neither strategy has succeeded in making a significant enough difference in Third World women 's access to information and skills relevant to them and useful for contributing to development in their communities . |
| 13 | Secondly , even when attention is restricted to individual predictions , it can be argued that scientific theories , and hence universal statements , are inevitably involved in the estimation of the likelihood of a prediction being successful . |
| 14 | Yet it can be argued that large size and a high degree of industrial concentration of capital tend to assist the organisation of employers by making agreements between them easier to secure . |
| 15 | Moreover , it can be argued that MDC 's revised strategy , focusing upon leisure and tourism , supplies jobs better suited to the skills of the local population than the London Docklands emphasis on service sector growth . |
| 16 | But it can be argued that this will not give a quick cash flow fix at present due to the difficulty of disposing of a lease . |
| 17 | McLuhan lambasted the print media for encouraging linear thinking , but it can be argued that this way of thought brought to mankind very substantial benefits which one is not confident would be matched by the uncriticized new tribalism . |
| 18 | It can be argued that this confinement to land-use issues was the basic problem with structure planning and goes far to explain why the exercise has in practice proved so limited in its impact , but in this chapter the focus is precisely on the politics of land use , and structure plan intentions are of considerable importance . |
| 19 | It can be argued that this failure to look at higher education may be the result of a deficiency in feminist theory about education — that feminists ( and , indeed , other educational theorists ) have difficulty in theorizing the role of higher education in the reproduction of inequality . |
| 20 | It also remains unclear to what extent disabled people working in the health and caring professions have a better understanding of illness and disability than their able-bodied colleagues , although it can be argued that this should not be a central Issue as disabled people should not be expected to perform better than other people in order to be acceptable . |
| 21 | Taken in conjunction with the tax benefits owner occupiers receive ( see Chapter 13 ) it can be argued that this was a major economic distortion . |
| 22 | Nevertheless , both MSC and other agencies are involved in training schemes for adults , and it can be argued that this is the most appropriate form of ‘ educational ’ provision for the unemployed . |
| 23 | If the id represents basic primordial drives , it can be argued that this is a psychological equivalent of the biological tendency towards fitness maximisation in human beings . |
| 24 | It can be argued that biological differences become biological inequalities when people define them as such . |
| 25 | Instead , it can be argued that more attention should have been given to services and small-scale manufacturing . |
| 26 | Whilst it can be argued that physical regeneration , not job creation , was MDC 's original priority , the extension of the boundaries removes this premise . |
| 27 | It can be argued that true liberalization of standing rules requires not only that applicants be accorded standing to represent interests which they share with many others ( the old test of ‘ genuine grievance ’ achieved that ) but also that standing be accorded to genuine representatives of interested persons even if the only interest of the representative is to further the interests of the represented . |
| 28 | There were several weak points in this critique and perhaps at the very least it can be argued that foreign films with social themes always appear to be more realistic merely because the subject-matter and personnel are new . |
| 29 | It can be argued that these tests are a reliable indicator of performance when tested under controlled conditions . |
| 30 | 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 . |